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Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz heads the Council of Ministers meeting in the capital Riyadh. – AFPn

Saudi King's visit to Kuwait represents historic ties

'Saudi key player in resolving regional issues'KUWAIT/RIYADH: Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz is set to visit Kuwait after the end of the 37th GCC summit to discuss means of resolving issues facing the region, as part of the strong ties shared between the two countries. The deep Saudi-Kuwaiti relations date back to the two countries' establishment era. The first agreement signed between the two sides was on December 2nd, 1922 to draw...

KUWAIT: Newly-elected MPs are pictured inside the parliament’s building, where they were taken on a tour yesterday ahead of the inaugural session next Sunday.— Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

ICM calls for cabinet that 'conveys voters message'

KUWAIT: Newly-elected MPs are pictured inside the parliament’s building, where they were taken on a tour yesterday ahead of the inaugural session next Sunday.— Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) congratulated the Kuwaiti people for the success of the parliamentary elections and the results achieved by reformists. The results convey a general sense of public rejection to those who could not meet...

Nabila Al-Anjeri

Kuwait's plight and solution

Nabila Al-Anjeri One cannot be too optimistic about the current parliament despite of all the positive indicators in the recent election process, which included a growing number of new lawmakers and the fall of bothersome MPs, as expected. These indicators can be the cause of tensions within a few months unless a national salvation program is jointly set by the upcoming cabinet and an overwhelming majority of the parliament. Without a...

The fake doctor arrested yesterday for rape

Filipina woman raped by fake Egyptian doctor

The fake doctor arrested yesterday for rapeKUWAIT: A woman was raped by a person who posed as a doctor and lured her to his fake clinic in Farwaniya. In her statements to police, the Filipina woman accused the Egyptian man of sexually assaulting her shortly after she entered an office based on an address he had given her as that of his clinic. The man was identified, arrested and sent to the proper authorities for further action.By Hanan...

This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows a man arrested for drug possession and trafficking.

Suspect turns house into 'drugs farm'

This photo released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows a man arrested for drug possession and trafficking.KUWAIT: A man who turned his residence into a 'drugs farm' was arrested in Sabah Al-Salem yesterday, the Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Information Department said. Police found a room equipped with heat control equipment in apartment, along with paraphernalia, drugs and a scale. The suspect, Canadian, said he has been...

KUWAIT: Firemen inspect the scene in Um Al-Haiman after the blaze was extinguished.

Man killed in Um Al-Haiman house fire

KUWAIT: Firemen inspect the scene in Um Al-Haiman after the blaze was extinguished.KUWAIT: A man died while his sister was injured in a house fire reported in Um Al-Haiman yesterday, the fire department said yesterday. Um Al-Haiman and Mina Abdullah fire centers headed to the scene in response to an emergency call, and found 30 people trapped inside.They started evacuating them despite some obstacles thy faced such as windows protected by steel...

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Ex-con caught with guns, drugs

KUWAIT: An ex-convict justified his possession of two unlicensed pistols as being in self-defense, while he admitted that the 30,000 illicit tablets he possessed were for sale. Detectives learned about the suspect's activities and arrested him near his house with the drugs and firearms.SuicideA Kuwaiti woman died of injuries after throwing herself from the fifth floor of a building in Andalus in an apparent suicide. Paramedics rushed the woman to...

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Saudis condemn 15 to death for spying for Iran

RIYADH: A Saudi court yesterday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom's rival Iran, local media and a source close to the case said, in a move likely to heighten regional tensions. Their trial opened in February, a month after Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Tehran over the burning of the Saudi embassy and a consulate by Iranian demonstrators protesting the kingdom's execution of cleric Nimr Al-Nimr. The most serious charge...

NEW YORK: US President-Elect Donald Trump stops to talk to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower yesterday. - AFP

One month after election win, Trump is still Trump

NEW YORK: US President-Elect Donald Trump stops to talk to the media in the lobby of Trump Tower yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Four weeks after his White House victory, Donald Trump hasn't changed a bit. He's still wedded to Twitter and still breaking all the political rules - in essence, the president-elect is still as unpredictable as ever. From his gilded Manhattan penthouse in Trump Tower, the Republican billionaire-turned-world leader has...

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Sanctions renewal shows US still 'enemy': Iran

TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that Congress's decision to renew US sanctions for 10 years would elicit a "harsh reaction" and proved the United States was still an enemy. "America... is our enemy, we have no doubt about this. The Americans want to put as much pressure on us as they can," Rouhani said in a speech to students at Tehran University. The Iran Sanctions Act passed the US Senate 99-0 last week, after easily...

IDLIB: A picture taken from a rebel-held area shows smoke billowing from buildings in the pro-regime Shiite town of Foua, in northwestern Idlib province yesterday following a reported rebel shelling. — AFP

Syrian army closes in on key Aleppo district

Moscow and Washington trade barbs IDLIB: A picture taken from a rebel-held area shows smoke billowing from buildings in the pro-regime Shiite town of Foua, in northwestern Idlib province yesterday following a reported rebel shelling. — AFPALEPPO: Syrian regime forces were on the verge yesterday of seizing a major rebel district of Aleppo as Moscow and Washington traded barbs over stalled efforts to end fighting in the battle-worn city. After...

NOVI PAZAR: Esad Kundakovic (3rd right) prays at the central mosque in Novi Pazar in southern Serbia. Esad, father of late Eldar Kundakovic, who died in 2013 while fighting in Aleppo on the side of the Islamic State (IS) group, says that he couldn’t stop his son from going to war but now spends most of his time explaining to other Muslim youth how pointless was his son’s death. —AFP

Radical Islam breeds in deprived corner of Serbia

NOVI PAZAR: Esad Kundakovic (3rd right) prays at the central mosque in Novi Pazar in southern Serbia. Esad, father of late Eldar Kundakovic, who died in 2013 while fighting in Aleppo on the side of the Islamic State (IS) group, says that he couldn’t stop his son from going to war but now spends most of his time explaining to other Muslim youth how pointless was his son’s death. —AFPNOVI PAZAR: In a country proud of its Orthodox...

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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