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BEIJING: A man walks past a roadside poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping after the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing yesterday. — AFP
China enshrines 'Xi Jinping Thought'
Xi's ideology on 'new era' of socialism included in charter  BEIJING: A man walks past a roadside poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping after the closing of the 19th Communist Party Congress in Beijing yesterday. — AFPBEIJING: China's ruling Communist Party enshrined President Xi Jinping's political thought into its constitution yesterday, putting him in the same company as the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, and cementing his power...
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson comes down from his plane upon his arrival at the Pakistan’s Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad yesterday. — AFP
Pakistan gives US Secretary of State a frosty welcome - US warns over Taleban havens
ISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson comes down from his plane upon his arrival at the Pakistan’s Nur Khan military airbase in Islamabad yesterday. — AFPISLAMABAD: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a frosty welcome to Pakistan yesterday after Washington turned up the heat on Islamabad for allegedly providing "safe havens" for Taleban militants. America's top diplomat was quietly greeted by a mid-level Pakistani Foreign Office...
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India widows face abuse and threats
MUMBAI: Widows of farmers who have committed suicide in western India face abuse and threats to their children's safety when they demand their inheritance, highlighting the risks vulnerable women face in claiming rights over property, a report said. Thousands of farmers kill themselves every year in Maharashtra state over failed crops and mounting debt. The most common reason cited is the inability to repay loans for seeds and fertilizers. While...
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Child slave lifts lid on life as maid
Daughter sold into slavery for $7 by fatherWhen she was a little over knee high, Badaik’s father took her on a trip. They walked through lush tea gardens, boarded a bus and reached “somewhere”. As she took in the sights, her father turned back and went home, leaving her at the doorstep of a “nice house”. He had sold her into slavery for 500 rupees ($7.70). Badaik grew up working as a maid in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal...
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Bollywood and Nollywood sexual predators shielded
“When you speak up, you risk losing your career”Two major Bollywood rape-revenge dramas released in 2017 had beefy heroes take on men or gangs who had sexually assaulted their wives or daughters. But off-screen, predators in the world’s most prolific film industry are protected by victims’ silence. From India’s Bollywood to Nigeria’s Nollywood, which both produce more films than Hollywood, actors told the Thomson Reuters Foundation...
nLONDON: Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane (R) stands with his trophy for winning The Best FIFA Men's Coach of 2017 Award alongside Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, with his trophy for winning The Best FIFA Men's Player of 2017 Award. - AFPnnnn
Ronaldo eyes more FIFA success as Real dominate awards
LONDON: Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane (R) stands with his trophy for winning The Best FIFA Men's Coach of 2017 Award alongside Real Madrid and Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, with his trophy for winning The Best FIFA Men's Player of 2017 Award. - AFPLONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo has set his sights on a "lucky seventh" piece of FIFA silverware after collecting his fifth Men's Player of the Year award on Monday. Ronaldo's Real Madrid...
Majed Essa Al Ajeel, Chairman of Burgan Bank Group.
Burgan Bank Group reports net income up 11% reaching KD53.9m
Bank announces earnings of first nine months in 2017 Majed Essa Al Ajeel, Chairman of Burgan Bank Group.KUWAIT: Burgan Bank Group announced yesterday its first nine months earnings of financial year 2017. The bank continues to pursue selective and prudent growth approach, clubbed with focus on efficiencies and continuous yields improvements. For the 2017 first nine months and compared to the same period last year, reported net income grew by 11...
KUWAIT: (From left), Daliya Al-Qasim, Meshari Shehab, and Tareq Al-Saleh during the press conference on WISE service held at the Gulf Bank headquarters. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank launches a new, investment service 'WISE'
Portfolio management service to assist high net-worth customers  KUWAIT: (From left), Daliya Al-Qasim, Meshari Shehab, and Tareq Al-Saleh during the press conference on WISE service held at the Gulf Bank headquarters. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Gulf Bank has launched a new, first-of-its-kind investment service in Kuwait. WISE is an advisory portfolio management service for affluent, high net worth and ultra-high net worth Gulf Bank...
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Saudi eyes new economy with $500bn zone
Industrial zone to extend into Jordan, Egypt RIYADH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second left), US journalist Maria Bartiromo (left), Masayoshi Son (third left), the Chief Executive Officer of SoftBank, and other participants attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia, seeking to free itself from dependence on oil exports, announced yesterday a $500 billion plan to build a...
HYDERABAD: An Indian vendor sells produce at a vegetable market in Hyderabad yesterday. Prices of most vegetables have crossed 100 rupees per kilogram as wholesale dealers are buying them from other states due to recent rains that damaged crops in many parts of the southern Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. —AFP
India embarks on $32.4bn state bank recapitalization
Modi's desperate bid to tackle drag on economy HYDERABAD: An Indian vendor sells produce at a vegetable market in Hyderabad yesterday. Prices of most vegetables have crossed 100 rupees per kilogram as wholesale dealers are buying them from other states due to recent rains that damaged crops in many parts of the southern Indian states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. —AFPNEW DELHI: India's cabinet approved a $32.43 billion plan yesterday to...
Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri, speaks to journalists after being released by a military court, in Beirut. — AP
Palestinian festival drops film over director’s Israel trips
Lebanese film director Ziad Doueiri, speaks to journalists after being released by a military court, in Beirut. — APA Palestinian film festival on Sunday canceled the screening of a movie by a Lebanese-French director following pressure by activists who opposed his previous work in Israel. "The Insult," the latest movie by director Ziad Doueiri, was set to close the Palestinian Days of Cinema festival on Monday and was competing for the...
This file photo shows James Toback attending the premiere of the movie ‘The Private Life of a modern Woman’ presented out of competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. — AFP
US director James Toback accused by 38 women of sexual harassment
This file photo shows James Toback attending the premiere of the movie ‘The Private Life of a modern Woman’ presented out of competition at the 74th Venice Film Festival at Venice Lido. — AFPThe Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened Monday after 38 women were said to have accused US film director James Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of decades. Toback reeled them in with boasts about his movie career and connections,...
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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