author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
Israeli border police search a Palestinian, next to newly placed concrete blocks in an east Jerusalem neighborhood yesterday. — AP
Israelis arm themselves after more knife attacks
Israeli border police search a Palestinian, next to newly placed concrete blocks in an east Jerusalem neighborhood yesterday. — APJERUSALEM: Israeli security forces deployed massively in Jerusalem yesterday as Jews armed themselves with everything from guns to broomsticks, rattled by a wave of Palestinian attacks that have shaken the country. Some 300 soldiers were reinforcing police, stretched thin by a two-week upsurge in violence that has...
President Barack Obama walks onto the stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington at the beginning of the ‘In Performance at the White House’ series. — AP photos
Obama celebrates American music with 'eclectic bunch'
President Barack Obama walks onto the stage in the East Room of the White House in Washington at the beginning of the ‘In Performance at the White House’ series. — AP photosBopping his head to the beat and swaying to a blues version of "America the Beautiful," President Barack Obama celebrated what he called one of the country's most precious gifts: "American creativity." Obama and his wife, Michelle, marked the history of American music...
Syrian regime bombings on rebel positions in Jobar, in eastern Damascus
Turkey, Saudi warn Russia over 'big mistake' in Syria - Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US
Syrian regime bombings on rebel positions in Jobar, in eastern DamascusANKARA: Turkey and Saudi Arabia yesterday warned Russia over the consequences of its intervention in Syria, with Ankara telling Moscow its bombing campaign in support of the regime was a "big mistake". The two majority Sunni Muslim powers both support the moderate opposition in Syria and have been infuriated by Moscow's bombing campaign to prop the regime of President Bashar...
China’s alleged on-going reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
China warns against US South China Sea move - 'Firmly oppose' infringement of sovereignty
China’s alleged on-going reclamation of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China SeaBEIJING: Beijing warned yesterday that it would "firmly oppose" infringement of its sovereignty after indications Washington will soon send warships close to its artificial islands in the South China Sea. Tensions have mounted since China transformed reefs in the area-also claimed by several neighboring countries-into small islands capable of...
No Image
Mute Indian girl 'identifies family'
KARACHI: A mute and deaf Indian girl who has been stuck in Pakistan for 13 years because she cannot remember where she came from may have finally identified her family, the charity looking after her said yesterday.The new ray of hope for the woman known only as Geeta, believed to be in her early 20s, came after the Indian High Commission in Islamabad sent her a photograph of a family, whom she said she recognized.The Edhi Foundation, Pakistan's...
Bangladeshi people gather outside a morgue as policemen guard during the autopsy on the body of killed Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi at Mahiganj village in Rangpur district
Retail giants restrict travel to Bangladesh after attacks - IS claims it killed two foreigners, govt rejects
Bangladeshi people gather outside a morgue as policemen guard during the autopsy on the body of killed Japanese citizen Kunio Hoshi at Mahiganj village in Rangpur districtDHAKA: Business executives from global clothing giants H&M Inditex and Gap have cancelled trips to Dhaka this month after the killings of two foreigners, industry sources said, causing anxiety for Bangladesh's $25 billion garment export sector.Bangladeshi suppliers to the...
No Image
The Martian is a movie that shouldn't have been made.
From Red Planet to Mission to Mars to John Carter, movies about Mars have consistently flopped at the box office. As Andy Weir, the author of the novel the movie is based on, pointed out in a recent episode of The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast, it's been decades since any movie about the red planet has been a hit. These days, Hollywood studios have come to think of films about Earth's nearest neighbor as carrying a box office curse. Indeed,...
No Image
ME banks facing rare currency drought; Gulf SWFs drawing on bank funds
LONDON: Acutely tighter liquidity conditions in Gulf banking systems are casting doubt on how easily the region’s lenders will be able to support their sovereigns’ growing funding needs as depressed commodity prices take their toll. The fortunes of Gulf sovereigns and banks are inextricably linked, with many lenders state owned. And with oil prices struggling to rise much above $50 a barrel, governments are having to shore up their finances...
No Image
Germany orders scandal-hit VW to recall 2.4m vehicles
FRANKFURT: The German authorities tightened the screws on Volkswagen yesterday, saying they would order it to recall 2.4 million vehicles across the country that are fitted with pollutioncheating software. As the embattled auto giant continues to struggle to resolve its deepest-ever crisis, the authorities appear to be losing patience. “We are going to issue the order” to recall 2.4 million vehicles, a spokesman for the KBA or federal...
No Image
China’s billionaires overtake US: Survey - Turning point for the super-wealthy
SHANGHAI: The number of billionaires in China has overtaken that of the United States for the first time, an annual survey said yesterday, calling it a “turning point” for the super-wealthy. Communist-ruled China now has 596 billionaires, up a “staggering” 242 over the last year, Shanghai-based luxury magazine publisher Hurun Report said, surpassing the 537 Americans. “The world used to look to American entrepreneurs... for inspiration....
No Image
New Atlanta fashion museum opens with Oscar de la Renta show
In this May 3, 2010 file photo, Oprah Winfrey and designer Oscar de la Renta arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute gala in New York.A new museum focusing on international fashion has opened in Atlanta. The first exhibition at SCAD FASH features more than 80 Oscar de la Renta designs and opened to the public this month on the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art and Design. The pieces come from the school's permanent...
UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino
UEFA crisis talks on Platini begin in Nyon
UEFA General Secretary Gianni InfantinoNYON: UEFA’s crisis talks called to discuss the plight of its suspended president Michel Platini got underway yesterday in Nyon, Switzerland. The emergency meeting at the headquarters of European football’s ruling body will give Platini a strong indication of the level of support he can count on in his bid to succeed Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA.The Frenchman was the frontrunner to take control of...
arrow
most read
1
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
2
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
3
No Image
Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
4
SAO PAULO: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walks with his neurosurgeon Dr Marcos Stavale in the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP
Lula says he’s ‘strong’ after surgery
5
Dr Hamed Al-Shaibani
Khaleeji Zain preparations complete