author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
Teacher defies Taleban in Pakistan university attack
CHARSADDA: A chemistry teacher who tried to protect his students by opening fire on Taleban militants during a deadly attack at a Pakistani university has been hailed as a "martyr" and a "gentleman". Lecturer Syed Hamid Husain, an assistant professor of chemistry at the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, ordered his students to stay inside as Taleban gunmen stormed the school near the city of Peshawar yesterday, leaving at least 21 people dead....
BHUBANESWAR: A villager climbs down from a coconut tree after picking up fresh coconut on a cold foggy morning on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them in order to clear the way for unfettered felling. —AP
Coconut trees 'no longer considered trees' in Goa - India
BHUBANESWAR: A villager climbs down from a coconut tree after picking up fresh coconut on a cold foggy morning on the outskirts of the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, India. Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa, where authorities have reclassified them in order to clear the way for unfettered felling. —APPANAJI: Coconut trees are no longer considered trees in the tropical Indian state of Goa,...
SINGAPORE: A worker polishes a bronze statue of a bird along the river quay next to the financial business district in Singapore. —AFP
Singapore deports 26 Bangladeshis for terror links
SINGAPORE: A worker polishes a bronze statue of a bird along the river quay next to the financial business district in Singapore. —AFPSINGAPORE: Singapore said yesterday it had arrested 27 Bangladeshi construction workers late last year for supporting "the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups" and deported 26 of them. The workers were being groomed to return to their home country to wage holy war and had studied booklets on assassination...
KHULNA: Bangladesh cricketer Mosaddek Hossain (left) is bowled as the Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami looks on during the third T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday. —AFP
Zimbabwe upset Bangladesh
KHULNA: Bangladesh cricketer Mosaddek Hossain (left) is bowled as the Zimbabwe wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami looks on during the third T20 cricket match between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna yesterday. —AFPKHULNA: Malcolm Waller and Vusi Sibanda set up a big total as Zimbabwe crushed Bangladesh by 31 runs in the third Twenty20 international in Khulna yesterday to stay alive in the four-match series. Opener...
CANBERRA: Indian batsman Rohit Sharma dives into his crease as the ball bounces in front of him during their One Day International cricket match against Australia in Canberra, Australia yesterday. — AP
India collapse to hand Australia victory
CANBERRA: Indian batsman Rohit Sharma dives into his crease as the ball bounces in front of him during their One Day International cricket match against Australia in Canberra, Australia yesterday. — APCANBERRA: A spectacular Indian batting collapse gave Australia a 25-run victory in the one-day international in Canberra yesterday, their fourth successive victory in the five-match series. After winning the toss and choosing to bat, Australian...
No Image
World Bad News
TEHRAN: In this July 14, 2012 file photo two potential Iranian customers look at fabric bolts in Tehran’s old main bazaar, Iran, as two merchants sit at left. — AP
Iran's big market tempts European firms - Companies ready to seize business opportunities
TEHRAN: In this July 14, 2012 file photo two potential Iranian customers look at fabric bolts in Tehran’s old main bazaar, Iran, as two merchants sit at left. — APFRANKFURT: With many barriers to dealing with Iran suddenly lifted as part of a deal to curb its nuclear activities, some European companies are ready to seize business opportunities in a tempting market of 78.5 million people. At first glance, the allure is obvious - the...
RIYADH: This file image grab taken from the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on January 23, 2015 shows Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman in his first public address. — AFP
With oil drop, Saudi takes steps out of welfare state
RIYADH: This file image grab taken from the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on January 23, 2015 shows Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman in his first public address. — AFPRIYADH: Faced with a massive decline in oil revenues, Saudi Arabia's King Salman marked his first year in power by taking steps to end his kingdom's generous welfare system. In a year that could set the pace for moving the Saudi economy away from near-total dependence on...
PRESEVO: A woman holds her baby as she waits with other migrants and refugees for a bus on January 20, 2016 at a registration camp in southern Serbian town of Presevo, after crossing the Macedonian border, as temperature fall to minus 15 Celsius. — AFP
Refugees face qualification hurdles in German job hunt - Only five-to-ten percent of asylum seekers qualified
PRESEVO: A woman holds her baby as she waits with other migrants and refugees for a bus on January 20, 2016 at a registration camp in southern Serbian town of Presevo, after crossing the Macedonian border, as temperature fall to minus 15 Celsius. — AFPFRANKFURT: From an economic point of view, it all seemed to make sense. There are hundreds of thousands of job vacancies waiting to be filled in Germany and 1.5 million refugees arriving in...
No Image
Gulf stocks battered over oil, world economy woes
KUWAIT CITY: Stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf States plunged yesterday, following the massive rout in global shares as oil resumed its decline. The fresh fall came a day after most Gulf bourses made a strong rebound as oil and world stocks saw important gains. But all seven bourses in Gulf countries, which pump around 18 million barrels of oil a day, dropped yesterday, led by Saudi Arabia and Dubai.The Saudi Tadawul All-Shares Index, the...
No Image
Adel Al-Ghanim Automotive Company ireleasing the latest two models of MG
KUWAIT: Adel Al-Ghanim Automotive Company (exclusive dealer for MG British cars in Kuwait) has just launched two new models of MG (MG 5 Turbo and MG 6 Turbo) within the latest British Masterpiece of its kind, which is released in two new models for the first time in the State of Kuwait. These two new models were revealed at a press conference held at the (Company's Showroom in Shuwaikh - Airport Road), and was attended by the company's CEO, Mr...
John N Stewart, Senior Vice President, Chief Security and Trust Officer, Cisco and Ziad Salameh, Managing Director and General Manager Gulf, Levant and Pakistan and Middle East Services Leader, Cisco
Cisco Annual Security Report reveals decline in defender confidence, increased impact of industrialized attackers
John N Stewart, Senior Vice President, Chief Security and Trust Officer, Cisco and Ziad Salameh, Managing Director and General Manager Gulf, Levant and Pakistan and Middle East Services Leader, CiscoKUWAIT: The Cisco(r) 2016 Annual Security Report released today, which examines threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends, reveals that only 45 percent of organizations worldwide are confident in their security posture as today's attackers launch...
arrow
most read
1
Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
2
No Image
Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
3
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
4
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
5
No Image
Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones