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ARBIL: Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s president Massud Barzani looks on during a meeting with Muslim and Christian clerics of the Kurdistan region. — AFP

US urges Iraq Kurdish leader to postpone independence vote

ARBIL: Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s president Massud Barzani looks on during a meeting with Muslim and Christian clerics of the Kurdistan region. — AFPBAGHDAD: Washington has urged Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani to postpone an independence referendum scheduled for next month but he requested something in return, his office said yesterday. The timing of the September 25 vote has drawn criticism from both the Baghdad and Western...

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Yemen's blood bank faces nearing threat of closure

'Our medical supplies have nearly run out'DUBAI: Yemen's blood bank has sent out an urgent appeal to anyone who will listen, as war and a blockade on the capital may force the centre to close within a week. "We appeal to all humanitarian organizations in the international community and all financial donors to support the centre, as our medical supplies have nearly run out," said Adnan Al-Hakimi, director of the National Blood Transfusion and...

NAIROBI: Residents look out from their balconies during clashes between police and protesters in the Mathare area of Nairobi. —AFP

Death toll rises amid Kenya's rioting over disputed vote

9-year-old girl killed by stray bullet NAIROBI: Residents look out from their balconies during clashes between police and protesters in the Mathare area of Nairobi. —AFPNAIROBI: Kenya's post-election violence worsened yesterday as police used tear gas on a convoy of opposition officials in the capital and a mortuary official said nine bodies with gunshot wounds were brought to a Nairobi morgue from a slum that's an opposition stronghold.As...

UTTAR PRADESH: In this Friday, Aug 11, 2017 photo, a man holds the lifeless body of his child outside Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. —AP

35 children die in North Indian hospital in 3 days

UTTAR PRADESH: In this Friday, Aug 11, 2017 photo, a man holds the lifeless body of his child outside Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital in Gorakhpur, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. —APLUCKNOW: Parents of at least 35 children who have died in a state-run hospital in northern India over the past three days have alleged that the fatalities were due to the lack of a sufficient oxygen supply in the children's ward. District...

A Nepalese man walks on the banks of an over flowing Bagmati River flooded after heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 17, 2015. (Photo by AP)

25 dead in Nepal landslides, floods

A Nepalese man walks on the banks of an over flowing Bagmati River flooded after heavy rains in Kathmandu, Nepal, August 17, 2015. (Photo by AP)KATHMANDU: Floods and landslides caused by torrential monsoon rains have killed at least 25 people in the last two days across Nepal, officials said yesterday. Heavy rains have hit more than a dozen districts in the country's far eastern region as well as some areas in the west since Friday morning, the...

LONDON: Burnley’s Stephen Ward (left) celebrates scoring a goal during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Burnley at Stamford Bridge stadium yesterday. — AP

Burnley stun nine-man Chelsea

LONDON: Champions Chelsea had Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas sent off as the defence of their Premier League title began with a stunning 3-2 home defeat by Burnley on Saturday. Disjointed and embarrassed in the first half, Chelsea threatened to mount the most unlikely of comebacks in a stirring second-half display, but just failed to overcome their numerical disadvantage.Sam Vokes was Burnley's match-winner with a brace and Alvaro Morata's lively...

PALLEKELE: India’s Shikhar Dhawan, left, plays a shot during the first day’s play of their third cricket Test match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, yesterday. — AP

Lanka spinners put India on backfoot after Dhawan ton

PALLEKELE: India’s Shikhar Dhawan, left, plays a shot during the first day’s play of their third cricket Test match against Sri Lanka in Pallekele, Sri Lanka, yesterday. — APPALLEKELE: Shikhar Dhawan smashed a scintillating century for India, but Sri Lanka's spinners struck five times to leave the tourists on edge after the first day of the third Test yesterday. Malinda Pushpakumara took three wickets and Lakshan Sandakan two, leaving...

LONDON: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt anchors the Men’s 4x100m relay team to win a heat during the World Athletics Championships in London yesterday. —AP

Bolt gets Jamaica into relay final for grand farewell

LONDON: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt anchors the Men’s 4x100m relay team to win a heat during the World Athletics Championships in London yesterday. —APLONDON: Usain Bolt set the stage for his grand farewell, powering down the finishing straight yesterday to qualify Jamaica for the 4x100-meter relay final at the world championships. Fittingly, he will face Justin Gatlin and the United States in the final chapter of his unparalleled career.Both...

TORONTO: Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, hits a forehand to Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, during a Rogers Cup quarterfinal tennis match in Toronto. — AP

Wozniacki ousts top-seed Pliskova

TORONTO: Caroline Wozniacki, of Denmark, hits a forehand to Karolina Pliskova, of the Czech Republic, during a Rogers Cup quarterfinal tennis match in Toronto. — APTORONTO: Caroline Wozniacki made some changes this week to try to change her fortune in a city that has not been kind on the tennis front. Personal driver? Not needed this time around. Same hotel as before? Switch that booking. Wozniacki is not only winning in Toronto for the first...

Sami Sharif

Kuwait Insurance Company records KD 6.5 million net profit for H1 2017

Sami SharifKUWAIT: Kuwait Insurance Company S.A.K. announced its financial results for the first half ending 30 June 2017. The results reported a net profit of KD 6.5 million for the first half of 2017, compared to a loss of (KD1.026 million) for the same period last year, showing an increase of 735 percent, with Earning Per Share (EPS) at 35.29fils, compared to a loss of (5.55fils) per share for the same period last year.Mr. Sami Sharif, CEO of...

Wafa Sbaiti

Venezuela's worst economic crisis: What went wrong?

Wafa SbaitiVenezuela, the country that sits on world's largest oil reserves in the world, is going through the worst economic crisis in its history. It is on the verge of a collapse as its economy and political situation have deteriorated. Shortages of basic goods, from food to medicine all incredibly scarce all around the country as the government massively cuts imports in a bid to save money.Hospitals are running dangerously low on medicine,...

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Scientists gene-edit piglets, bringing organ transplants to humans closer

WASHINGTON: Scientists have successfully edited the genetic code of piglets to remove dormant viral infections, a breakthrough that could eventually pave the way for animal-to-human organ transplants. Their work, documented in the US journal Science on Thursday, could save lives by reducing organ donor waiting lists that have risen over the years, partly thanks to better road safety. There are some 117,000 people on the US transplant waiting list...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India