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WUZHOU, China: Photo shows the site where a China Eastern plane crashed in Tengxian county in Guangxi region yesterday. - Xinhua
Plane carrying 132 crashes in China
BEIJING: China Eastern confirmed there had been fatalities after a jet carrying 132 people crashed into a mountain in southern China yesterday, shortly after losing contact with air traffic control and dropping thousands of meters in just three minutes. The Boeing 737-800 flight from the city of Kunming to the southern hub of Guangzhou "lost airborne contact over Wuzhou" city in the Guangxi region yesterday afternoon, according to the Civil...
In this file photo taken on Oct 9, 2017, a Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his deceased son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang. – AFP
Violence against Rohingya amounts to genocide: US
WASHINGTON: The United States officially declared yesterday that violence against the Rohingya committed by Myanmar’s military amounted to genocide, saying there was clear evidence of an attempt to “destroy” the Muslim minority. Citing the killings of thousands and forcing close to a million to flee the country in 2016 and 2017, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had “determined that members of the Burmese military committed...
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PM hosts Saudi energy minister
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah yesterday received at Seif Palace the visiting Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz Bin Salman Al-Saud. The meeting was attended by Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to Kuwait Prince Sultan Bin said Bin Khaled Al-Saud. Also present in the meeting were the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil, Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Dr Mohammad Abdulatif Al-Fares, Head...
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World needs more cooperation to address urgent challenges
KUWAIT: The challenges presented to the global community in recent years showed that the world was not addressing problems with due diligence, said Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday. Delivering a speech to the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Bali Island, Indonesia, Al-Ghanem said that the theme of the event aimed at tackling global warming from a parliamentary perspective and called for an intense...
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KILS holds 'MUN 2022' conference
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Kuwait International Law Society (KILS) held the 'KILSMUN 2022' conference on Thursday, with a discussion panel on refugees with former employee of the United Nations Hiba Al-Sa'ab, followed by a speech by MP Mohammed Al-Mutair. The event concluded by presenting a model of the MPs' oath."The Model United Nations and National Assembly committee of KILS organized this conference to provide an opportunity for...
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Kuwait Airways organizes a forum 'Women of Aviation'
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways organized a forum on the occasion of the 'Women's History Month' titled 'Women of Aviation' with a panel discussion and hosted the Kuwait Airways' Chief Executive Officer, Maen Razouqi, Director of  Legal department, Nada Bourahmah, Aviation Engineer, Maali Salmeen, and the Vice President of KAC's Workers Union, Captain Abdullah Al-Ali. The seminar was attended by numerous women employees of the Company, embodying the...
KUWAIT: A sea of vehicles are parked in a lot in Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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KYIV: The war by Russia in Ukraine risks causing famine in parts of the world because of the two countries' roles as major agricultural exporters, EU ministers in Brussels warned yesterday.
Ukraine war raises specter of 'famine' in parts of the world
KYIV: The war by Russia in Ukraine risks causing famine in parts of the world because of the two countries' roles as major agricultural exporters, EU ministers in Brussels warned yesterday. The European bloc is working on a plan to increase the area of EU land able to be given over to farm production, ease import restrictions on animal feed and looking at more direct aid to EU farmers, agricultural ministers said as they held a meeting. The...
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Egyptian currency sheds 13% against greenback
CAIRO: The value of the Egyptian pound shed 13 percent against the US dollar yesterday, registering 17.80 pounds against the greenback after a recent rise in inflation. The local currency in the Arab world's most populous country saw a sharp devaluation in 2016 when it lost nearly half its value against the dollar overnight.The pound was floated at the time as part of a package of reforms in exchange for a $12 billion bailout from the...
LUHANSK: Servicemen of the Ukrainian Military Forces prepare their equipment to repel a tank attack on a position in the Luhansk region. - AFP
Urban warfare looms if Russia enter cities
PARIS: The next step in Russia's invasion of Ukraine could lead to urban warfare, an immense challenge for even numerically superior armies with deadly consequences for civilians caught up in the fighting, experts say. Nearly two weeks after the start of the Russian offensive, fears are growing that troops are preparing to launch major moves on Ukrainian cities that have so far escaped their grasp. Russian artillery and rockets have been striking...
COLOMBO: People queue to buy Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders following shortages of essentials, in Colombo yesterday.—AFP
Sri Lanka seeks more Chinese cash as crisis claims fourth life
BEIJING: Beijing is considering a request for another $2.5 billion loan package from crisis-hit Sri Lanka, China's ambassador said yesterday, as a man was stabbed to death while queuing at a fuel station. The island nation of 22 million people is in the throes of its worst economic meltdown since independence in 1948, with widespread shortages of essential goods and worries that it may default on its $51 billion in foreign debt. Qi Zhenhong...
WASHINGTON: A person wears a shirt in support of Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, yesterday. - AFP
US Senate poised for hearings of first Black woman to Supreme Court
WASHINGTON: The US Senate takes up the historic nomination today of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court. The Senate Judiciary Committee is to hold four days of confirmation hearings beginning yesterday for President Joe Biden's choice for the highest US court. Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominees have become an acrimonious partisan battleground over the past few years between Republicans...
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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos
Alain Delon: Women he loved and left
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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait swelters amid power cuts
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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP
Hezbollah reveals its military muscle