author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
Gold falls as stronger dollar weighs on prices
LONDON: Gold fell more than 1 percent yesterday, extending losses for a third day as the dollar strengthened, but prices remained underpinned by expectations that the ultra-low interest rate environment will persist on a global level. The dollar is up 0.1 percent against the euro after falling for three successive weeks, most recently after US Federal Reserve policymakers revised down the number of times they expect to raise interest rates this...
CUPERTINO: The exterior of Apple headquarters is seen before an event to announce new products at the company’s headquarters yesterday in Cupertino, California. —AP
An iPhone-hacking tool likely wouldn't stay secret for long
CUPERTINO: The exterior of Apple headquarters is seen before an event to announce new products at the company’s headquarters yesterday in Cupertino, California. —APNEW YORK: Suppose Apple loses its court fight with the FBI and has to produce a software tool that would help agents hack into an iPhone - specifically, a device used by one of the San Bernardino mass shooters. Could that tool really remain secret and locked away from potential...
Human Rights Watch — who interviewed around 150 people for their report, from the mentally ill to health professionals — said there are currently almost 19,000 people in Indonesia who are either shackled or locked up in a confined space, a practice known locally as “pasung”. — AFP photos
Indonesia's mentally ill languishing in shackles - Rife across rural areas with limited healthcare
Human Rights Watch — who interviewed around 150 people for their report, from the mentally ill to health professionals — said there are currently almost 19,000 people in Indonesia who are either shackled or locked up in a confined space, a practice known locally as “pasung”. — AFP photosBREBES: In a small faith healing centre in rural Indonesia, Sulaiman chanted in a confused fashion, tugged at a chain attached to his ankle, and...
No Image
Film review: 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2'
Making a sequel to one of the biggest sleeper hits of all time is a tall order, and scribe-star Nia Vardalos let 14 years pass before revisiting her breakout success with "My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2." Whether or not audiences feel like it was worth the wait will depend heavily on how much they're up for a family reunion: Literally the entire major cast returns in this simultaneously overstuffed and undernourished follow-up.Every bit as sitcom-ish...
File photo shows retired professional boxer Mike Tyson (left) of the US joking around with Hong Kong-US actor Donnie Yen (right) as they arrive on the red carpet for the opening ceremony of Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai. — AP
Tyson film's China distributor in box office fraud
File photo shows retired professional boxer Mike Tyson (left) of the US joking around with Hong Kong-US actor Donnie Yen (right) as they arrive on the red carpet for the opening ceremony of Shanghai International Film Festival in Shanghai. — APThe Chinese distributor of martial arts movie Ip Man 3 -- starring former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson-has had its license suspended for making up thousands of screenings in a huge box...
No Image
Gaza rockers and rappers struggle to carve out a space
Khamiss Abu Shaban's band would love to wow the kinds of crowds seen elsewhere, but in Hamas-run Gaza they struggle to find venues and instruments, let alone get permission to play. Even so, that hasn't dispelled the enthusiasm for popular music in the Palestinian territory, where 70 percent of the population is under 30 years old. "Gazans are fans of music. They flock to every concert," Abu Shaban, a 22-year-old bass player in Watar Band, says...
No Image
Woman murders husband’s love
KUWAIT: In a gruesome murder, a female citizen allegedly stabbed her husband’s girlfriend to death yesterday in Sabah Al-Salem area, security sources said. The young assailant visited the victim’s apartment in Sabah Al-Salem with a knife she bought on her way to settle some old scores, case papers suggest.The two women reportedly argued over certain issues which developed into a fight during which the killer woman allegedly stabbed the other...
No Image
Heavy fine for spreading rumors about charity
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor recently finished studying the new charities’ law and referred it to the Fatwa and Legislation Department for further study.The new law includes 81 articles, including an article that could prevent criticizing the works of charity organizations in Kuwait. Article 72 states that: “He who publishes false news, information or statistics or intentionally spreads rumors or publicity that would...
No Image
45,000 work visas for clean fuel project
KUWAIT: Deputy CEO for Projects at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Abdullah Al-Ajmi pointed out the importance of reducing costs and increasing work efficiency. He expressed intentions to help realize that after assuming his new post by achieving more integration between the three projects under him: the clean fuel project, the project circuit 1 and the project circuit 2.He said the current structure at the projects’ sector is enough...
No Image
Unlicensed weapon owners’ homes to be raided
KUWAIT: Director General of Weapons Detectives at the Interior Ministry Brigadier Abdulrahman Al-Suhail said legal preparations are being made to raid homes of citizens whose weapons’ licenses expired and failed to renew them or hand over the firearms.“We are compelled to take this measure and will be implemented in few days as a large number ignored our calls to hand over their weapons, or renew the license,” Brig Suhail said. He said the...
No Image
Mail, landlines to be privatized
KUWAIT: Ministry of Communications (MOC) prepares to undergo the largest privatization process in its history after a proposal has been already made to privatize the mail sector, long distance calls and landlines and their infrastructure, Undersecretary Hameed Al-Qattan said. Qattan added that the once established, the Telecom and Information Technology Authority would be responsible for offering those services for privatization.Once those...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Changes and what they mean legally
Attorney Fajer Ahmed The world is changing expeditiously; I can feel it, I am sure you can feel and see it too. The rise of terrorist groups, the fall of oil prices, cold wars, civil wars, Trump might be trumped, telescreens on your wrists, Palestine is still and no longer is Palestine, but most importantly and more importantly than we think, people are looking closely at the changes happening within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). As...
arrow
most read
1
Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
2
No Image
Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
3
MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
Mideast seethes amid carnage
4
KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
The impact of oil discoveries
5
No Image
Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation