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Nobel Prize could be given to Kuwait's Amir next year
KUWAIT: For his humanitarian work and commitment to needy people around the world, HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah deserves a Nobel Peace Prize next year, according to Mishale Al-Hajj, President of the High Committee for Public Relations of the Catholic Church in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Speaking to Kuwait Times on the sidelines of an awards ceremony on Friday during which he officially received a...
KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Farwaniya houses most 'bachelors' in private residences
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) has listed 800 houses for letting housing units to bachelors in private or model residential areas, and owners have been warned to evict them or have the electricity supply disconnected. MEW explained that electricity was disconnected in 200 of those houses, while the owners of 200 others legalized their status by only letting the units to families. According to MEW statistics, Farwaniya topped...
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Fire guts Jleeb carpentry
KUWAIT: Firefighters battled a blaze that gutted a carpentry in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh yesterday. The flames spread over an area of 400 square meters in the carpentry located inside the basement of a three-story building in the area. Firemen evacuated the building before extinguishing the blaze, which helped prevent human injuries, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a statement. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire.By Hanan...
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First Saudi woman races car in kingdom
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s first female race driver Reema Juffali poses in front of her car in the Diriyah district of the Saudi capital on Nov 20, 2019. — AFP DIRIYAH, Saudi Arabia: Sliding behind the wheel of a sleek electric SUV, Reema Juffali has blazed a trail in male-dominated motor sports as the first Saudi woman to race in the kingdom. Such adrenalin rushes were unimaginable for women in the ultraconservative Islamic kingdom until June...
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Kuwait City’s skyline
KUWAIT: A ship passes by as Kuwait City’s skyline is seen in the background. — Photo by Islam Al-Sharaa
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Saudi Arabia takes over G20 reins
NAGOYA: Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan to mark the handover to the Saudis as future G20 hosts yesterday. – AFP NAGOYA, Japan: Saudi Arabia took over the G20 presidency for a year after the kingdom's new foreign minister, a prince with diplomatic experience in the West, landed in Japan's Nagoya city on Friday to meet with his counterparts from the Group of 20...
BEERSHEBA: Palestinian laborers wait for an Israeli police vehicle to leave in order to cross illegally into Israeli areas through a hole in Israel's illegal barrier wall on Nov 20, 2019. - AFP
Palestinians risk all to work in Israel
BEERSHEBA: Palestinian laborers wait for an Israeli police vehicle to leave in order to cross illegally into Israeli areas through a hole in Israel's illegal barrier wall on Nov 20, 2019. - AFP MITAR CHECKPOINT: It is well before dawn when the first work deprived Palestinians arrive to sneak through a two-meter hole cut in the metal fence that is supposed to keep them out of Israel. The men are among the thousands of Palestinians working in...
GIZA, Egypt: Visitors observe mummies of cats and other felines displayed after the announcement of a new discovery at the Saqqara necropolis yesterday. - AFP
Lion cub mummies feature in huge ancient Egypt find
GIZA, Egypt: Visitors observe mummies of cats and other felines displayed after the announcement of a new discovery at the Saqqara necropolis yesterday. - AFP SAQQARA, Egypt: Egypt yesterday unveiled a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies decorated with hieroglyphics at the Saqqara necropolis near the Giza pyramids in Cairo. Mummified cats, cobras, crocodiles and scarabs were also unearthed among the well-preserved...
MANAMA: Adel Al-Jubeir (center), Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, attends the 15th Manama Dialogue, a regional security summit organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), in the Bahraini capital Manama yesterday. _ AFP
France takes aim at US inaction in Middle East
MANAMA: French Defense Minister Florence Parly took aim yesterday at "gradual US disengagement" in the Middle East and said its failure to respond to provocations blamed on Iran set off a dangerous chain of events. Since May, tensions in the Gulf have escalated alarmingly with attacks against tankers, a US unmanned drone being downed, and strikes on key Saudi oil facilities in September. Iran was blamed but denied involvement, and the United...
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Indonesia ministries ban pregnant, LGBT job seekers: Report
JAKARTA: Several Indonesian ministries are banning pregnant, disabled, or LGBT job hunters in favor of what one called "normal" applicants, the Ombudsman said Friday, slammed as "arbitrary and hateful restrictions" by a rights group. The report comes as the world's biggest Muslim majority country takes applications from millions of candidates who are applying for some 200,000 civil-service jobs nationwide. Indonesia, a Southeast Asian...
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Burgan Bank appoints Al-Haqhaq as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer
Raed Al-Haqhaq KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday the appointment of Raed Al-Haqhaq as Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer,and Chief Executive Officer-Kuwait, after obtaining necessary approvals from the Central Bank of Kuwait. Al-Haqhaq will continue to play an outstanding role as usual. Majed Essa Al-Ajeel, Chairman of Burgan Bank said: "I would like to congratulate Raed Al-Haqhaq on his new position. His vast experience and execution...
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Lebanese celebrate 'real' independence day
Hezbollah accuses US of meddling in Lebanon crisisBEIRUT: Lebanon marked 76 years of self-rule Friday, with protesters joining festivities nationwide instead of a military parade to mark what they say is a first year of "real independence". Christians and Muslims from across the political spectrum have for weeks marched together united in their rejection of a governing class they deem inept and corrupt. The youth-led movement has boosted a new...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Today in Kuwait’s history
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Uruguay's midfielder #05 Manuel Ugarte scores in a penalty shoot-out to win the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 6, 2024. — AFP
Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties to reach Copa America semi-finals
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A man looks at campaign posters for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in Tokyo on July 7, 2024. - Polls opened on July 7 to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's male-dominated political sphere. — AFP
Women fight Tokyo election in male-dominated Japan