MANCHESTER: Kuwaiti students on scholarships to the UK, specifically in Manchester, have stressed out due to the lack of direct flights in the past years, as this destination serves hundreds of students on scholarships in Manchester. On Wednesday, KU...

KUWAIT: The Supreme Organizing Committee of the third GCC Games hosted by Kuwait from 13 to May 31, featuring around 1,700 male and female players, revealed the mascot of the tournament. The mascot is a model of the Fennec fox (Al-Hesni) that is insp...

STRASBOURG: The European Union’s executive unveiled Wednesday plans for a gradual ban on Russian oil imports as part of a raft of new sanctions to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine. The European Commission also proposed slapping sanctions on Russi...

WASHINGTON: US private businesses saw surprisingly weak hiring in April, a survey showed Wednesday, amid low unemployment that’s made their quest to find workers even more difficult. Payroll services firm ADP reported private employment rose 247,00...

NEW DELHI: India’s central bank announced a surprise interest rate hike on Wednesday, as Asia’s third-biggest economy reels from galloping inflation in the wake of the Ukraine war. The announcement came hours before the US Federal Reserve...

WASHINGTON: A surge in imports of goods and services in March drove the US trade gap to the highest level ever recorded, with huge increases in purchases of autos, computers, furniture and clothing, the government reported Wednesday. The trade defici...

KEITH, Scotland: At a tartan workshop in northeast Scotland, machines slowly unwind miles of the familiar crisscross patterns of fabric in green, red, black, blue and white. But one chequered design at the Macnaughton Holdings’ giant factory in...

KARACHI: Pakistan’s breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, but walking through the labyrinthine streets of her Karachi neighborhood, she is anonymous. Her hair covered with a hijab and a veil falling below her eyes, s...

A wild fox that breached an enclosure at Washington’s National Zoo killed 25 flamingos and one duck before escaping, the facility said Tuesday, one month after a rabid fox went on a biting spree near the Capitol. Birdkeepers arrived early Monda...

Comedian Dave Chappelle was assaulted on stage while delivering a stand-up set in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, according to the Hollywood Reporter magazine. The comedian was performing at the “Netflix Is A Joke” comedy festival at the ci...