Talal | Kuwait Times Newspaper

Kuwait Times

New York City Police guard the front of Trump Tower, in New York, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Around the country from New York to Chicago to California, hundreds of demonstrators marched through streets protesting Donald Trump's election. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Trump slams, praises protesters

New York City Police guard the front of Trump Tower, in New York, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. Around the country from New York to Chicago to California, hundreds of demonstrators marched through streets protesting Donald Trump's election. -APWASHINGTON/NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump denounced Americans who protested against his election and hours later praised them yesterday, underscoring contradictions that have raised questions about his...

Sheikh Malek Al-Humoud Al-Sabah

Court confirms royal can run in polls

Sheikh Malek Al-Humoud Al-SabahKUWAIT: The administrative court said Thursday that ruling family member Sheikh Malek Al-Humoud Al-Sabah can run in election after it refused a government objection for a ruling in favor of the royal this week.The election authorities had barred Sheikh Malek from running in election because he is a member of the ruling family because the explanatory note of the constitution states that ruling family members should...

KUWAIT: This January 20, 1962 picture shows then Amir of Kuwait SheikhnAbdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah delivering a speech during the inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly of Kuwait. —Photo courtesy of Kuwait-history.net

Kuwait's first assembly: step towards democracy

KUWAIT: This January 20, 1962 picture shows then Amir of Kuwait SheikhAbdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah delivering a speech during the inaugural session of the Constituent Assembly of Kuwait. —Photo courtesy of Kuwait-history.netKUWAIT: Amid a palpable democratic atmosphere with parliamentary elections less than a month away on November 26, Kuwait's National Assembly has been the nation's legislative authority since independence. On June 19, 1961,...

45 ATVs impounded in traffic police crackdown

45 ATVs impounded in traffic police crackdown

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry launched inspection campaigns against traffic violations, including driving all-terrain-vehicles (ATV) on public roads, which came following instructions of Undersecretary Lieutenant General Suleiman Al-Fahad.During crackdowns around Kuwait, 53 tickets were issued, 45 ATVs and motorbikes, as well as six cars were impounded, while four teenagers were arrested and referred to the Juveniles Public Prosecution for...

England's wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow (L) and Haseeb Hameed take evasive action as India's Cheteshwar Pujara plays a shot on the third day of the first Test cricket match between India and England at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Rajkot on November 11, 2016. ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- - ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUTn / AFP / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE----- / GETTYOUT

Pujara, Vijay hit tons as India reach 319-4

England's wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow (L) and Haseeb Hameed take evasive action as India's Cheteshwar Pujara plays a shot on the third day of the first Test cricket match between India and England at the Saurashtra Cricket Association stadium in Rajkot on November 11, 2016. -AFPRAJKOT: Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara hit centuries and shared a stand of 209 to lead India to 319-4 in their first innings on the third day of the opening test...

Indian residents gather in front of a gutted workshop in Ghaziabad, some 20 kms east of New Delhi on November 11, 2016.nThirteen workers died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital early Friday as they slept in the workshop. / AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA

Thirteen perish in India garment factory fire

Indian residents gather in front of a gutted workshop in Ghaziabad, some 20 kms east of New Delhi on November 11, 2016.Thirteen workers died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital early Friday as they slept in the workshop. -AFP GHAZIABAD: Thirteen workers died in a fire at a suspected illegal garment factory on the outskirts of the Indian capital yesterday as they slept in the workshop. The...

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JOHN HADOULIS AND ODILE DUPERRYnRefugees, who are to be relocated to Portugal, attend an information session at the premises of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Athens on November 9, 2016. Portugal along with France, the Netherlands and Finland have accepted over 3,500 refugees out of some 5,400 that have so far been relocated from Greece throughout EU states. The bloc had agreed last year to aid Greece as well as Italy after over a million refugees and migrants arrived on their shores in Europe's biggest migration surge since World War II.n / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI

Refugees tutored on new life in Europe

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JOHN HADOULIS AND ODILE DUPERRYRefugees, who are to be relocated to Portugal, attend an information session at the premises of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Athens on November 9, 2016. Portugal along with France, the Netherlands and Finland have accepted over 3,500 refugees out of some 5,400 that have so far been relocated from Greece throughout EU states. The bloc had agreed last year to aid...

crime-scene

Prostitutes caught

crime-sceneKUWAIT: Vice detectives put an end to the activities of a Spanish woman who was arrested for prostitution. The suspect reportedly charged KD 200 per client, and used a Bneid Al-Qar apartment to practice her illegal activities, including filming pornographic videos, according to investigations. The 'porn star' reportedly arrived to Kuwait on a visit visa after being contacted by clients in Kuwait via the internet, the sources said,...

No Image

Alibaba says 83% of sales via mobile devices

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. — AP

President-elect in White House - A symbolic start to transition of power

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House yesterday. — APWASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama for their first meeting at the White House yesterday, a symbolic start to the transition of power to the nation's 45th president. They discussed a range of domestic and foreign policy topics at the White House during their first meeting...

No Image

Indian expats caught off guard by rupee withdrawal move

An Indian resident holds 500 and 1000 INR notes in New Delhi on November 8, 2016. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced late November 8 that 500 and 1,000 ($15) rupee notes will be withdrawn from financial circulation from midnight, in a bid to tackle corruption. "To break the grip of corruption and black money, we have decided that the 500 and 1,000 rupee currency notes presently in use will no longer be legal tender from midnight ie 8...

Apartment housing has become a norm for many citizens as well as expatriates living in Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al Zayyat

Housing issue tops agenda of candidates

Apartment housing has become a norm for many citizens as well as expatriates living in Kuwait. — Photo by Yasser Al ZayyatKUWAIT: The housing problem in Kuwait is always given top priority by candidates contesting the electoral race due to its economic and social significance on the Kuwaiti society.A number of candidates running for the upcoming parliamentary election due on November 26th emphasized that the housing problem should be solved as...

most read

1

MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP

Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters

2

Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table

Why small-scale project visas can be problematic

3

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait population hits 4.919 million

4

DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

People power rocks Bangladesh

5

Al-Sawaber Complex

Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved