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SHABQADA: Pakistani volunteers show a blood-soaked burqa of a woman who was killed in an a suicide bombing in the town of Shabqadar, Charsadda district, Pakistan, yesterday. —AP
Blast kills 13 as Taleban avenge executed Islamist - Suicide bomber blows himself up near Pakistan court complex
SHABQADA: Pakistani volunteers show a blood-soaked burqa of a woman who was killed in an a suicide bombing in the town of Shabqadar, Charsadda district, Pakistan, yesterday. —APPESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed 13 people and injured 23 in northwest Pakistan yesterday, in an attack which the Taleban described as revenge for the hanging of an Islamist assassin last week.The bomber, whom police said was aged around 20 and had up to six kilograms...
KUALA LUMPUR: Murad Ibrahim, chairman of the southern Philippine rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gestures during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFP
Philippine Muslim rebels warn IS seeks foothold in south
KUALA LUMPUR: Murad Ibrahim, chairman of the southern Philippine rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) gestures during a press conference in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. —AFPKUALA LUMPUR: The Islamic State group is trying to establish a stronghold in the violence- racked southern Philippines, the head of the nation’s biggest Muslim rebel organization warned yesterday. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman Murad Ebrahim...
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Foreign govts press Saudi on workers’ delayed wages
RIYADH/MANILA: Foreign governments are pressing authorities and executives in Saudi Arabia to ensure that local construction firms make delayed salary payments to thousands of workers, a sign of pressure on the kingdom's economy due to low oil prices.Since late last year, the Saudi government has responded to shrinking oil revenues by clamping down on state spending to curb a budget deficit running at about $100 billion annually. This has...
ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei (right) talks to journalists during the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi yesterday.—AFP
Oil output freeze already in place: UAE - Crude prices expected to recover to $70 by 2020: Expert
ABU DHABI: United Arab Emirates Oil Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei (right) talks to journalists during the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi yesterday.—AFPABU DHABI: Emirati Oil Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei said yesterday that current market prices are forcing most producers to freeze oil output levels, insisting it made "no sense" to pump more crude."Current prices are forcing everyone to freeze. So I think it is happening as we speak,"...
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Kuwait inflation edges up to 3.3% in December - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: Inflation in consumer prices edged upwards for the first time in three months in January. Headline inflation rose from 3.0 percent year-on-year (y/y) in December to 3.3 percent; core inflation (which excludes food inflation) also came in marginally higher at 2.8 percent. The pickup in the headline inflation rate was mostly driven by gains in the food, furnishings and healthcare components. With inflation across most components expected to...
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Global, GCC markets remain under pressure - KFIC report capital markets for February
KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC) clarified in its financial report for February; in which the report highlights the performance of the world's major financial markets that there were negative returns. As the MSCI World Index in February fell by -1.0 percent. Along with the US equities that were measured by the S&P 500, in which it closed slightly lower by -0.4 percent. The government stated that the GDP grew at an annual rate...
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An oil output freeze would have a limited impact - Asiya Capital Investments Company Report
KUWAIT: The Russian energy minister announced on Tuesday that over 15 countries had already announced their intention to join the agreement. According to the Russian energy minister, that would be equivalent to 73 percent of global oil supply, a substantial success. That number seems to be exaggerated or inaccurate. Assuming that the United States, Canada, China and Iran are not in the agreement (they account for 26 percent of global production),...
US programmer Raymond Samuel Tomlinson
Email inventor Ray Tomlinson dies at 74
US programmer Raymond Samuel TomlinsonWASHINGTON: Ray Tomlinson, the US programmer credited with inventing email in the 1970s and choosing the "@" symbol for the messaging system, died at the age of 74, his employer said Sunday.Tomlinson invented direct electronic messages in 1971. Before his invention, users could only write messages to others on a limited network."A true technology pioneer, Ray was the man who brought us email in the early...
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American company bungled Ebola response - ‘They messed up on Ebola. That can happen’
WASHINGTON: A US company assigned a crucial role in the efforts to battle Ebola in Sierra Leone made a series of costly mistakes during the 2014 outbreak, an Associated Press investigation has found. Staffers with the San Francisco-based company, Metabiota Inc, not only misread the epidemic, they contributed to botched lab results, undermined partners and put people at risk of the terrifying virus, according to leaked documents and interviews...
INDIA: Lifeless fish float near a bank of Ulsoor Lake.
Thousands of dead fish wash up on the banks of India river
INDIA: Lifeless fish float near a bank of Ulsoor Lake.BANGALORE, India: Thousands of dead fish washed up on the banks of a polluted lake yesterday in India’s southern technology hub of Bangalore. A stink pervaded the air in a residential district around Ulsoor Lake in central Bangalore. Sewage has been flowing into the lake, depleting its oxygen, said V Purushottam, president of a residents’ group.Kiran Kumar, an environmentalist, said water...
This image released by Disney shows a scene from the animated film, ‘Zootopia.’ — AP
‘Zootopia’ sets record opening for Disney Animation Studios
This image released by Disney shows a scene from the animated film, ‘Zootopia.’ — APDisney’s “Zootopia” bounced its way to $73.7 million in its US opening weekend, a record-setting box office debut for Disney Animation Studios, industry estimates showed Sunday. The film about intrepid rabbit police officer Judy Hopps who works with a fox to solve a crime in the Zootopia animal kingdom topped the $67.4 million opening weekend take for...
Model present creations by Rahul Mishra during the 2016-2017 fall/winter readyto- wear collection.
Indian designers feel the love at Paris fashion week
Model present creations by Rahul Mishra during the 2016-2017 fall/winter readyto- wear collection.The Indians are not just coming-they have arrived. Paris fashion week is more Indian than ever, with two designers from the subcontinent cementing their place at style's top table. Rahul Mishra confirmed his reputation as one of fashion's rising stars with an autumn winter women swear collection of great restraint and purity. In contrast, the never...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones