Новости за 28.09.2019

NEW YORK: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the fringes of the 74th UN General Assembly session. The meeting, which took place on Friday night, focused on cooperation between the State of Kuwait and the various UN agencies, a number of […]

KUWAIT: The Doing Business Team at the World Bank Group (WBG) announced on its website that Kuwait for the first time joined the group of top 20 improvers in the Ease of Doing Business Index 2020 out of 190 economies included in the Doing Business report to be published officially by the end of October. […]

WASHINGTON: The wife of Kuwait’s Ambassador to the US Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah was named by a prominent US magazine as one of only two Arab women in the US capital’s 2019 Most Powerful Women. Sheikha Rima Al-Sabah, Goodwill Ambassador to UNHCR, was named among the Washingtonian’s 150 Most Powerful Women, being the only Arab women […]

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned the United Nations Friday that his country’s dispute with India over Kashmir could escalate into an all-out nuclear war that would have consequences for the world. In a fiery speech lasting 50 minutes, Khan said India could unleash a “bloodbath” in the Muslim-majority territory, as the nuclear-armed […]

DUBAI: The British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero arrived in Dubai yesterday, after being detained with its crew in Iran for more than two months in an incident that inflamed tensions in the region. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized the vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19 after surrounding it with attack boats and rappelling […]

KABUL: Afghans braved the threat of militant attacks and delays at polling booths to vote in a presidential election yesterday, a major test of the Western-backed government’s ability to protect democracy against Taleban attempts to derail it. The election was marred by numerous small-scale Taleban attacks, but only one confirmed death. Turnout was low, however, […]

LONDON: The government of London said it had referred Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Britain’s police watchdog for potential investigation over allegations of misconduct involving a US businesswoman while he was mayor of London. The Greater London Authority (GLA) said on Friday it had referred a “conduct matter” concerning Johnson to the Independent Office for […]

Medicines usually go through multiple processes until they reach patients. The most important of these methods is their official approval by competent authorities for their use. The medicines usually get marketed in some countries or all over the world, and sometimes patients suffer some side effects and risks with their use, so withdrawing them is […]

UNITED NATIONS: The head of the Arab League exchanged a warm handshake Friday at the United Nations with the foreign minister of Syria, which has been suspended from the body since 2011. The exchange between Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the secretary general of the Arab League, and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem appeared to be brief and […]