author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
New e-media 'bill guarantees rights' - Our goal is the national interest: Sheikh Salman
KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Sabah said a new draft law would organize e-media, but regretted current laws failed to license e-media. He was speaking in a seminar on Tuesday night about a bill prepared by the Ministry of Information for the regulation of e-media. The seminar is co-organized by the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) and Kuwait Journalists...
No Image
Kuwait fire department ready for torrential rain
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) has taken all necessary precautions to cope with incidents that may happen due to possible torrential rains and floods, an official of the department said yesterday.Brig Gen Mohammad Al-Mahmeed, the acting deputy director general for fight sector affairs, said in a statement that the firemen were ready to deal with any emergency round the clock. Special equipment, such as water sucking pumps and...
No Image
‘No room for mistakes’, Sheikh Al-Khaled warns
KUWAIT: No room for mistakes and law must be abided by without complacency, stressed Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah late on Tuesday.His remarks came after touring a number of Husseiniyas (congregation halls for Shia commemoration ceremonies) and visiting the ‘decisionmaking’ room of the Interior Ministry earlier.Accompanying Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled was Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Suleiman Al-Fahad...
No Image
Dolphins found in water tank at power station
KUWAIT: Three dolphins were found in one of the water tanks at the Subiya power station and the Kuwait dive team is monitoring the situation, said an official yesterday.Team official Mahmoud Ashkanani said that the team was working with personnel at the power station to make sure that the dolphins were safe.The two sides are also working together to prevent any damage to the facility, he said. A monitoring report on the activities of the dolphins...
No Image
Court summons coroners in terrorist cell case hearing
KUWAIT: The high court's criminal circuit cross-examination into the terrorist cell case, involving 26 suspects, resumed yesterday with the court summoning coroners to listen to their testimonies. The court had summoned, during the previous session held on October 13th, the ballistics officer who testified to the presiding judges. On October 6th, it listened to the criminal inspection officer in a closed-door session.On October 4th, the court...
No Image
Egyptian jailed for insulting Amir
KUWAIT: The prosecution decided to jail an Egyptian in a state security offense and insulting the Amir on twitter. A security source said state security detectives arrested an Egyptian who made insulting tweets to HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah and the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. The man also reportedly publishing photos of executed Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussain, hurting the feelings of Kuwaiti...
No Image
Drunk man arrested
KUWAIT: A drunk man decided to have a tipple in his neighbor's garden, who saw him and called the police. Ahmadi patrolmen went and arrested him with a bottle of liquor, and took him to the police station.Forging signatureA citizen accused one of his employees of forging his signature on a work permit transaction in favor of a compatriot. A security source said the citizen told Saad Al-Abdullah police that an Egyptian working for him forged his...
A man sits with a young girl wrapped in a blanket on the shore after arriving with other refugees and migrants on the Greek island
Flying on a fake ID: Refugees' path less travelled to Europe - Crisis creates massive demand for fake IDs
A man sits with a young girl wrapped in a blanket on the shore after arriving with other refugees and migrants on the Greek islandPARIS: Ali, a Palestinian-Syrian banker desperate to reach the Netherlands, had to hide his surprise when he finally met a shadowy forger known as "The Whale" at an Arab-style shisha cafe near Athens. "It turns out the guy I'd been speaking to, who sounded so big and scary on the phone, was actually tiny," said...
A handout picture released by International Rescue Committee on August 14, 2014, and taken on August 13, 2014 shows Iraqi Yazidi refugees at Newroz camp in Al-Hassakah province, north eastern Syria, being cared for by the International Rescue Committee, after fleeing Islamic State militants. — AFP
Nazi researchers' probe IS over Yazidi 'genocide'
A handout picture released by International Rescue Committee on August 14, 2014, and taken on August 13, 2014 shows Iraqi Yazidi refugees at Newroz camp in Al-Hassakah province, north eastern Syria, being cared for by the International Rescue Committee, after fleeing Islamic State militants. — AFPBERLIN: A group that documented Nazi war crimes is now investigating whether massacres committed by Islamic State jihadists against Iraq's Yazidi...
A Syrian man carries a bicycle amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held area. —AFP
Islamic State not alone in looting Syria cultural heritage
A Syrian man carries a bicycle amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported air strike by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held area. —AFPNEW YORK: The Islamic State group may dominate headlines about the destruction of heritage sites in Syria, but it is far from the only culprit, new US research warned yesterday. The Syrian regime, Kurdishand other opposition forces are also major players in the destruction, according to...
In this Thursday, June 14, 1990, file photo pro-government coal miners wield clubs against an anti-government demonstrator at University Square. — AP
Romania probes ex-president for ‘crimes against humanity’
In this Thursday, June 14, 1990, file photo pro-government coal miners wield clubs against an anti-government demonstrator at University Square. — APBUCHAREST: A Romanian court has begun a probe into former president Ion Iliescu for alleged crimes against humanity over the violent suppression of protests in 1990, months after the fall of the Communist regime, prosecutors said yesterday.The 85-year-old is accused over the violent crackdown on...
Pope Francis catches a scarf thrown by a worshipper as he greets the crowd from the popemobile before his weekly general audience at St Peter’s square. — AFP
Pope’s brain tumor? Try keeping up with him proclaims Vatican
Pope Francis catches a scarf thrown by a worshipper as he greets the crowd from the popemobile before his weekly general audience at St Peter’s square. — AFPVATICAN CITY: The Vatican yesterday dismissed a report that Pope Francis has a brain tumor as baseless, with a spokesman challenging anyone who thinks the pontiff is seriously ill to try keeping up with him. Quotidiano Nazionale (QN), the newspaper which made the claim, said it stood by...
arrow
most read
1
DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
2
No Image
Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
3
KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA
MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found
4
KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.
MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training
5
LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade