Author: News Desk

Kuwait : Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, Shaikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah today held a phone all with his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi. According to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), both sides discussed the close relations between the two friendly countries, and the latest development in the region.

Washington : Colin Powell, former Joint Chiefs chairman and secretary of state, has died from COVID-19 complications, his family said Monday. He was 84. In an announcement on social media, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father and grandfather and a great American,” the family said. Powell was the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and secretary of state, AP reports. But his reputation also suffered a painful setback when, in 2003, Powell went before the U.N. Security Council and made the case…

Bahrain : The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain has launched its promotional campaign aimed at introducing the mechanisms for registering new domain names for Bahrain (.bh), demonstrating the importance and benefits of using the domain name for Bahrain, and clarifying the next stages that TRA will follow to make domain names available to businesses and the public in an easy and accessible manner. A domain name is a name in English or Arabic letters chosen to be the address and the identity of the website and its services. It is worth noting that the TRA is managing…

Apple is set to announce new hardware today. The company is holding a (virtual) keynote at 10 AM PT (1 PM in New York, 6 PM in London, 7 PM in Paris). And you’ll be able to watch the event right here as the company is streaming it live. Rumor has it that the company is set to announce some new Macs. Over the past year, Apple has updated its entry-level computers with new custom-designed M1 chips. And now, the company could bring its own chips to higher-end computers, such as a 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro, a new Mac Mini and…

Bahrain : Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, paid a visit today to the American University of Bahrain where he met with its educational and administrative staff. His Highness stressed the big strides made by the Kingdom of Bahrain in the educational field thanks to the vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and the support of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa affirmed to the students…

Bahrain: Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed bin Rashid Alzayani held a meeting remotely with Saudi Tourism Minister Ahmed bin Aqeel Al Khateeb and reviewed bilateral relations , focusing on the tourism sector, in addition to issues of common interest. The two sides discussed Bahrain and Saudi plans and programmes to support this vital sector and expand tourism cooperation between the two countries. Alzayai outlined the steps undertaken by the Government in the Kingdom of Bahrain to support the tourism sector which represents a key pillar of national economic development.

Dubai : A fire erupted on Monday at a major oil refinery in Kuwait, the state-owned oil company said, reporting that some workers suffered from smoke inhalation and other light injuries. The blaze at the key Mina Al-Ahmadi oil refinery along Kuwait’s Arab Gulf coastline north of its border with Saudi Arabia did not affect the electrical supply or oil exports, according to Kuwait’s National Petroleum Company. Several oil contractors were receiving treatment for their burns at a nearby hospital, the company added. The refinery was built to handle 25,000 barrels of oil a day to supply Kuwait’s domestic market…

The European Union’s top official said that the bloc has now exported over one billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the rest of the world. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the vaccines have been sent to over 150 nations, making the 27-member bloc the largest exporter of the vaccines in the world. The EU has said that ramping up Covid-19 vaccinations around the world is the bloc’s number one priority right now and already last month made a commitment to send 200 million more vaccine doses to Africa and other low-income nations. Even when rich nations are…

Myanmar will release 5,636 people jailed for protesting against a February coup which ousted the civilian government. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing said on Monday the protesters will be freed to mark the Thadingyut festival later in October. The announcement came just days after Hlaing was excluded from a regional summit over his government’s commitment to defusing the bloody crisis. Myanmar has been mired in chaos since the coup, with more than 1,100 civilians killed in a bloody crackdown on dissent and more than 8,000 arrested according to a local monitoring group.

In a show of friendship, Israeli and German fighter jets flew over the skies of Jerusalem for the first time since World War 1, as the two nations carried out a joint military exercise. The aircraft were spotted on Sunday flying over Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, and other government buildings and towards the area of Malha in Jerusalem.