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The best returning shows of 2016
This image released by HBO shows Kit Harington in a scene from "Game of Thrones." — AP photosEvery show on this list has to go through a rigorous vetting process known as my life: I don't hang on to season passes for returning shows unless they really deliver the goods most weeks. And it's the relationships that keep bringing me back, for the most part. A good television show is really the chronicle of a tangle of relationships worth...
Concept art from Pixar’s ‘Coco’
Pixar's first original story under Trump a 'love letter to Mexico'
Concept art from Pixar’s ‘Coco’It is known for movies about monsters, insects and children's toys but Pixar's latest, very human story is "a love letter to Mexico" at a time of simmering racial tension. Taking the country's Day of the Dead festival as its theme, "Coco" will hit US theaters some 12 months after Donald Trump's November 8 election victory on an anti-immigration ticket that enflamed Hispanic communities across America. It has...
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War crimes in Syria
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Opposition MPs urge Gulf to act over Aleppo ‘genocide’
MP: Visitors should have health insurance - Court to study poll petitions from Dec 25KUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday called on the governments of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states to expel Russian ambassadors from their countries in protest over what they called Moscow’s role in “genocide” against civilians in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Speaking at a small rally held inside the National Assembly building, MP Jamaan Al-Harbash...
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KOC: Cost of 'Sedra 500' project stands at $27 m
.KUWAIT: The total cost of Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC) 'Sedra 500' solar plant renewable energy project is $27 million, a prominent KOC engineer said yesterday. In a statement to the press on the sidelines of a panel discussion over the project, organized by the public relations department of the Ministry of Oil, engineer Ammad Safar said that the project which was launched in 2013, had only begun in earnest last month with a total energy of 10...
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Kuwait's press freedoms on the decline
PARIS/KUWAIT: Kuwait's press freedoms took a massive hit in 2016 according to the latest Reporters Without Borders ranking. Kuwait ranked 103 out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index for 2016, dropping 13 spots from its 2015 position. The international press freedom organization warned that the world had seen a sharp increase in the global number of journalists detained or 'disappeared' and subject to other forms of political...
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Friend's killer found guilty of second degree murder
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a citizen who killed his friend in a fight in the Qashaniya desert to three years and four months in jail. The court explained its verdict by considering the killing as second degree murder during a fight. Notably, the public prosecution will file an appeal and demand a stricter penalty.Economic planMP Mohammed Al-Dallal announced that he has collected some of his colleagues' signatures for a demand...
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'Malicious action' not allowed
KUWAIT: Mnahi Obaid Al-Osaimi, a student at Kuwait University's Commercial Studies College (Law Department), carried out a study on judicial ruling implementation, which concluded that the implementation of a court's verdict is not to be done without rules and standards.The Kuwaiti legislator allowed the implementation of a court verdict, but did not allow malicious action, which means when a ruling goes in a person's favor in a case in which he...
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Office boys become clerks
To start with, asking about a Cabinet formation in Kuwait is motivated by exploring how the inquirer's interests will be handled for a short time rather than by a wish to achieve any development! He who reads articles 24 and 25 of the civil services decree law number 15/1979 will find an explanation for many phenomenal role-shifts and misunderstandings of the concept of public service and administrative jobs, because these two particular...
Fire at Chest Hospital guts building
Fire at Chest Hospital guts building, no casualties
Fire at Chest Hospital guts buildingKUWAIT: A blaze that erupted at the Chest Hospital in Sabah health zone was brought under control yesterday. Crews belonging to Kuwait's Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) responded to the fire that gutted Al-Sadri Hospital and brought it under control with no casualties reported, KFSD announced.Kuwait's new Health Minister Jamal Al-Harbi along with KFSD Director General Lt. Gen. Khalid Al-Mikrad visited the...
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17 people evacuated from burning house
KUWAIT: A fire broke out in a Salam house, and firemen freed 17 people trapped due to thick smoke. Two persons suffered light burns, while the rest suffered smoke inhalation. They were sent to hospital for treatment. An investigation was opened to determine the cause of the fire.Two booksInterior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahd received Lt Col Dr Yousuf Al-Yaqout from Saad Al-Abdullah Security Sciences Academy, who presented him...
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Attempted rape on an Ethiopian woman
KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives are looking for a man who abducted an Ethiopian woman, took her to an isolated area in an attempt to rape her, according to her statements. She added that when she resisted him, he tore off her clothes, leaving her half naked. She managed to walk to a street, and someone took her to the police station.Bootleggers bustedAn attempt by two Indian drivers to flee revealed a deal to sell 139 bottles of homebrewed liquor in...
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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA
Kuwait army alert, govt prepared
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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt
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Senior military officers discuss security issues