Pakistan Sports Association (PSA) Kuwait organized PSA Karate Championship 2017 to mark the Pakistan Defense Day. According to a press release, a large number of players from different categories and communities participated in this thrilling event, which was held on September 19 at the popular Karate court. All the players …

KUWAIT CITY, Sept 25: Kuwait and Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL) will be sponsoring Bikers in Kuwait Encounter’s (BIKE) activities for the upcoming 2017-2018 season. The contestants kicked off the new cycling season sporting their KGL custom-made attire, which had been presented to the President of the club Ritchel G.Cadavos …

DOHA, Sept 25, (AFP): The draw for the Gulf Cup of Nations went ahead Monday despite serious doubts that the Qatar-hosted competition will take place largely due to ongoing regional political tensions. In bizarre circumstances an elaborate ceremony saw Qatar drawn with Bahrain, Iraq and Yemen in Group A, while …

DOHA, Sept 25, (RTRS): Qatar’s third-largest lender, Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ), is considering borrowing money on the Taiwanese bond market, its group chief executive told Reuters, as a crisis in the region makes it harder to raise funds. The plan to tap Asian markets is because Qatari banks have …

Real estate activity remained relatively stable in August. Seasonality pulled the monthly sales figure down slightly to KD 154.5 million. Sales across all sectors totaled KD 1.5 billion year-to-date (ytd), down 5.4% from the same period last year. The residential sector was particularly strong in 2017, compensating for the subdued …

  KUWAIT CITY, Sept 25: Kuwait stocks pulled lower on Monday to close in red zone for the second straight day as the bourse dipped 27.75 points to 6,767.5 points. Most of the banks and blue chips remained subdued. The KSX-15 index dropped 17.01 points to 991.64 points. The weighted …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25, (RTRS): She has already captured hearts across Asia by taking on corrupt politicians and fighting bad guys who tried to shut girls’ schools — and now even the United Nations has been wowed by a superheroine whose only weapons are pens and books. Move over Superman …

The visa-motivated courtship of convenience has been the subject of many a romantic comedy, though when you consider the bleak reality of the situation, it’s hardly a laughing matter: For one’s life and location to hang in the balance, determined by cold governmental paperwork and the fickle whims of a …

Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, “The Long-Awaited Album” (Rounder Records). There’s a lot of excellent music on Steve Martin’s new bluegrass album with the Steep Canyon Rangers, which is good news considering five of the collection’s 14 tracks are instrumentals. Sometimes, though, to quote Gloria Estefan, words get …

MUMBAI, Sept 23, (Agencies): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt returned to Indian cinema screens Friday in his first film since serving four years in prison for possessing weapons supplied by gangsters behind the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts. The disgraced star, 58, plays the role of a father who seeks revenge for …