KUWAIT: For much of its history, Kuwait’s people spoke a single dialect, influenced by early settlers from Najd who built their homes in Qibla. Later, according to Kuwaiti dialect expert Khaled ...

LONDON: Geopolitical and economic uncertainty will support investment demand for gold in 2025 but jewelry purchases will stay weak owing to record high prices, an industry body predicted Wednesday.

KUWAIT: Around 500,000 students across all grade levels returned to school on Sunday, marking the start of the second semester of the 2024-2025 academic year. Schools welcomed students back after the ...

RIYADH: Syria’s interim president Ahmed Al-Sharaa met with Saudi Crown Prince and de facto ruler Mohammed bin Salman on Sunday during his first trip abroad since taking power. Accompanied by his ...

TEHRAN: Iran revealed a new ballistic missile on Sunday that it said was capable of travelling 1,700 kilometers, unveiling it at a Tehran ceremony attended by President Masoud Pezeshkian. State ...

Hamas' armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Thursday the martyrdom of its elusive military leader Mohammed Deif and deputy military commander Marwan Issa in combat. Deif was an elusive figure ...

KUWAIT: Kuwait on Thursday expressed its sympathy and solidarity with the United States following a midair collision between a commercial plane and a military helicopter near Reagan National Airport ...

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi on Wednesday inaugurated the digital archive of photographs at the Ministry of Information, ...

KINSHASA: A lightning advance in Congo’s mineral-rich eastern borderlands is set to boost the M23 rebellion’s illegal mining revenues, with analysts predicting a further surge in illicit trade in ...

GOMA: Dead bodies lay in the streets, gunfire rang out and hospitals were overwhelmed in east Congo’s largest city Goma where M23 rebels backed by Rwanda faced pockets of resistance on Tuesday from ...

KUWAIT: The CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Nasser Al-Sabah, said that the percentage of the Kuwaiti national workforce in the corporation and its subsidiaries has ...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) affirmed Tuesday that Kuwaiti companies have succeeded in setting global standards in vital sectors that are considered the backbone of the ...