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Supporters of Niger's incumbent president and presidential candidate Mahamadou Issoufou attend a presidential campaign rally at the Seyni Kountche stadium in Niamey on Febuary 18, 2016, ahead of the February 21 presidential election. / AFP / ISSOUF SANOGO
Security, tensions cloud Niger's presidential vote - Niger stands last in UN Human Development Index
Supporters of Niger's incumbent president and presidential candidate Mahamadou Issoufou attend a presidential campaign rally at the Seyni Kountche stadium in Niamey on Febuary 18, 2016, ahead of the February 21 presidential election. -AFP NIAMEY: Niger will hold an election tomorrow in which President Mahamadou Issoufou is running for a new term with a vow to crush an Islamist militant threat, but the opposition accuses him of another type of...
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34 candidates battle for one seat in by-election - 10 MPs sign motion to debate treatment cuts
KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry has finalized preparations for the by-elections to take place tomorrow to elect one lawmaker to replace late MP Nabil Al-Fadhl who died during the Assembly session in December. Thirty-four hopefuls including two women are contesting the only seat in the Third Constituency which has over 81,000 voters.Results are expected to be announced within a few hours after ballots close at 8.00 p.m. Sixteen candidates pulled out...
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Profit-taking operations, disclosures dominate KSE
KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) closed yesterday's session with the main indices moving downward, amid an anticipation of disclosures of some companies, remarkable movements of investment shares and profit-taking operations. The market at the end of this week's trading witnessed continued speculations on many shares with operating performance which rose during yesterday's sessions due to an anticipation of many dealers for disclosures of some...
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‘Grace period’ for traffic violators - Traffic violators can pay fines through website
KUWAIT: On the occasion of National Days, the Security Information Department has announced a ‘grace period’ for traffic violators. Traffic department will unlock the website to allow violators pay their fines online.All violators except - those driving without a license; reckless drivers; drivers racing without a permit can pay their fines through the Ministry’s website. The Traffic Department urged citizens and expats to take this...
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Dangerous animals & mummified reptiles found
KUWAIT: Security operatives recently found several wild animals that pose danger to people's lives. They include; four large crocodiles along with several mummified crocodiles and a large snake. Environment police coordinated with PAAAFR to confiscate the animals. Meanwhile, the pet owners were arrested along with a veterinary doctor.Asian commits suicideAn Asian hanged himself to death on the staircase of a Mahboula building. Also, an Egyptian...
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Weapons seized
KUWAIT: Weapons detectives carried out a campaign to collect unlicensed weapons, ammunition and explosives in Kabd area. The campaign was led by Director General Brig Abdelrahman Al-Suhail, his Assistant Colonel Walid Shihab, Acting Director of Detectives Department Lt Colonel Nasser Al-Wuhaib and Director of Environment Police Lt Colonel Hussein Al-Ajmi. Five unlicensed shotguns, AK-47, five pistols and a large quantity of live ammunition were...
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United We Stand
Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan This week I traveled with a delegation of Kuwait media to Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi. The visit was an important moment in Egyptian-Kuwaiti ties. Cairo and Kuwait have enjoyed a long standing and positive relationship and in fact President Sisi recently reiterated his willingness to help protect Kuwait and other Arab Gulf states in the event of a direct threat: “The Egyptian Army belongs...
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$1million spent on chocolate daily
Muna Al Fuzai Nearly $1 million is spent on chocolate in Kuwait every day! This is what recent statistics on the state's growing chocolate market have shown. I found this report published in the Kuwait Times recently very interesting. After all, who can say 'no' to a piece of chocolate, especially of famous brands. Sixty companies in Kuwait specialize in selling Swiss, Belgian, Italian and other kinds of chocolate. Kuwaitis are known for...
Sarah Fahed Abushaar
Our Power Reserves
Sarah Fahed Abushaar As we focus our attention on plummeting oil prices and dwindling reserves, we overlook what is far more decisive to our region's success. The Middle East's greatest natural resource and power source, is not in its oil or its gas but in its predominantly young population. Home to one of the highest concentrations of young people in the world, with more than 60 percent of our population under the age of 25, the fuel of our...
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Dates, fish, rice ‘Al-Machla’ - foodstuff for pearl divers
KUWAIT: After leaving their loved ones behind, Kuwaiti pearl divers and sailors set on a brave voyage into the vast wide ocean, sustaining themselves mentally and physically with a courageous attitude and an essential ration of dates, fish, and rice or “Al- Machla” as it was usually referred to.Spending months in overseas, these brave sailors learned to ration their Machla to enable them to carry out their tough tasks “day in and day out”...
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A visit to Kuwait's ship graveyard - Sailor shares story of his life; Abandoned ships in Kuwait Bay
When the sea tides farewell the shore near Doha, a shocking secret is revealed. Tens of scuttled and abandoned ships, covered by the tide, lay stranded on the sandy seabed floor, exposed to the sun and surrounding landscape.The ships are mostly rusted, covered in barnacles and stuck in the sticky sand, slanted to one side. As I delved more into the shore, I reached two ships resting against each other, one of them all rusty and covered by small...
This file photo taken on August 22, 2015 shows a wounded Syrian girl looking on at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces. —AFP
At least 38 killed in US-led strikes in Syria's Hasaka - Syrian rebels cross from Turkey to join Aleppo battles
This file photo taken on August 22, 2015 shows a wounded Syrian girl looking on at a makeshift hospital in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, following shelling and air raids by Syrian government forces. —AFPBEIRUT: At least 38 people were killed in air strikes carried out by a US-led coalition in Hasaka province in northeast Syria in the past two days, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said...
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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones