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Manpower discuss priorities with ILO
KUWAIT: The Acting Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower, Marzouq Al-Otaibi, received the Deputy Regional Director for Arab States, Peter Rademaker, and the Director of the Decent Work Team in the region at the Regional Office in Beirut and his accompanying delegation during his visit to Kuwait.The visit aims to discuss topics of importance, namely the signing of the second decent work project, and to discuss ways of joint...
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Kuwait participates in Jordan’s first Cyber Security Summit
AMMAN: The first cyber security summit held in Amman kicked off Monday with the participation of Kuwait to discuss a range of key global cyber security topics. Kuwait is represented by the Head of the National Cybersecurity Center, Major General Retired Engineer Mohammad Bouarki, Parliament MPs, and Members of the Arab Parliament Dr. Mohammad Al-Huwilah, Khaled Al-Mounes, and Hamdan Al-Azmi. Speaking to KUNA, Bouarki said that cyber security is...
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Red Crescent delivers generators to Ukraine
KUWAIT: The chairman of the board of directors of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society, Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, announced on Monday the delivery of generators to the Ukrainian Red Cross to alleviate the energy crisis there. Dr. Al-Sayer said in a statement to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the donation expresses the extent of solidarity of Kuwait's leadership, government, and people with people under difficult humanitarian conditions.He added that...
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Harvard University comes to Kuwait
American Creativity Academy’s (ACA) Professional Learning Hub in Kuwait has unveiled an exciting partnership with the prestigious Harvard Graduate School of Education in the United States, bringing Harvard’s expertise to Kuwait's educational landscape. This partnership marks a significant milestone in ACA’s mission toward educational excellence in Kuwait, by providing professional learning opportunities to ACA’s staff and all educators...
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Kuwait open medal account at Asiad with fencing bronze
KUWAIT: Kuwait on Monday claimed its first medal at the Asian Games held in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, as Yousef Al-Shamlan won a bronze in the men’s saber individual fencing competition, falling just short of qualifying for the finals.Shamlan's bronze opens Kuwait's medal account at the Asian Games, the country's fencing federation secretary Hamad Al-Awadhi said in a statement, citing the progress the combat sport has made at home....
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Egypt to hold presidential vote on Dec 10-12
CAIRO: Egypt will hold a presidential vote on Dec 10-12, election officials said Monday, at a time the Arab world’s most populous country is mired in a painful economic crisis. President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, a former army chief in power for nearly a decade, has yet to formally announce his candidacy, but state-aligned media has already published messages of support from pro-government entities. Sisi, 68, was first elected in 2014, the year...
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Turkey, Azerbaijan leaders meet as thousands flee to Armenia
GORIS: Thousands of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh streamed into Armenia on Monday, as the leaders of Azerbaijan and ally Turkey hailed Baku’s victory over the rebel enclave at a summit. While Azerbaijan showcased its regional alliances, Russia hit back at embattled Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan after he blamed Moscow for the swift defeat of the breakaway territory. Several days after the fighting, the first refugees arrived in...
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US Abrams battle tanks arrive in Ukraine: Zelensky
KYIV: Ukraine has received US Abrams battle tanks, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Monday, boosting Kyiv's forces as they seek to break through heavily-fortified Russian defensive lines. The announcement came just after Ukraine claimed it had killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea fleet in a missile strike on Moscow's naval headquarters in Crimea last week in what would be a major embarrassment for Russia. "Abrams are already in...
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Thousands of Sudanese in limbo at Egypt border
WADI HALFA: In the sandy courtyard of a school turned shelter in northern Sudan, two children idly pass a football back and forth. Around them, dozens of adults wait, trapped between a war and a border. There is little else to do in the border town of Wadi Halfa, where a local support group says upwards of 20,000 displaced people live in limbo, unable to cross the northern frontier into Egypt and escape the five-month war between the Sudanese...
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India fires first world record of Games
HANGZHOU: India claimed the first world record of the Hangzhou Asian Games on Monday as hosts China snapped up more gold medals and a nine-year-old skateboarder melted hearts. The Indian trio of Divyansh Panwar, Rudrankksh Patil and Aishwary Tomar blew away the field with a new world best 1,893.7 points to win the men’s 10m air rifle team event on day two of the multi-sports extravaganza. They beat the previous mark of 1,893.3 set by China last...
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India’s women strike cricket gold on debut
HANGZHOU: India struck gold on their Asian Games cricket debut when they beat in-form Sri Lanka by 19 runs in the women’s final in Hangzhou on Monday. They had declined to enter any teams on the two previous occasions cricket was played at the multisport event, at Guangzhou in 2010 and Incheon in 2014. “It’s a gold medal for the whole of India,” said batter Richa Ghosh. Batting first India reached 116-7 in their 20 overs with Smriti...
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Kuwait beat Thailand 49-19 in handball at Asian Games
HANGZHOU: Kuwait's handball team beat Thailand 49-19 in their first match at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China on Monday. Kuwait plays host country China in their next Group A match.
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’