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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the newly appointed officials. —KUNA photos
Amir stresses efforts to maintain Kuwait’s security
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah and the newly appointed officials. —KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. During the meeting, the minister introduced Sheikh Salman...
ANKARA: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pictured with the former Turkish president Abdullah Gul during a previous visit to Turkey. — KUNA
Amir starts official visit to Turkey today
ANKARA: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pictured with the former Turkish president Abdullah Gul during a previous visit to Turkey. — KUNAKUWAIT/ANKARA: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will start an official visit to Turkey today. During his visit, His Highness the Amir will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over efforts to boost bilateral relations and...
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Maltese counterpart Dr George Vella sign one of the agreements. —KUNA photos
Kuwait, Malta ink cultural, art deals
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Maltese counterpart Dr George Vella sign one of the agreements. —KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait and Malta yesterday signed an agreement to boost cultural and artistic cooperation between both nations. Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his Maltese counterpart Dr George Vella...
KUWAIT: Warba Bank’s newest branch in Shuhada area.
Warba Bank opens its 11th branch in Shuhada
KUWAIT: Warba Bank’s newest branch in Shuhada area.KUWAIT: In line with Warba Bank's vision of strategic expansion in the most dynamic and distinctive areas of Kuwait, the bank established a new branch in the Shuhada area to provide the best pioneering sharia compliant banking services and solutions that are specifically designed to meet the needs of the bank's customers.The ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by Hawalli Governor Sheikh Ahmad...
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Youngsters fight in famous café
KUWAIT: Several young men were detained in Salwa police station after a violent fight in a famous café. The men caused extensive damages inside the place. Preliminary investigations indicate that the fight started when one person confronted another for allegedly 'staring provocatively' at him, and the two were soon joined by their respective friends.ScamInvestigations are underway to arrest a con artist who scammed a citizen into paying money...
TOULOUSE: People attend a memorial ceremony in Toulouse yesterday dedicated to the three children Arieh and Gabriel Sandler, and Myriam Monsonego who were killed outside a school in a murderous spree in the French city of Toulouse in 2012. — AFP
French police probe motives of attacker
TOULOUSE: People attend a memorial ceremony in Toulouse yesterday dedicated to the three children Arieh and Gabriel Sandler, and Myriam Monsonego who were killed outside a school in a murderous spree in the French city of Toulouse in 2012. — AFPPARIS: French investigators were yesterday trying to establish whether the man shot dead after holding up a soldier at Orly airport in Paris had planned the attack or acted on impulse. Saturday's...
MOSUL: Iraqi forces, consisting of the Iraqi federal police and the elite Rapid Response Division, hold a position as they advance in the Old City in western Mosul yesterday, during the offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. —AFP
West Mosul battle looks to be deadliest yet for Iraqis
More than 300 killed over the last month MOSUL: Iraqi forces, consisting of the Iraqi federal police and the elite Rapid Response Division, hold a position as they advance in the Old City in western Mosul yesterday, during the offensive to retake the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. —AFPMOSUL: As Iraqi forces pushed into southwestern Mosul, four Islamic State fighters moved into Omar Khudair's home and took up positions on the roof....
LUCKNOW: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right and Yogi Adityanath, in saffron robes, greet with folded hands as Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, center and others wave to the audience after Adityanath was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh state chief minister in Lucknow, India, yesterday.-AP
Is Modi moving towards a Hindu India?
BJP wins biggest majority in 40 years LUCKNOW: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, second right and Yogi Adityanath, in saffron robes, greet with folded hands as Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah, center and others wave to the audience after Adityanath was sworn in as Uttar Pradesh state chief minister in Lucknow, India, yesterday.-APNEW DELHI: A saffron-robed Hindu holy man was sworn in yesterday to lead India's most populous state,...
PARIS: Members of the RAID, (Research, Assistance, Intervention and Deterrence), France’s elite police force, leave Orly airport, south of Paris.—AP
France's defense a key issue for country's next president
PARIS: Members of the RAID, (Research, Assistance, Intervention and Deterrence), France’s elite police force, leave Orly airport, south of Paris.—APPARIS: France's presidential election campaign is taking note of an attack on a military patrol at Paris' Orly Airport by a suspected Islamic extremist who was shot dead by soldiers. Most notably, the party of far-right National Front candidate Marine Le Pen sought to make political hay from...
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands after a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.—AFP
Trump did not refuse to shake Merkel's hand
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel shake hands after a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.—AFPBERLIN: Donald Trump's spokesman has denied that the US president refused to shake hands with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they say side-by-side in the White House last week. "I don't think he heard the question" posed by Merkel when she suggested they shake hands,...
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Bangladesh clears execution for top extremist leader
DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court yesterday rejected the final appeal by a top extremist leader to overturn his death sentence, all but paving the way for his execution within weeks. The Supreme Court upheld a 2008 order to execute Mufti Abdul Hannan and two associates for an attack on a shrine that left three dead and injured the British high commissioner at the time. The decision comes just weeks after armed militants attempted to free Hannan...
MANILA: This file photo shows Jennilyn Olayres hugging the dead body of her partner Michael Siaron who was shot by unidentified gunman and left with a cardboard sign with a message “I’m a pusher” along a street in Manila. —AFP
Philippine bishops preach against restoring death penalty
MANILA: Philippine Catholic bishops fired back against efforts to restore the death penalty with a special prayer read at all masses yesterday. The church leaders of the country which is about 80 percent Catholic issued the special homily in response to an effort spearheaded by President Rodrigo Duterte to bring back capital punishment which was abolished in 2006."Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, let us not allow our wells to be poisoned by...