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Trudeau tells Iran Canada wants 'full clarity' on shootdown
Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs François-Philippe Champagne (left) and Deputy Minister of Defense Jody Thomas (right) listens as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (center) speaks during a news conference on Saturday in Ottawa.-AFP OTTAWA: A "furious" Prime Minister Justin Trudeau demanded Saturday that Iran provide Canada with "full clarity" on the shootdown near Tehran of a Ukrainian airliner that killed all 176 aboard, including dozens of...
Lebanese demonstrators march during a demonstration in downtown Beirut on January 11, 2020. - Hundreds protested across Lebanon to denounce a crippling economic crisis and the political deadlock that has left the country without a government for over two months. Chanting anti-government slogans in the capital Beirut, the northern city of Tripoli and the southern city of Nabatieh, they also denounced a class of political leaders they deem incompetent and corrupt. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Hundreds protest in Lebanon as crisis deepens
BEIRUT: Lebanese demonstrators march during a demonstration in downtown Beirut on Saturday. Hundreds protested across Lebanon to denounce a crippling economic crisis and the political deadlock that has left the country without a government for over two months. - AFP BEIRUT: Hundreds protested across Lebanon on Saturday to denounce a crippling economic crisis and the political deadlock that has left the country without a government for over two...
Norwich City's Scottish defender Grant Hanley (R) challenges Manchester United's English defender Brandon Williams (L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Norwich City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on January 11, 2020. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Man United, Chelsea cruise
Norwich City's Scottish defender Grant Hanley (R) challenges Manchester United's English defender Brandon Williams (L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Norwich City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England. MANCHESTER: Manchester United kept alive their hopes of finishing in the Premier League's top four, with two goals from Marcus Rashford and one each from Anthony Martial and Mason...
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Amir's ninth shooting competition begins
By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: Obaid Munahi Al-Osaimi seen in this group photo with referees who successfully passed the running targets course. KUWAIT: Tournament of HH the Amir continues its competitions today at Sheikh Sabah Olympic Shooting Complex, as official training for 10m pistol and rifle will start at 9 am, while the trap competition for men and women, shooting at 75 targets will start at 9 am. The 70 meter archery competition will...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 29, 2010, Omanís Sultan Qaboos bin Said salutes at the start of a military parade at a stadium in Muscat on the occasion of the Sultanate's 40th National Day. - Sultan Qaboos, who ruled Oman for almost half a century, has died at the age of 79, the Omani news agency said January 11, 2020. Qaboos, the longest ruling Arab monarch, had been ill for some time and had been believed to be suffering from colon cancer. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)
World loses wise leader as Sultan Qaboos passes away
Sultan Qaboos bin Said MUSCAT/KUWAIT: Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, one of the Middle East's longest serving rulers who maintained the country's neutrality in regional struggles, died on Friday and his cousin Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said was named as his successor in a smooth transition. With his death, the region loses a trusted and seasoned leader, seen as the father of modern Oman, who balanced ties between two neighbors locked in a regional...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (CL) and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (CR) leave after attending closed briefings with law makers regarding escalating tensions with Iran on January 8, 2020, in Washington, DC. - World leaders have condemned the Iranian missile strikes, which targeted the sprawling Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq and a base in Arbil, both housing American and other foreign troops deployed as part of a US-led coalition fighting the remnants of the Islamic State group. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Washington turns down Iraqi request to pull out US troops
WASHINGTON, DC: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center left) and US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (center right) leave after attending closed briefings with law makers regarding escalating tensions with Iran on Thursday in Washington, DC. - AFP BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON: Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened US-Iranian tensions after the US killing of an Iranian commander in Baghdad, and...
Panicked residents run following an air strike by pro-regime forces in the nothwestern Syrian city of Idlib on January 11, 2020. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Regime air strikes kill 18 civilians in Syria's Idlib
IDLIB: Panicked residents run following an air strike by pro-regime forces in the nothwestern Syrian city of Idlib yesterday.-AFP IDLIB: Regime air strikes on Syria's last major opposition bastion killed 18 civilians yesterday, a war monitor said, a day before a ceasefire is due to take hold. Six children were among the dead in the northwest province of Idlib, where a fresh ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey is expected to go into effect...
