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KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. —AP
Afghan general bans Pakistani rupee in southern province
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN: Gen. Abdul Raziq, Kandahar police chief, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. —APKANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A senior Afghan police official regarded as one of the country's most powerful men has banned the use of the Pakistani currency in the key southern province of Kandahar. The police chief of Kandahar, Gen. Abdul Raziq, said he has declared the use of the Pakistani rupee in business...
Women and children eat on the floor in an overcrowded space at Dibaga camp for internally displaced civilians yesterday. — AP
Hunger a weapon of war in Syria, Yemen, Nigeria
Women and children eat on the floor in an overcrowded space at Dibaga camp for internally displaced civilians yesterday. — APPARIS: While grain silos in many Western countries may overflow this winter, tens of millions of people risk going without food as hunger is being used more than ever as a weapon of war. More than 50 million people living in 17 conflict-ridden countries are in "severe food insecurity", two UN agencies warned recently....
CHARLEROI, WALLONIA, BELGIUM: Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (L) and Charleroi’s mayor Paul Magnette (R) arrive at the hospital Notre-Dame in Charleroi, yesterday where the injured policewoman is staying a day after a machete-wielding man wounded two policewomen in a jihadist attack in Charleroi before being shot dead. —AFP
Terror probe opened over attack on Belgian police Investigation has started
CHARLEROI, WALLONIA, BELGIUM: Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel (L) and Charleroi’s mayor Paul Magnette (R) arrive at the hospital Notre-Dame in Charleroi, yesterday where the injured policewoman is staying a day after a machete-wielding man wounded two policewomen in a jihadist attack in Charleroi before being shot dead. —AFPBRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday opened a terrorism probe into a machete assault that wounded two policewomen, in what...
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES: In this July 1, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the “Assumption of Command” of new Police Chief, Director General Ronald Dela Rosa at Camp Crame, Philippine National Police headquarters. —AP
Philippine leader links 150 judges, politicians to drugs
QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES: In this July 1, 2016, file photo, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during the “Assumption of Command” of new Police Chief, Director General Ronald Dela Rosa at Camp Crame, Philippine National Police headquarters. —APMANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte publicly linked more than 150 judges, mayors, lawmakers, police and military personnel to illegal drugs Sunday, ordering them to surrender for...
LONDON: Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney holds the trophy after Manchester won the Community Shield soccer match against Leicester City, at Wembley stadium in London, yesterday. — AP
Ibrahimovic gives Mourinho first trophy at Man United
LONDON: Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney holds the trophy after Manchester won the Community Shield soccer match against Leicester City, at Wembley stadium in London, yesterday. — APLONDON: Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s winner ensured that Jose Mourinho’s reign at Manchester United got off to a winning start as the FA Cup holders beat champions Leicester City 2-1 in England’s Community Shield season curtain-raiser at Wembley yesterday....
France’s midfielder Paul Pogba
Pogba record deal set for green light subject to medical
France’s midfielder Paul PogbaLONDON: France midfielder Paul Pogba’s world record transfer to Manchester United from Italian champions Juventus is poised to go ahead subject to him passing a medical, the clubs confirmed yesterday. The long-running saga suddenly took a huge step forward when Juventus announced they had granted permission for the 23-year-old to undergo the medical at a club he left four years ago for a pittance.The move is...
O DE JANEIRO: Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens reacts after winning a point during her women’s first round singles tennis match against USA’s Venus Williams at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. — AFP
Venus Williams knocked out in Rio Games upset
O DE JANEIRO: Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens reacts after winning a point during her women’s first round singles tennis match against USA’s Venus Williams at the Olympic Tennis Centre of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. — AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Former Olympic champion Venus Williams was eliminated in the first round at the Rio Games on Saturday after Belgian underdog Kirsten Flipkens mounted a spirited fight back to...
RIO DE JANEIRO: An overview shows France’s Samir Ait Said being stretchered off after being injured while competing in the qualifying for the men’s vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. — AFP
Injured French gymnast Said undergoes surgery
RIO DE JANEIRO: An overview shows France’s Samir Ait Said being stretchered off after being injured while competing in the qualifying for the men’s vault event of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. — AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Injured French gymnast Samir Ait Said is back on his feet. Sort of. A day after gruesomely breaking his leg while vaulting during men’s Olympic...
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BoE expands its stimulus program; US nonfarm payrolls beat market expectations
.US Non-Farm Payrolls jumped in July for a second month and wages climbed, pointing to renewed strength in the US labor market that is likely to sustain consumer spending into the second half of the year. Indeed, the week ended on news that the US economy created 255,000 new jobs in July against 180,000 expected but down from June's upwardly revised 292,000. Unemployment rate stood unchanged at 4.9% in July, against expectations of...
Mezzan Holding CEO Garry-Walsh
Mezzan Holding reports Q2 2016 financial results
Mezzan Holding CEO Garry-WalshKUWAIT: Mezzan Holding KSC, one of the largest manufacturers and distributors of food, beverage, FMCG and pharmaceutical products in the Gulf, announced the company’s financial results for Q2 2016. Second quarter Revenue increased to KD52.8 million, representing a 2.4% increase on the same period in 2015, thus bringing its year-to-date Revenue to KD108.5 million, representing a 3.9% increase on the same period in...
Shadi Salama, Channel Leader - Middle East Theatre
Cisco unveils data center innovations to accelerate hybrid cloud deployments
Shadi Salama, Channel Leader - Middle East TheatreKUWAIT CITY: Cisco today announced data center technology innovations in three key areas: networking, hyperconverged infrastructure, and hybrid cloud orchestration which will enable application-centric hybrid cloud deployments. Cisco continues to lead data center innovation with SDN-ready Nexus switches that deliver cloud scale 10/25/40/50/100Gpbs, with up to 10 times performance improvement at...
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Film review: 'The Tenants Downstairs'
A deranged apartment block landlord graduates from electronic eavesdropping to playing sick and deadly jokes in "The Tenants Downstairs," a lusciously photographed and wildly uneven cavalcade of grotesque comedy, torture porn and all-round depravity. Based on the novel by popular Taiwanese author Giddens Ko and starring Hong Kong exploitation mainstay Simon Yam ("Dr. Lamb") as the malevolent manipulator, this procession of perversity will likely...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story