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Thursday, Saturday off for schools hosting by-elections
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education announced yesterday that next Thursday will be a holiday for students, educational and administrative staff in the schools which will host the by-elections 2016. Education Ministry's Undersecretary Dr Haytham Al-Athari said in a statement that next Sunday will be a holiday for students only, adding that the ministry's decision only concerns the schools in which the by-elections 2016 will take place for the 3rd...
An officer demonstrates motorbike training techniques at Kuwait Motoring Company’s new testing area.
Motoring Company lunches new motorbike testing area
An officer demonstrates motorbike training techniques at Kuwait Motoring Company’s new testing area.KUWAIT: Kuwait Motoring Company (KMC), a driving school, yesterday launched a new motorbike testing area at its premises in Shuwaikh near the Capital traffic department. Those aiming to obtain a motorcycle license will highly appreciate this new addition, as earlier there was only one place to do the test and only on two days a week at the...
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KIA to invest in distressed Indian power assets
KUWAIT: Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund is teaming up with group of investors to target failing power assets in India. The Kuwait Investment Authority, along with Canadian pension fund, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec, the State General Reserve Fund of Oman, Tata Power and ICIC Venture will create a joint venture funded specifically with the aim of buying up troubled power assets.The KIA, along with the Canadian and Omani funds will invest...
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Multiple injuries in Fintas fight
KUWAIT: Policemen in Fintas broke up a fight between a number of Asian nationals who used sharp objects including a saw, causing a few injuries in the process. Six of the fighters were arrested with possession of sharp objects including the saw used in the fight. Some of the fighters were taken to Adan Hospital for treatment, while others were detained at the police station for further action. Separately, several youngsters were involved in a...
A heavy duty truck pictured following a collision reported yesterday.
Motorists hurt in two-vehicle crash
A heavy duty truck pictured following a collision reported yesterday.KUWAIT: Two people were injured in a two-vehicle collision reported near Adan yesterday. Qurain Fire Station men arrived to the scene in response to an emergency call, and helped free the motorists from their wrecked vehicles. The two were handed over to paramedics who rushed them to the nearest medical facility.Municipality campaignJahra Municipality's emergency team carried...
QAMISHLI: A Syrian girl arranges flowers at a shop displaying Valentine’s Day gifts. —AFP
Love in the time of civil strife - Syrian lovers torn apart by war on Valentines
QAMISHLI: A Syrian girl arranges flowers at a shop displaying Valentine’s Day gifts. —AFPDAMASCUS: Syrian Amir Al-Halabi is once again alone this Valentine's Day, separated from his sweetheart by the war that has left the lovers on opposite sides of the divided city of Aleppo. Halabi, 20, is a photojournalist living in the rebel-held east of Aleppo city, a once-thriving economic hub that has been devastated by Syria's conflict that began in...
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Four Emiratis sentenced to death for joining IS
ABU DHABI: A top court in the United Arab Emirates yesterday sentenced four Emiratis to death after convicting them of joining the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, local media reported.The four, who were tried in absentia, are part of a group of 11 defendants accused of “joining the terrorist Daesh group in an Arab country”, the official WAM news agency said, using an Arabic acronym for IS. Local newspapers said that the group had...
MAGDEBURG: German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the launch of the election campaign of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for state elections. — AFP
Merkel isolated as European allies slam door on refugees - Lone figure for 'solidarity' on refugee crisis
MAGDEBURG: German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during the launch of the election campaign of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party for state elections. — AFPMUNICH: Abandoned by France, defied by Eastern Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel cuts a lonely figure in her struggle for EU "solidarity" on the refugee crisis ahead of a Brussels summit. Merkel is battling for a deal that will see refugees more evenly spread around the...
KANDAHAR: A file picture taken on July 1, 2015 shows a wounded Afghan child being brought to a hospital after being injured in a mortar explosion on July 1, 2015. —AFP
2015 saw over 3,500 civilian casualties in Afghan war: UN - Women, children bear blunt of violence
KANDAHAR: A file picture taken on July 1, 2015 shows a wounded Afghan child being brought to a hospital after being injured in a mortar explosion on July 1, 2015. —AFPKABUL: Civilian injuries in Afghanistan's long war with the Taleban rose last year, with women and children again bearing the brunt of the violence, the United Nations said in a report yesterday. A total of 3,545 civilians were killed in 2015 as a result of the war, the UN report...
BANDA ACEH: Muslim students display a banner during a protest against Valentine’s Day. — AP
Indonesian officials, clerics ban any Valentine's Day observance
BANDA ACEH: Muslim students display a banner during a protest against Valentine’s Day. — APJAKARTA: Officials and clerics in the world's most populous Muslim nation have banned young Indonesian Muslims from celebrating Valentine's Day, arguing that the observance runs against Islamic teachings.In Banda Aceh, the capital of the devout Muslim province of Aceh, thousands of high school students held rallies rejecting the celebration of...
MUMBAI: Participants leave an arena after a fire broke out during an event held as part of the 'Make in India Week' yesterday. - AFP
Modi urged to make reality match 'Make in India' hype
MUMBAI: Participants leave an arena after a fire broke out during an event held as part of the 'Make in India Week' yesterday. - AFPMUMBAI: Thousands of people and mascots of lions swarmed the weekend opening of a "Make in India" drive to attract foreign direct investment, pitched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "the biggest brand that India has ever created".The week-long event, the boldest since Modi launched the initiative to emulate...
HAMBURG: Hamburg’s Matthias Ostrzolek, left, and Moenchengladbach’s Ibrahima Traore compete for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday. Hamburg won by 3-2. — AP
Hamburg shock Glad to break winless streak
HAMBURG: Hamburg’s Matthias Ostrzolek, left, and Moenchengladbach’s Ibrahima Traore compete for the ball during the German Bundesliga soccer match between Hamburger SV and Borussia Moenchengladbach in Hamburg, Germany, yesterday. Hamburg won by 3-2. — APBERLIN: Hamburg pulled clear of the Bundesliga’s relegation battle yesterday with a shock 3-2 comeback win at home to Borussia Moenchengladbach to end their six-game winless streak. Bruno...
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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