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Diplomatic attache at the Kuwaiti delegation to the UN headquarters in NewnYork, Farah Al-Gharabally.
Conflicts threaten peace culture: Kuwait diplomat
Diplomatic attache at the Kuwaiti delegation to the UN headquarters in NewYork, Farah Al-Gharabally.NEW YORK: The culture of peace is threatened by global conflicts and wars, a fact that required individuals and societies to stand together against ignorance, violence, as well as religious and sectarian biases, a Kuwaiti diplomat told a UN session late Thursday. In a meeting on the culture of peace held on the sideline of the 71st UN General...
Kuwait's Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah take a group photo with other officials during the students' visit to FAO. - KUNA
GCC condemns claims of Qatar link to Cairo bomb
Kuwait's Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al-Sabah take a group photo with other officials during the students' visit to FAO. - KUNARIYADH: Gulf states have condemned Egypt's accusation of Qatari involvement in a Cairo church bombing last week that killed 25 people, a statement from the Gulf Cooperation Council said."GCC states are upset over dragging the name of member-state Qatar into this heinous crime," the group's Secretary...
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Zain receives four titles as part of Advertising Creativity Award 2016
Zain receives four titles as part of Advertising Creativity Award 2016KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, proudly received four titles as part of the Advertising Creativity Award 2016. The award, organized by the Arab Media Forum, came for the fourth year under the patronage of HE Sheikh Salman Al Homoud Al Sabah Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs and the attendance of the Minister's...
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Four Kuwaitis arrested in Iran 
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday it is closely monitoring the detention of four Kuwaiti citizens at Iran's Ahavaz area, and coordinating with relevant authorities in order to ensure their release and safe return to their country.Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Sami Al-Hamad said yesterday in a press release that upon instructions from First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled...
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters. President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Obama vows retaliation against 'Russian hacking'
FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 28, 2015 file photo, U.S. President Barack Obama, right, and Russia's President President Vladimir Putin pose for members of the media before a bilateral meeting at the United Nations headquarters. President Barack Obama is promising that the U.S. will retaliate against Russia for its suspected meddling in America's election process, an accusation the Kremlin has vehemently denied. -AP WASHINGTON: President Barack...
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Ali ton gives England opening day honours
England's Moeen Ali plays a shot during the first day of the fifth cricket test match against India in Chennai, India, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)CHENNAI: Joe Root urged centurion Moeen Ali and the rest of the England batsmen to put India under pressure yesterday after the visitors made a solid start in the fifth and final Test in Chennai. The tourists were 284 for four at stumps with Ali (120) and Ben Stokes (five) at the...
Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track.(AP Photo)
Assad's Aleppo win dashes Syrians' hopes of return
Turkish medics carry a wounded Syrian woman, evacuated from Aleppo, to a field hospital near Idlib, Syria, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said 7,500 civilians have been evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo and that he has reached out to Tehran in a bid to keep the process on track. - APBEIRUT: They fled Aleppo from different districts and at different stages of Syria's civil war, seeking refuge abroad....
A migrant and a fire fighter stand next to a fire brigade truck outside a migrant workers' center after a fire broke out in Bouglogne-Billancourt, west of Paris, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. French police are investigating a fire that broke in a migrant workers' center near Paris and left two people seriously injured. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
1 dead, several hurt in fire at migrant center in Paris
A migrant and a fire fighter stand next to a fire brigade truck outside a migrant workers' center after a fire broke out in Bouglogne-Billancourt, west of Paris, Friday, Dec. 16, 2016. French police are investigating a fire that broke in a migrant workers' center near Paris and left two people seriously injured. -AP PARIS: French police are investigating a fire that broke out in a migrant workers' center near Paris that left one person dead,...
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, a broker reacts as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany. Though The US election was a key focus in financial markets in the final weeks of 2016, with stock markets in the US posting a series of highs since. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Globalization took hits in 2016
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016 file photo, a broker reacts as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump appears on a television screen at the stock market in Frankfurt, Germany. Though The US election was a key focus in financial markets in the final weeks of 2016, with stock markets in the US posting a series of highs since. -AP LONDON: 2016 was the year when globalization, the path that the world economy has largely followed for decades, took...
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Hershey, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump keeps reveling in election win at Penn rally
President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a rally at the Giant Center, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Hershey, Pa.-APHERSHEY, Pa: Donald Trump's barnstorming tour across the states that won him the White House continues to feature far more taunts of triumph than notes of healing after a bruising election. Thursday's rally in Hershey, Pennsylvania, found the president-elect calling for the mostly white crowd to cheer for African-Americans who were...
Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (C) leaves after meeting  Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on December 16, 2016.nIndia's Vice-President M Hamid Ansari Friday slammed lawmakers on the last day of parliament's stormy winter session December 16, which has been marred by daily disruptions and acrimonious sloganeering between government and opposition leaders. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA
India's oppn cries foul, says rights 'trampled'
Congress party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi (C) leaves after meeting Indian President Pranab Mukherjee at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi on December 16, 2016.India's Vice-President M Hamid Ansari Friday slammed lawmakers on the last day of parliament's stormy winter session December 16, which has been marred by daily disruptions and acrimonious sloganeering between government and opposition leaders. - AFP NEW DELHI: India's parliament...
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Adasani urges PM to return citizenships, end austerity
16 jailed for repeating Barrak's speechKUWAIT: Opposition MP Riyadh Al-Adasani said yesterday that if the prime minister and the government want a fresh, clean start with the National Assembly, all revoked citizenships must be returned and economic austerity measures halted. Adasani said that the government had revoked the citizenships of most people in the past few years for political reasons and not as a result of forgery or any other...