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People cross a street in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. The results of the 2015 census released Friday show the population dropped by 947,000 people in the last five years, the first decline since the count started in 1920. Japan's population stood at 127.1 million last fall, down 0.7 percent from 128.1 million in 2010. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Japan population shrinking
People cross a street in Tokyo, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. The results of the 2015 census released Friday show the population dropped by 947,000 people in the last five years, the first decline since the count started in 1920. Japan's population stood at 127.1 million last fall, down 0.7 percent from 128.1 million in 2010. -AP PhotoTOKYO: Japan's latest census confirmed the hard reality long ago signaled by shuttered shops and abandoned villages...
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Education reform
Muna Al Fuzai Most intellectuals and liberals in the Arab world agree on the importance of education reform, but no one says what is the goal or the means in order to reform society and change traditional concepts and counter extremism. Talking about education reform is always focused on the introduction of computers in schools, rehabilitation of teachers and reviewing their situation to increase salaries, and achieve high results in...
CHARLESTON, SC - FEBRUARY 26: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Hannibal's Kitchen, a 3rd generation family owned restaurant serving southern food, on February 26, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. The South Carolina Democratic primary is scheduled to take place on February 27. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Clinton eyeing decisive win - South Carolina votes in primary elections
CHARLESTON, SC - FEBRUARY 26: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Hannibal's Kitchen, a 3rd generation family owned restaurant serving southern food, on February 26, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. The South Carolina Democratic primary is scheduled to take place on February 27. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==COLUMBIA: Hillary Clinton is...
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Trump's march stirs growing sense of dread among Reps
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, looks on as a Trump supporter reaches for a sign that reads "Islamophobia is not the answer" at a rally in Oklahoma City, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)WASHINGTON: US Republicans in Washington are coming to grips with what many of them not long ago considered an unimaginable reality: Donald Trump is likely to be their presidential nominee and standard-bearer. The prospect of...
Migrants and refugees wait to board a train after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija yesterday.
Votes could persuade Merkel to change course on refugees
Migrants and refugees wait to board a train after crossing the Greek-Macedonian border near Gevgelija yesterday.RASTATT, Germany: Gerd Mueller has voted for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) for over 40 years. Now he's having second thoughts. "I am very irritated," the 64-year-old said between business appointments in Rastatt, a well-off town of 50,000 near the border with France in Baden-Wuerttemberg, one of...
NEW DELHI: Lawmakers belonging to communist parties shout slogans during a protest at Indian parliament house in New Delhi yesterday.-AP
Amnesty criticizes India for intolerance of dissent - Arbitrary arrests, caste-based bias, extrajudicial killings and attacks
NEW DELHI: Lawmakers belonging to communist parties shout slogans during a protest at Indian parliament house in New Delhi yesterday.-APNEW DELHI: Amnesty International has joined a growing chorus accusing India of supporting a climate of intolerance by cracking down on dissent through arbitrary arrests, caste-based discrimination, extrajudicial killings and attacks on freedom of expression.The rights group said in its annual global report,...
NEW DELHI: Indian student activist Umar Khalid (center) and Anirban Bhattacharya (left) walking through the campus of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on their way to surrendering to Indian authorities. - AFP
Indian police arrest more students on sedition charge
NEW DELHI: Indian student activist Umar Khalid (center) and Anirban Bhattacharya (left) walking through the campus of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on their way to surrendering to Indian authorities. - AFPNEW DELHI: Indian police said yesterday they had arrested two students wanted in a sedition case that has sparked major protests after the pair gave themselves up following nearly two weeks on the run.Umar Khalid and Anirban...
US singer Madonna performs during the Rebel Heart World Tour in Macau. –AP
Madonna makes surprise visits to Manila children's shelters
US singer Madonna performs during the Rebel Heart World Tour in Macau. –APMadonna made surprise visits to two Manila shelters for orphans and street children, taking selfies with kids a day before the pop star begins her two-night concert stint in the Philippine capital. Pictures on her Instagram account showed her carrying a baby in one arm while holding hands with a girl guiding her on a tour of the Hospicio de San Jose orphanage on Tuesday....
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Egypt teens take to street fashion in search of fame
Young Egyptian photographer Abdelazizi Khaled (R) takes photos of his friends during a "fashion photo-shoot" for their social media accounts, outside the Hanging Church in Old Cairo. – AFP photosEgyptian teenager Islam stood shirtless in an upscale Cairo neighborhood wondering what to wear, a turquoise shirt or a black sweater, as he prepared for a photo shoot. "Should I wear a tie as well?" asked Islam, 15, combing back his slick black hair....
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Bedouin coming-of-age drama vying for Oscar nod
In this Saturday, Jan 9, 2016 file photo, Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, 15, poses for a photo in Wadi Rum, a scenic desert area of southern Jordan. Jacir and his cousin, both from a Bedouin clan, acted in the film "Theeb" (Wolf), a coming-of-age drama set in 1916, that has emerged as the first Oscar contender of Jordan’s nascent film industry. – AP photosA coming-of-age drama set among Bedouin tribesmen roaming the desert is the first Oscar...
KUWAIT: The opening of every new parliamentary session is an event that is eagerly awaited by citizens because they are building big hopes and aspirations on the parliament. The previous parliamentary sessions have constituted a unique political event embodying the Kuwaiti democratic experience under the dome of the parliament. — KUNA
Govt wants to raise petrol prices by up to 83 percent - Cabinet, Assembly inch closer on subsidy cuts
KUWAIT: The National Assembly and the government yesterday held another round of discussions over plans to cut subsidies on electricity and fuel as part of an economic reform package, and a minister said the two bodies have moved closer on the issue. Head of the financial and economic affairs committee MP Faisal Al-Shaye said the government proposed to raise the prices of petrol by between 42 percent to 83 percent.Under the proposal, low-grade...
FILE - In this Monday, February 25, 1991 file photo, a Kuwaiti military helicopter herds Iraqi prisoners, arms in the air, across a stream in southeastern Kuwait, as Operation Desert Storm continues. Official sources reported the number of Iraqi troops surrendering at 18,000 - and growing.
Flashback: US forces enter Kuwait to end Iraqi occupation
FILE - In this Monday, February 25, 1991 file photo, a Kuwaiti military helicopter herds Iraqi prisoners, arms in the air, across a stream in southeastern Kuwait, as Operation Desert Storm continues. Official sources reported the number of Iraqi troops surrendering at 18,000 - and growing.KUWAIT: In Feb 1991, after months of building an international coalition, US forces entered Kuwait to end the Iraqi occupation of its smaller, oil-rich...
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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's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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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