author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
The National Assembly
MPs call to discuss army fund, abolish ministers' tribunal
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday submitted a motion calling to convene a special session next Sunday to discuss the "violations in the army fund", less than a week after a special tribunal acquitted a former premier, a former defense minister and other top officials of embezzling tens of millions of dinars.The 13 lawmakers who signed the petition called on National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem to invite the Audit Bureau to discuss...
No Image
Fire Force holds graduation ceremony for cadet officers
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) yesterday held a graduation ceremony for 52 cadet officers after concluding their courses successfully. Sponsor of the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior (Ret General) Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, who attended the event, conveyed congratulations from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah...
Graduates students at KFH ward
GUST honors KFH for 'investment in talents'
KUWAIT: Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) honored Kuwait Finance House (KFH), represented by its Group Human Resources Chief Officer, Zeyad Abdullah Al-Omar, for participating in the job fair held at the university campus. This recognition affirms the bank's leading position in investing in young national talents and recruitment of top graduates.KFH pavilion comprised a highly specialized human resources team to offer job...
No Image
Sabah Hospital performs rare operation
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: General Surgery and Obesity Consultant at Sabah Hospital Dr Mohammad Al-Sulaimi said a operation on the diaphragm was conducted using advanced technology. He said the procedure was 100 percent successful, adding it was a rare case of Morgagni hernia, which is not widespread and affects only one percent of cases. He said the procedure involved a 52-year-old Kuwaiti who complained of weight loss, difficulty breathing and...
No Image
Cabinet names Sheikh Nawaf Saud KPC Deputy Chairman
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet yesterday approved a bill appointing Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah as Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Dr Mohammad Al-Fares, the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil and Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said in a statement to KUNA that the bill also stipulated appointment of the KPC board members. Al-Fares, also the KPC Chairman, said in his statement after...
No Image
Kuwait 'not yet' affected by Ukraine war, wheat imported from Australia
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused a food crisis in Iraq, Egypt and many other nations in the Middle East and North Africa dependent on wheat imports from these countries. The shortage of wheat supplies has led to a hike in prices, with people in many countries in the region facing shortages of bread.Fortunately, Kuwait is not yet affected by this crisis, as wheat is imported from Australia. The Kuwait Flour...
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr Nayef Al-Hajra seen with the Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Syria and Afghanistan.- KUNAn
GCC chief stresses support for humanitarian efforts
RIYADH: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf stressed yesterday the GCC's firm position in supporting humanitarian and relief efforts. This came during a meeting that grouped Dr Al-Hajraf with the Special Envoy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for Syria and Afghanistan, Emile de Bont, in Riyadh, said the GCC General Secretariat in a statement.During the meeting, both sides discussed issues of mutual concern and...
Dr Suad Al-Sabah
ALESCO selects Dr Suad Al-Sabah as Arab personality
KUWAIT: The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALESCO) selected Poet Dr Suad Al-Sabah as the Arab personality for the International poetry day. The International poetry day is celebrated on March 21 every year as approved by UNESCO during its 30th conference that was held in Paris 1999 in order to support the linguistic variety. It is aimed at giving languages that are threatened with extinction more opportunities to...
BASTIA, France: Protesters throw projectiles during clashes with police following a rally in support to Corsican nationalist figure Yvan Colonna a week after he was attacked in prison, in Bastia, Corsica, on Sunday.-AFPn
Riots in Corsica over jailed nationalist
BASTIA, France: The French government called for calm yesterday after fierce clashes left dozens of demonstrators and police injured on the island of Corsica, where anger over the assault in prison of a nationalist figure has reached boiling point. Police reported 67 people injured during protests on Sunday, including 44 police, following scenes that onlookers described as akin to urban guerrilla war."The overnight scenes were extremely violent,"...
No Image
Strong quakes rattle Indonesia, Philippines
MANILA: Strong and shallow earthquakes shook western Indonesia and the Philippines' main island early yesterday, rattling buildings and sending panicked residents fleeing, but causing no casualties or damage. In Indonesia, a 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit off the west coast of Sumatra island and in the Philippines, a 6.4-magnitude tremor struck 110 kilometers (68 miles) off Luzon island, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said. Officials in...
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh addresses a press conference in Tehran, yesterday.-AFPnn
Iran's FM to hold talks on nuclear deal in Moscow
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian will head to Moscow today, the ministry said, days after negotiations on an Iran nuclear deal stalled amid new Russian demands. "Russia has made its official demands loud and clear, and this needs to be discussed among all parties to the 2015 agreement, like all the demands that have been presented by other parties," foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh told reporters yesterday....
KYIV: An elderly woman leans on her walker as she stands outside a destroyed apartment building following shelling in the northwestern Obolon district of Kyiv yesterday. - AFPn
Shelling fails to shift last civilians from Kyiv's ghost suburb of Irpin
IRPIN, Ukraine: Most of the citizens of Irpin, a once well-to-do commuter suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, have fled the Russian army's bombardment. The streets are dotted with rubble where Grad missiles have burst open high-rise apartment blocks and modest wood and brick bungalows. Sometimes the empty streets are so silent that a woodpecker's tapping in a tall tree sounds more insistent than the distant guns. But sometimes there is the...
arrow
most read
1
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
2
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)
Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait
3
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
4
KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
5
JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya