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Kuwaiti photographer documents photos of endangered Pelican bird

Kuwaiti photographer Omar Al-Sayed Omar KUWAIT: Kuwaiti photographer Omar Al-Sayed Omar managed to monitor and take rare photos of the pelican, which is classified among the endangered birds, according to the World Conservation Organization, to win the admiration of the largest global documentary channels interested in nature and living organisms. During an interview, Sayed Omar said that the bird documentary trip started from Boubyan Island,...

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Kuwait's Amir heads to Saudi Arabia today for 40th GCC summit

Sheikh Sabah meets Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad, Saleh Al-Fadalah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation are set to depart today to Saudi Arabia to head the Kuwaiti delegation participating in the 40th Gulf Cooperation...

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Industries and Construction Expo opens

KUWAIT: Officials inaugurate the industries and construction exhibition KUWAIT: A four-day industries and construction exhibition opened yesterday at Jumeirah Messilah Hotel. The inauguration was attended by Fahd Al-Oun, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity and Water and Dr Salem Al-Abalani, Head of the Cultural Department at the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences. The 9th Industries and Construction Expo kicked...

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Kuwait City during sunset

KUWAIT: Kuwait City during sunset. — Photo by Ahmad Al-Failakawi (KUNA)

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Protests over Indian nationality bill

GUWAHATI, India: Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) activists take part in a torchlight procession to protest against the government’s Citizenship Amendment Bill yesterday. —AFP Scientists and scholars dismayed over legislation that excludes MuslimsNEW DELHI: India's parliament saw raucous scenes yesterday and protests raged in the northeast of the country as MPs debated legislation that stands to give citizenship to religious minorities...

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Saudi training in US under scrutiny after base attack

WASHINGTON: Key US lawmakers called Sunday for a halt to a Saudi military training program after a shooting rampage at a naval base in Florida in which a Saudi officer killed three American sailors. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he has ordered a review of vetting procedures while defending the training program that brought Mohammed Alshamrani to Pensacola Naval Air Station. Alshamrani, a 21-year-old second lieutenant in the Saudi Royal...

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No more survivors on NZ island after volcano eruption

WELLINGTON: New Zealand police have said no more survivors were expected to be rescued from an island volcano that erupted suddenly yesterday, suggesting as many as two dozen people could have died. Police said some 50 people were visiting White Island when it exploded in the early afternoon -hurling ash and rock high into the air. Some 23 people made it off the island, five of whom have since died, the rest were being treated for injuries,...

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As petrol prices rise, Egyptians convert to dual-fuel vehicles

CAIRO: The number of Egyptians switching to dual-fuel vehicles is accelerating as the government pushes motorists to use cheaper, cleaner and plentiful natural gas. About 300,000 vehicles, mostly taxis and minibuses, have been converted to dual-fuel systems since the 1990s - a small fraction of the 11 million vehicles licensed in the country. But authorities are encouraging more drivers to switch by subsidizing vehicle conversions, keeping...

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Iraqis rally against government as Baghdad summons Western envoys

Prominent civil society activist killed - Rockets hit complex housing US forces BAGHDAD: Iraqis turned out yesterday to mourn a prominent activist gunned down the previous evening, the latest violent episode in anti-government demonstrations in which more than 450 people have died. That came as Iraq's foreign ministry summoned four Western envoys over their condemnation of a deadly attack against protesters at the weekend. Iraq's capital and its...

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160 Palestinian cars vandalized in hate crime

JERUSALEM: More than 160 cars were vandalized in a Palestinian neighborhood of Jerusalem with anti-Arab slogans scrawled nearby, Israeli police said Monday, in a suspected hate crime. The cars in the Shuafaat neighborhood of east Jerusalem had their tyres slashed, with slogans such as "Arabs=enemies", "There is no room in the country for enemies" and "When Jews are stabbed we aren't silent" scrawled in Hebrew with red paint nearby, photos...

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Britain's 'Brexit election' campaign in final stretch

Some polls suggest vote could produce another hung parliament GRIMSBY, United Kingdom: Britain’s Prime Minister and Conservative leader Boris Johnson poses holding a fish with Conservative candidate for Great Grimsby Lia Nici during a visit to Grimsby Fish Market yesterday. —AFP LONDON: Britain's election campaign entered its frenetic final straight yesterday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson trying to lock in the votes needed to draw a line...

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Rising US rap artist Juice WRLD dies at 21

Chicago-born rapper Juice WRLD, one of a wave of young artists who earned attention on streaming platforms before breaking out as chart-toppers and social media celebrities, died Sunday at the age of 21, according to local authorities. A spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office in Illinois confirmed the death of the rapper, born Jarad Higgins, at 3:14 am. An autopsy has been set for today. Police told AFP that a 21-year-old man...