Talal | kuwaittimes

Kuwait Times

In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, a cargo ship is parked near Klong Toey Port in Bangkok, Thailand. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which on Saturday marks 48 years since its establishment, aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC by the end of this year. Proponents say the ultimate goal is to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping. But progress toward a borderless economy in a region that brings together democracies and dictatorships along with rich and poor nations is likely to be slow. (AP Photo/Penny Yi Wang)

How Southeast Asian economic zone could change the region

In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, a cargo ship is parked near Klong Toey Port in Bangkok, Thailand. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which on Saturday marks 48 years since its establishment, aims to establish an economic community known as the AEC by the end of this year. Proponents say the ultimate goal is to allow free trade, investment and movement of workers between the 10 nations that make up the grouping. But progress...

An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in December. AFP PHOTO/WAKIL KOHSAR

44 dead, hundreds wounded in lethal wave of Kabul bombings

An Afghan man cries as he search for his relatives near Camp Integrity, a base housing US special forces that was attacked by militants, in Kabul on August 8, 2015. The attack resulted in the death of one NATO service member whose nationality was not revealed. Multiple bombings rocked Kabul on August 7, killing at least 36 people and wounding hundreds more in the deadliest day in the Afghan capital since the end of the NATO combat mission in...

A man walks on a bridge above the Jingmei river as typhoon Soudelor hits Taipei on August 8, 2015. Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan with fierce winds and rain leaving four people dead and a trail of debris in its wake as it takes aim at mainland China. AFP PHOTO / Sam Yeh

Typhoon heads to China after killing four in Taiwan

A man walks on a bridge above the Jingmei river as typhoon Soudelor hits Taipei on August 8, 2015. Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan with fierce winds and rain leaving four people dead and a trail of debris in its wake as it takes aim at mainland China. AFP PHOTO / Sam YehSHANGHAI: Typhoon Soudelor moved towards China yesterday, weaker but still packing a punch, after killing at least four people and leaving a trail of destruction in Taiwan. The...

An August 6, 2015 photo shows prime time Republican presidential primary debate moderator Megyn Kelly (C) flanked by fellow moderators Chris Wallace (L) and Bret Baier (R) moments before the candidates arrived on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald Trump has been disinvited from a Republican party event on August 8, 2015 over a suggestion that a debate moderator was tough on him because she was menstruating. The off-handed comment unleashed a new storm of criticism of Trump and put him in spin control mode as he sought to nuance his remark. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN

Trump barred from conservative gathering after latest barb

An August 6, 2015 photo shows prime time Republican presidential primary debate moderator Megyn Kelly (C) flanked by fellow moderators Chris Wallace (L) and Bret Baier (R) moments before the candidates arrived on stage at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Donald Trump has been disinvited from a Republican party event on August 8, 2015 over a suggestion that a debate moderator was tough on him because she was menstruating. The...

No Image

Twelve dead as Mali hotel siege ends - South African, Russian, Ukrainian hostages freed

(FILES) -- A file photo taken on June 2, 2015 shows soldiers of the Malian Army Forces securing the pist between Goundam and Timbuktu, northern Mali, during the joint operation "La Madine 3", part of the Operation Barkhane, an anti-terrorist operation in the Sahel. Twelve people including a South African and another foreigner were killed in a hostage siege at a hotel in central Mali that ended early August 7, 2015 when government troops stormed...

No Image

Kuwaiti pavilion visitors may reach 1 million: General Consul

MILAN: Kuwait's General Consul in Milan Abdulnasser Boukhaddour has expressed satisfaction for the high turnout of visitors to the Kuwaiti pavilion at Expo Milan 2015 exhibition saying the figure may swell to one million in weeks.In a statement to KUNA, the General Consulate quoted him as expressing deep pleasure after number of people showing up at the corner reached 750,000 on Thursday. Such a high turn-up, three months after launch of the...

No Image

Amir departs Egypt, heads to Mongolia

CAIRO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah left Egypt Thursday afternoon after taking part in the new Suez Canal inauguration ceremony. His Highness the Amir headed to Mongolia in a private visit.His Highness the Amir sent a cable to Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi to congratulate him on the inauguration of the new Suez Canal. This great project, notched in a record time thanks to the contributions of the Egyptian...

CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 06: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush participate in the first prime-time presidential debate hosted by FOX News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena August 6, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. The top-ten GOP candidates were selected to participate in the debate based on their rank in an average of the five most recent national political polls. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Trump hogs limelight at Republican debate - Mogul draws boos from crowd, rivals' rebukes

CLEVELAND, OH - AUGUST 06: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Donald Trump and Jeb Bush participate in the first prime-time presidential debate hosted by FOX News and Facebook at the Quicken Loans Arena August 6, 2015 in Cleveland, Ohio. The top-ten GOP candidates were selected to participate in the debate based on their rank in an average of the five most recent national political polls. Chip Somodevilla/Getty...

No Image

Car thief arrested, search on for accomplice - Duo arrested in abortion case

KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested a man responsible for multiple car break-in and theft cases reported across Kuwait. The suspect, an Ethiopian national, was ambushed in his residence after he was identified and monitored, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The man admitted responsibility for crimes in which he would follow bank clients who withdraw cash from ATM machines until they leave their vehicles. He would then break into the...

CORRECTS NAME OF BRONZE MEDALIST - Australia's Bronte Campbell, centre, holds her gold medal with her sister and bronze medalist Cate, left, and silver medalist Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom after winning the women's 100m freestyle final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Campbell sisters keep it in the family

CORRECTS NAME OF BRONZE MEDALIST - Australia's Bronte Campbell, centre, holds her gold medal with her sister and bronze medalist Cate, left, and silver medalist Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom after winning the women's 100m freestyle final at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, Friday, Aug. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)KAZAN: The sisters of speed are keeping the 100-meter freestyle title all in the family. Bronte Campbell led all the...

No Image

Refugees cheer, pray, embrace strangers as they reach Greece

Migrants clean their clothes in a park in central Athens on August 7, 2015, where they have found temporary shelter after arriving from Greek islands. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on August 7 said a huge influx of migrants and refugees "surpassed" his debt-hit country's abilities as he announced a raft of measures and asked for EU help to handle the crisis A new housing centre will soon be completed near the Athens centre to relocate...

The house of 31-year-old Tomislav Salopek is pictured in Vrpolje in eastern Croatia on August 6, 2015. Egypt's affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened August 5, 2015 to execute a Croatian kidnapped in Cairo last month within 48 hours if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed. The man is the first foreigner to be abducted and threatened with death by militants in Egypt since an Islamist insurgency erupted two years ago. In a video posted online by the jihadists, the Croatian identifies himself as Tomislav Salopek working for French geoscience company CGG, and appears kneeling at the feet of a hooded man holding a knife. AFP PHOTO / STRINGER +++ CROATIA OUT

Fears mount for Croatian abducted by Islamic State

The house of 31-year-old Tomislav Salopek is pictured in Vrpolje in eastern Croatia on August 6, 2015. Egypt's affiliate of the Islamic State group threatened August 5, 2015 to execute a Croatian kidnapped in Cairo last month within 48 hours if Muslim women jailed in Egypt are not freed. The man is the first foreigner to be abducted and threatened with death by militants in Egypt since an Islamist insurgency erupted two years ago. In a video...

most read

1

Deputy Foreign Minister Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Chief Executive Officer Nawaf Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah.

‘Kuwait has its own women’

2

KUWAIT: Interior Minister Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Sabah chairs a meeting with assistant undersecretaries on May 16, 2024. – KUNA

MoI warns against disturbances during municipal elections

3

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood, and Minister of Youth Dr Amthal Al-Huwailah grants four women in the Supreme Council for Family Affairs authority of judicial enforcement on May 16, 2024. -- KUNA

4 women granted judicial enforcement authority by minister

4

MANAMA: Arab leaders pose for a group photo during the 33rd Arab League Summit on May 16, 2024. - AFP

Kuwait slams Zionist aggression

5

No Image

Kuwait’s upstream sector sees room for growth amid sweeping changes