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Kuwait, India discuss ties - Ambassador Awadi presents credentials to Indian President
KUWAIT/NEW DELHI: First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received a phone call yesterday from his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj where they discussed bilateral ties. The two officials also tackled the latest development seen in the regional and international arenas. Separately, Kuwait Ambassador to India Fahad Ahmad Al-Awadi presented his credentials to President of the Indian Republic Pranab...
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Women's society hosts symposium on AIDS
KUWAIT: The Women's Cultural and Social Society held a symposium on 'AIDS and Woman's Health' on Wednesday at its premises. It was presented by Dr Hind Al-Shomar, Head of the AIDS, Statistics, and Information Bureau and Repertoire of the National Committee for Eliminating AIDS. "The first case of AIDS in the world was discovered in 1981, while the first in Kuwait was in 1984," Dr Shomar said. "Eliminating AIDS and improving health is one of the...
Australia's Dave Warner reacts after scoring a double century against New Zealand during their cricket test match in Perth, Australia, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Theron Kirkman)
Australia dominate as Warner hits double century
Australia's Dave Warner reacts after scoring a double century against New Zealand during their cricket test match in Perth, Australia, Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Theron Kirkman)PERTH: David Warner dominated, dissected and demolished New Zealand with his maiden double century to drive Australia to 416 for two at the close of play on a one-sided opening day of the second test at the WACA yesterday. Picking up where he left off in the first...
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US air strike targets 'Jihadi John' in Syria - Washington 'reasonably certain' Emwazi is dead
LONDON: A US strike on Syria that targeted British militant "Jihadi John" was "an act of self-defense", Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday, while acknowledging his death was "not yet certain". Cameron said the operation on Thursday against Mohammed Emwazi, who appeared in a string of graphic videos showing the execution of Western hostages, was a combined British-US effort. In a statement delivered outside his Downing Street...
Mourners chant slogans as they carry the body of Adel Termos, who was killed in a twin bombing attack that rocked a busy shopping street in the area of Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut's southern suburb, during his funeral in the village of Tallussa in the Nabatiyeh governorate, south of Lebanon on November 13, 2015. Lebanon mourned 44 people killed in south Beirut in a twin bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, the bloodiest such attack in years, the Red Cross also said at least 239 people were also wounded, several in critical condition. AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT
Lebanon PM holds emergency meeting - Nation mourns 44 killed in Beirut bombing
Mourners chant slogans as they carry the body of Adel Termos, who was killed in a twin bombing attack that rocked a busy shopping street in the area of Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut's southern suburb, during his funeral in the village of Tallussa in the Nabatiyeh governorate, south of Lebanon on November 13, 2015. Lebanon mourned 44 people killed in south Beirut in a twin bombing claimed by the Islamic State group, the bloodiest such attack in...
French Education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem leaves after a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee presidential palace on November 13, 2015 in Paris. AFP PHOTO / PATRICK KOVARIK
Rising star struggles with French inequality
PARIS: She is a rising political star and a striking immigrant success story from France's ghetto-like suburbs, but Education Minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem faces huge obstacles in fighting the inequality she herself overcame. "The system in France is like we're all running the 100 metres, but some have a 30-metre head start and some start 30 metres behind," she tells AFP. The word "egalite" might be plastered over every school, but OECD studies...
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Britain, India sign big deals despite protests - Modi seeking to rebuild after Bihar loss
LONDON: Britain and India welcomed more than £9 billion ($13.7 billion) in commercial deals during a visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but his arrival was overshadowed by protests over a perceived rise in intolerance back home. Modi got a warm welcome by British Prime Minister David Cameron, who has tried to cultivate closer ties with India to secure business opportunities in a fast-growing economy at a time when Modi has been...
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Trio caught with drugs
KUWAIT: Southern roads patrol officers arrested three people with possession of 26 illicit tablets. The three, two Kuwaitis and one Saudi, were sent to the Drugs Control General Department (DGCD). Patrol officers had stopped the suspect's vehicle, only to discover that they were in an abnormal condition. The drugs were found when the men were searched.KD 3,000 watch stolenA man lost his KD 3,000 watch after who going to visit a school in Fahad...
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US retail sales crawl upward in October - Inflation keeps overall retail sales growth muted
WASHINGTON: Americans ramped up their online shopping and restaurant spending in October, but barely-there inflation kept overall retail sales growth muted. The Commerce Department said Friday that retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent last month, after being unchanged in September and August. Over the past 12 months, sales have risen 1.7 percent. Lower gasoline costs and meager inflation have downplayed the extent of consumer...
TOPSHOTSnT-shirts (top) with images of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi are displayed at a printing house in Yangon on November 13, 2015. Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition on November 13 secured a parliamentary majority from last weekend's polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army. AFP PHOTO / Ye Aung THU
Suu Kyi party wins Myanmar elections - World leaders laud historic polls
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition yesterday secured a parliamentary majority from last weekend's polls that will allow it to elect a president and form a government in a historic shift in power from the army. Confirmation of the landslide win comes five years to the day since Suu Kyi, the magnetic force behind the country's democracy movement, was released from house arrest by the military. The election, the first Suu Kyi's National League...
FORT DODGE, IA - NOVEMBER 12: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests during a campaign stop at Iowa Central Community College on November 12, 2015 in Fort Dodge, Iowa. The stop comes on the heals of Tuesday's eight-candidate Republican debate in Milwaukee where a national poll of viewers declared Trump the winner. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Trump questions Carson's 'pathological temper', faith
FORT DODGE, Iowa: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, brushing aside any recent claims of civility, has equated Ben Carson's childhood "pathological temper" to the illness of a child molester, questioned his religious awakening and berated voters who support him. "How stupid are the people of Iowa?" declared Trump during a rally at Iowa Central Community College. "How stupid are the people of the country to believe this crap?" For...
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Nigeria's opposition in soul-searching after loss - PDP claims to be only 'credible' institution
(FILES) A picture taken on May 29, 2015 shows former President Goodluck Jonathan waving to the crowd as he leaves the office during the inauguration of President Mohammadu Buhari at the Eagles Square in Abuja. Its former national chairman once boasted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would rule Nigeria for 60 years. In the end it managed only 16. Muhammadu Buhari's All Progressives Congress (APC) dumped the PDP out of power in...
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP
Iraq becoming major drug conduit
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The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Nadia Al-Hajji. KUNA
Petrochemical Industries Co.: KD 39 mln net profit 2023-24 fiscal year
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Defense praises Arifjan, Beuhring military chief
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Councilmembers approve projects and specifications
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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA
Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research