THE Mullah regime adopted the slogan, “Advancing, advancing until Jerusalem,” 39 years ago. Since then, we have not seen any of them crawling or walking towards Jerusalem. In fact, we discovered that those advancing, or rather, marching are the Persian invasion locusts which wiped out every one in the entire …

Inevitably, there is something wrong either in my thinking or in the thinking of those who believe that they have the confidence and knowledge, and above all the right to decide on my behalf and for millions of Kuwaitis, what we should read and hear through official and non-official media, …

Foy and Rhys win top drama acting award LOS ANGELES, Sept 18, (Agencies): Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel” became the first streaming series to win top Emmy comedy honors and HBO’s “Game of Thrones” recaptured the best drama series award Monday at a ceremony that largely slighted its most ethnically …

‘Green Book’ wins people’s choice award For a festival that can be a hotbed of Oscar-predicting hysteria, the scuttling of the “best popular movie” category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences barely registered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Most were too in the thrall of the …

Ross leads pink parade LOS ANGELES, Sept 18, (AP): Stars vamping on the arrivals carpet before the 70th Emmy Awards on Monday talked about politics and turned them into fashion statements. Jenifer Lewis of “black-ish” wore a sweatshirt adorned with a metal-studded Nike “swoosh,” pushing back against criticism of the …

Lanka slammed after exit ABU DHABI, Sept 18, (AFP): Afghanistan continued their rise in international cricket with an upset 91-run win over Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi on Monday, knocking the former champions out of the Asia Cup. Sri Lanka needed to win the Group B match to stay in …

Inter’s late comeback stuns Spurs BARCELONA, Sept 18, (AFP): Lionel Messi pictures the Champions League ending with him hoisting the trophy and it began with him scoring a hat-trick on Tuesday as Barcelona put four goals past PSV Eindhoven. An early kick-off at Camp Nou meant that before most of …

Americans closing in on a trip to China next year PANAMA CITY, Sept 18, (AP):  US coach Jeff Van Gundy came into the start of this second round of qualifying for the FIBA Basketball World Cup cautioning his players that they would face enormous challenges. They clearly heeded his words, …

With new kickoff times, Barca opens CL LONDON, Sept 17, (AP): Barcelona help to usher in a new-look to the Champions League on Tuesday as fans adjust to new staggered kickoff times. Most matches in the group stage will now begin simultaneously at 2100 Central European Time, 15 minutes later …

Resilient Broncos improve to 2-0 WASHINGTON, Sept 17, (Agencies): In a game with wild swings and pass-happy quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes threw for 326 yards and six touchdowns Sunday to lead the Kansas City Chiefs past the host Pittsburgh Steelers 42-37. The Chiefs (2-0) blew a three-touchdown lead, went back up …