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Investment Authority sells its Areva stake

KUWAIT: The Public Investment Authority (PIA) has sold its share, 4.8 percent, in the French energy company Areva to the French Government at a value of euro 83 million ($97.7 million), the PIA said in a statement yesterday. Despite losses in the PIA investments in Areva, the authority has succeeded in posting KD 45.2 billion (approx. $149 billion) worth of net profits for the period from 2010-2011 to 2016-2017, during which it invested in the...

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting Minister of Youth Affairs Khalid Al-Roudhan awards the winning team at the conclusion of the second annual Women’s Football Tournament organized by the Public Authority for Sports last June. (Right) A local team poses with their silver medals after finishing second in a local basketball tournament. — KUNA

Kuwait’s women sports: Continuous developments

KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting Minister of Youth Affairs Khalid Al-Roudhan awards the winning team at the conclusion of the second annual Women’s Football Tournament organized by the Public Authority for Sports last June. (Right) A local team poses with their silver medals after finishing second in a local basketball tournament. — KUNAKUWAIT: Women sports in Kuwait had seen developments on different levels, as some women...

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Over 175 kg of drugs seized in three months

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Criminal Security Major General Khalid Al-Dayeen warned against the dangers of drugs as it threatens the country's safety, social stability and the youth. He said that officers from the Drugs Control General Department, a subdivision of the Criminal Security Department, were able during the second quarter of this year (April, May and June) to confiscate 9.16 kg of shabu (methamphetamine),...

IRBIL: A Kuwaiti delegation of journalists and media figures meets President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani. — KUNA

Barzani hails Kuwaitis' unity during invasion

Kuwait plays integral role within region, world: Zebari IRBIL: A Kuwaiti delegation of journalists and media figures meets President of the Iraqi Kurdistan region Masoud Barzani. — KUNAIRBIL: The Kuwaiti people set a remarkable example of national unity during the 1990 invasion, said President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani. His statement came while receiving a delegation of Kuwaiti journalists and media figures, where he extoled...

ISLAMABAD: This photograph taken on July 19, 2017, a Pakistani visitor takes a photograph in front of historical pictures of Hindu and Muslim leaders seeking independence from British rule at the Pakistan Monument Museum. — AFP

Partition key battleground in textbook wars

Indian and Pakistani schools unable to confront bitter legacy of split ISLAMABAD: This photograph taken on July 19, 2017, a Pakistani visitor takes a photograph in front of historical pictures of Hindu and Muslim leaders seeking independence from British rule at the Pakistan Monument Museum. — AFPISLAMABAD: Pakistani high school student Noman Afzal knows "traitorous" Hindus are to blame for the bloodshed that erupted when British India split...

SAN SALVADOR: In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks. —AP

Sessions vows crackdown on classified information leaks

The number of criminal leak probes has tripled SAN SALVADOR: In this July 28, 2017 file photo, Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks. —APWASHINGTON: Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledged on Friday to rein in government leaks that he said undermine American security, taking an aggressive public stand after being called weak on the matter by President Donald Trump. The nation's top law enforcement official cited no current investigations in...

ROME: A man lays on a bench in the shadow under trees in front the “Altare della Patria” (the Unknown Soldier monument), in central Rome, yesterday, as temperatures reached more than 40 degrees Celsius. —AFP

‘Lucifer’ heat wave keeps parts of EU in red alert

A taste of worse to follow in coming decades ROME: A man lays on a bench in the shadow under trees in front the “Altare della Patria” (the Unknown Soldier monument), in central Rome, yesterday, as temperatures reached more than 40 degrees Celsius. —AFPROME: Swaths of southern Europe sweltered Saturday in a heatwave that has claimed several lives, cost billions in crop damage and is, scientists warned, a foretaste of worse to follow in...

This file photo taken on July 10, 2008 shows a Chinese soldier (L) gesturing next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's northeastern Sikkim state. - AFP

China ups the ante in standoff with India

This file photo taken on July 10, 2008 shows a Chinese soldier (L) gesturing next to an Indian soldier at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's northeastern Sikkim state. - AFPBEIJING: China has stepped up its rhetoric in an increasingly tense border row with India, hinting at the possibility of military action in a propaganda push that analysts are calling "genuinely troubling." For more than a month, Indian and...

NEW DELHI: Activists and supporters of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) stand on police barricades while shouting slogans against Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi outside the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). —AFP

Protests after mob attacks India opposition leader Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Activists and supporters of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) stand on police barricades while shouting slogans against Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi outside the headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). —AFPAHMEDABAD: India's main opposition Congress Party staged angry nationwide protests yesterday, blaming supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for pelting stones at the car of its leader Rahul Gandhi. Congress...

KATHMANDU: Nepali transgender woman Monika Shahi Nath (L) and her husband Ramesh Nath (R) pose for pictures with their marriage certificate after announcing the registration of their marriage at a press conference. —AFP

Nepali couple registers its 1st transgender marriage

KATHMANDU: Nepali transgender woman Monika Shahi Nath (L) and her husband Ramesh Nath (R) pose for pictures with their marriage certificate after announcing the registration of their marriage at a press conference. —AFPKATHMANDU: A Nepali transgender woman and a man registered their marriage, a first in the country, the couple said yesterday, despite an absence of laws legalizing same-sex or transgender unions. Monika Shahi Nath, 40, who...

DUBAI: Fire is seen at the 1,105-foot tall Torch tower skyscraper on Friday. — AFP

Blaze sweeps through Dubai skyscraper for second time

DUBAI: Fire is seen at the 1,105-foot tall Torch tower skyscraper on Friday. — AFPDUBAI: Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. No major injuries had been reported in the tower, located in an upscale...

Brazilian soccer star Neymar walks away with the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain Nasser Al-Khelaifi, left, following a press conference in Paris Friday. — AP

Neymar pledges 'lots of trophies' to PSG fans

Brazilian soccer star Neymar walks away with the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain Nasser Al-Khelaifi, left, following a press conference in Paris Friday. — APPARIS: Brazil superstar Neymar received a hero's welcome from the Paris Saint-Germain faithful yesterday as he vowed to win "lots of trophies" following his world record transfer. The 25-year-old was presented to fans at the club's Parc des Princes stadium ahead of their opening Ligue 1...

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