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DUBAI: GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani attends the “Middle East Rail 2017” conference and exhibition. — KUNA
Railway project mandatory for regional growth: GCC chief
DUBAI: GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani attends the “Middle East Rail 2017” conference and exhibition. — KUNADUBAI: A proposed project to build a railway system to connect Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member nations is necessary to ensure sustained development, GCC Secretary General Abdullatif Al-Zayani said yesterday. In a speech to open the 'Middle East Rail 2017' conference and exhibition, Zayani said that closer ties and...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets visiting Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at Bayan Palace yesterday. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed their good bilateral ties and ways to bolster them in all fields, and attain their joint aspirations. They also discussed a number of issues of mutual interest. - KUNA
Pakistani Premier meets Amir, holds official talks with Kuwaiti counterpart
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets visiting Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at Bayan Palace yesterday. During the meeting, the two sides reviewed their good bilateral ties and ways to bolster them in all fields, and attain their joint aspirations. They also discussed a number of issues of mutual interest. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received the...
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Kuwait Airways reveals 41.7% scheduling boost on Middle East destinations for Summer Season
36 int'l destinations sees 15.9 percent frequency increase .KUWAIT: Following the recent announcement of a 15.9 percent increase in frequencies across its entire network for the upcoming International Air Transport Association (IATA) "Summer Season", starting 26th March 2017, Kuwait Airways has today further detailed its plans for how that will affect its Middle East destinations - a 41.7 percent increase in the number of flights.Key routes to be...
Major General Fahad Al-Shuwaie & Colonel Khalil Al-Amir
GCC Traffic Week kicks off next week
Major General Fahad Al-Shuwaie & Colonel Khalil Al-AmirKUWAIT: Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Fahad Al-Shuwaie said the GCC Traffic Week to be launched next week under the slogan shows solidarity and integration between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries and proves that traffic cooperation between them had gone a long way. The week, held under the slogan 'life is precious,' starts next Sunday with...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti farmer Yousef Al-Kreibani poses with some saplings grown at his private farm. — Photos by Joseph Shagra
Kuwaiti farmer distributes free saplings to encourage planting
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti farmer Yousef Al-Kreibani poses with some saplings grown at his private farm. — Photos by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: Kuwaiti farmer Yousef Al-Kreibani distributed saplings for free at The Boulevard Park in Salmiya yesterday in his last activity for this season. "This is part of the campaign I held during the entire year, where I distributed rare and special saplings to citizens and expats free of charge," he told Kuwait...
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The Sad Reality
The appeals court in Mauritania sentenced writer Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir to death after he was found guilty of charged with riddah (apostasy in Islam) after his arrest for publishing a column in which he spoke about events that took place during the time of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). The supreme court later annulled the death sentence, but this was not accepted by the Mauritanian people, as the capital Nouakchott saw protests that...
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50 prostitutes arrested
KUWAIT: The general security sector carried out a major campaign, resulting in the arrest of 50 prostitutes and 40 absconders of various nationalities. The security source said that police identified nine suspicious places, which were all raided simultaneously and the arrests were made.Child kidnappedA Jordanian man accused his Egyptian wife of kidnapping his son. He said his wife took his 5-year-old son to Egypt to let her family see him. The...
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Kuwaiti man hurt in melee after catching 'cheating' wife
KUWAIT: A security source said a citizen saw his wife's car while he was near a private hospital, so he called her several times, but her phone was switched off, so he waited next to the car to find out what was going on. Two hours later, he was surprised after a car parked next to his wife's car. His wife was with another man in it, so he rushed towards her, but the stranger hit his car several times. The man suffered a broken leg and a deep...
KUALA LUMPUR: University Malaya Vice Chancellor Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah (right) presents an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday. - AFP
Malaysia foiled attack against 'Arab royalty'
KUALA LUMPUR/DUBAI: Malaysia said yesterday that suspected militants from Yemen arrested late last month ahead of a visit by Saudi King Salman had been planning an attack on Arab royalty. A senior Malaysian police source said the four suspects belonged to Yemen's Iran-allied Houthi movement that has been fighting other Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led military coalition for two years. Malaysian police had previously said the men were suspected...
SAN DIEGO: Protesters chant during a rally against the travel ban at San Diego International Airport on Monday. - AFP
New Trump travel ban comes without chaos
SAN DIEGO: Protesters chant during a rally against the travel ban at San Diego International Airport on Monday. - AFPWASHINGTON: When US President Donald Trump signed his first travel ban with scant warning and little planning seven days into his presidency, he meant to signal he was a man of action. After the lawsuits, chaos at airports and international criticism, Trump's rewritten travel ban sent a different message: The White House has...
KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the media surround a car entering the North Korean embassy yesterday. - AFP
North Korea, Malaysia slap exit bans
KUALA LUMPUR: Members of the media surround a car entering the North Korean embassy yesterday. - AFPKUALA LUMPUR: North Korea barred Malaysians from leaving the country yesterday, sparking tit-for-tat action by Malaysia, with Kuala Lumpur saying its nationals were effectively being held "hostage" in a row over the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam. The extraordinary tit-for-tat moves came as the reclusive North faced growing international...
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (third right) unveils the Saba-248 multi-purpose helicopter yesterday. - AP
Iran unveils new chopper
Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan (third right) unveils the Saba-248 multi-purpose helicopter yesterday. - APTEHRAN: Iran yesterday unveiled a new helicopter designed for offshore operations, medical evacuations and surveillance. The official IRNA news agency said yesterday that the four-bladed Saba-248 has two engines but its capable of operating with just one, and that it can fly in temperatures ranging from minus 25 to 55 degrees...
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Summer enters its final stages
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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Kuwait residents try to ward off the heat
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Price of image over true value