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) joins her hands with Vice President-elect William Lai (L) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen outside the campaign headquarters in Taipei on January 11, 2020. - President Tsai Ing-wen declared victory in Taiwan's election on January 11 as votes were being counted after an election battle dominated by the democratic island's fraught relationship with China. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
Taiwan's Tsai wins landslide in key election
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (center) joins her hands with Vice President-elect William Lai (left) and Vice President Chen Chien-jen outside the campaign headquarters in Taipei yesterday.-AFP TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen declared a landslide victory in yesterday's election as voters delivered a stunning rebuke of Beijing's campaign to isolate the self-ruled island and handed its first female leader a second term. Tsai, 63,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave a hall after a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, on January 11, 2020. (Photo by Mikhael Klimentyev / SPUTNIK / AFP)
Merkel, Putin discuss Middle East flashpoints
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel leave a hall after a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, yesterday.-AFP MOSCOW: German Chancellor Angela Merkel met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin yesterday for talks set to focus on flashpoints in the Middle East. Merkel and Putin shook hands at the start of the meeting which the German leader said would cover topics including turmoil in Libya...
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Iran says it 'unintentionally' shot down plane
TEHRAN: Iranians check newspapers, many bearing a picture of the debris of the Ukrainian plane that crashed in Tehran earlier this week on their front page, outside a news stand in the Islamic republic's capital yesterday. - AFP TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it "unintentionally" shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing all 176 people aboard, in an abrupt about-turn after initially denying Western claims it was struck by a missile. President...
(FILES) A file photo taken on December 19, 2011, shows a handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders during their annual summit in Riyadh. The monarchs of the six nations are (L to R) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the United Arab Emirates' Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai Sheikh Moammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa al-Khalifa. - Sultan Qaboos, who ruled Oman for almost half a century, has died at the age of 79, the Omani news agency said January 11, 2020. Qaboos, the longest ruling Arab monarch, had been ill for some time and had been believed to be suffering from colon cancer. (Photo by - / SPA / AFP)
Qaboos, the sultan who shielded Oman from region's turmoil
RIYADH: A file photo taken on December 19, 2011, shows a handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders during their annual summit in Riyadh. The monarchs of the six nations are (from left) Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz, Kuwait's Amir His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Qatar's Amir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said, the United Arab...
Omanis gather in front of the Sultan Qaboos Mosque to perform the funeral prayer for the country's ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said, in the Omani capital Muscat on January 11, 2020. - Sultan Qaboos, the longest-reigning leader of the modern Arab world, has died at the age of 79, leaving Oman in search of a new ruler at a time of regional turmoil. (Photo by MOHAMMED MAHJOUB / AFP)
Oman ruler backs policy that made kingdom vital mediator
MUSCAT: Omanis gather in front of the Sultan Qaboos Mosque to perform the funeral prayer for the country's ruler Sultan Qaboos bin Said, in the Omani capital Muscat yesterday. - AFP MUSCAT: Oman's new royal ruler pledged yesterday to follow the non-interference policy that made the kingdom a vital regional mediator under his late cousin Sultan Qaboos who reigned for half a century. Haitham bin Tariq, the culture minister, was sworn in shortly...
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DUBAI: The signing of the MoU in the presence of the Chairman of Kuwait's General Administration of Civil Aviation, Sheikh Hamoud Mubarak Hamoud Al-Sabah, and the Chairman of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum on Monday. --KUNA
Kuwait Airways, Emirates sign MoU
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Minister of Commerce and Industry Khalifa Al-Ajeel
Business owners can now use 1 address for 5 licenses in Kuwait
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KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds its weekly meeting at Bayan Palace on April 29, 2025. - KUNA
Kuwait repeals law absolving abductor if he marries victim
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NEW DELHI: Indian President Droupadi Murmu presents the Padma Shri award to Kuwait’s Sheikha Shaikha Ali Jaber Al-Sabah on April 28, 2025.
India honors Kuwaiti yoga practitioner
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Shell CEO Wael Sawan at Bayan Palace on April 28, 2025. – Amiri Diwan/KUNA photos
Kuwait, Shell renew cooperation