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Man assaults dentist, patient
KUWAIT: Adan detectives are looking for a citizen who beat a dentist and a female Lebanese patient who was being treated in Adan specialized medical center. The citizen who was waiting his turn stormed into the clinic and found the patient being treated, so he insulted and beat both the doctor and the patient in front of other patients before escaping. The doctor lodged a complaint at Adan hospital, while the Lebanese woman submitted a medical...
NBK extends $280 million credit facility to Kuwait Styrene Company
NBK extends $280 million credit facility to Kuwait Styrene Company - 'Demonstrates leading role as supporters of national enterprise'
NBK extends $280 million credit facility to Kuwait Styrene CompanyKUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has concluded a financing agreement with The Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC), giving the latter access to US $280 million in credit facilities. The loan, secured with NBK acting as sole underwriter, will be used for general corporate purpose spending at TKSC.The agreement was signed on behalf of NBK by CEO - Kuwait Salah Al-Fulaij, along...
A firefighter tackles flames at a building in Hawally yesterday
Two injured in 7-floor Hawally building fire - Dealer arrested with 5kg heroin
A firefighter tackles flames at a building in Hawally yesterdayKUWAIT: Two residents of a Hawally building sustained burns during a fire reported yesterday. Kuwait Fire Services Directorate (KFSD) received a call about a fire in a seven-storey building, so Hawally, Salmiya and rescue centers responded. The fire started in leftovers in the staircase on the seventh floor, investigations later revealed. The flames reached the rest area of...
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Tribunal rejects China's South China Sea claims
MANILA: An activist wearing a hat representing the Philippine navy boat "Sierra Madre", now half-submerged at the Second Thomas shoal of the Spratly islands, sits with protesters during a demonstration in front of the Chinese consulate yesterday. - AFPTHE HAGUE: An international tribunal ruled yesterday against China's claims it had "historical rights" in the South China Sea in a bitter dispute that risks further stoking regional tensions....
NEW YORK: Medical students Jag Chilana (left) and Scott Kobner play Pokemon Go on their smartphones at Union Square on Monday. – AFP
Pokemon Go drives players into frenzy
NEW YORK: Medical students Jag Chilana (left) and Scott Kobner play Pokemon Go on their smartphones at Union Square on Monday. – AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Pokemon Go mania has quickly swept the US as players armed with smartphones hunt streets, parks, rivers and elsewhere to capture monsters and gather supplies in the hit game. The free application based on a Nintendo title that debuted 20 years ago has been adapted to the mobile internet age by...
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is pictured during a visit to Reach Academy Feltham yesterday. —AP
Cameron chairs his final Cabinet meeting - PM to depart office today
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron is pictured during a visit to Reach Academy Feltham yesterday. —APLONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron chaired a farewell Cabinet meeting yesterday, a day before handing over power to his successor following the historic vote to leave the European Union.Ministers gathered for the final session a day after Home Secretary Theresa May was confirmed as the new Conservative leader and prime...
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Top leader of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin, center in cap, leads prayers for Burhan Wani yesterday, a rebel leader killed Friday night by Indian forces in a gunbattle in Indian controlled Kashmir, at a rally near the United Nations office. — AP
India PM calls emergency meeting as Kashmir death toll rises - At least 29 people have died in clashes
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Top leader of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin, center in cap, leads prayers for Burhan Wani yesterday, a rebel leader killed Friday night by Indian forces in a gunbattle in Indian controlled Kashmir, at a rally near the United Nations office. — APSRINAGAR, India: India's prime minister called an emergency meeting yesterday over escalating anti-India protests in Kashmir, where at least 29 people have died in clashes and...
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Low-caste Indians thrashed for skinning dead cow
AHMEDABAD, INDIA: Members of a cow vigilante gang who stripped and beat low-caste villagers over alleged cow slaughter have been arrested in India after video footage of them went viral, an official said Tuesday.The four villagers from the lowest Dalit caste were assaulted in western Gujarat state by ‘gau rakshaks’ (cow protectors) who were protesting against the skinning of a cow, an animal considered sacred by India’s large Hindu...
KENYA: Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest. —AP
Rights group decries ‘forced anal exams’
KENYA: Kenyan gays and lesbians and others supporting their cause wear masks to preserve their anonymity as they stage a rare protest. —APKAMPALA, UGANDA: Human Rights Watch is urging an end to “forced anal examinations” with a report documenting them in eight countries, mostly in Africa, saying the practice is based on flawed ideas about supposedly proving homosexual conduct.In a report released yesterday, the advocacy group calls the...
KENYA: Malala Yousafzai speaks to refugees in the Dadaab refugee camp yesterday
Nobel winner Malala visits world’s largest refugee camp
KENYA: Malala Yousafzai speaks to refugees in the Dadaab refugee camp yesterdayDADAAB, KENYA: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai was spending her 19th birthday yesterday visiting the world’s largest refugee camp to draw attention to the global refugee crisis, especially as Dadaab camp faces pressure to close after a quarter-century. Since last year, Malala has been in contact via Skype with a group of girls in Dadaab and was looking forward to...
Laila Ali
Laila Ali welcomes tribute to dad at Humanitarian Awards
Laila AliLOS ANGELES: Laila Ali returns as host of the Sports Humanitarian of the Year awards, which plan to honor her father Muhammad Ali in a tribute she eagerly awaits.The show yesterday at the Conga Room in downtown Los Angeles features awards for individual, team, league and corporate humanitarians. Ali’s father died in June at age 74 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease. The worldwide tributes were appreciated by his...
Joachim Loew
Germany’s Loew to stay on despite Euro disappointment
Joachim LoewBERLIN: Germany’s Joachim Loew said he would stay on to lead the World Cup winners to their title defence in Russia in 2018 despite an initial hesitation on whether to continue after a disappointing semi-final defeat to France last week at the Euro 2016. Loew, who has coached Germany for 10 years and to five straight semi-final appearances at World Cups and Euros, said in a statement yesterday he planned to continue, ending some...
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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