Kuwait Times

12/08/2026

Kuwait PM chairs 133rd Supreme Council for Petroleum meeting

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chaired the 133rd Supreme Council for Petroleum meeting to review key energy str...

12/08/2026

Kuwait CSC declares Thursday, Aug 27 official holiday for Prophet’s Birthday

KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission announced Wednesday that ministries, government agencies, public authorities and institutions will be closed on Thursday, A...

12/08/2026

Argentina superstar Lionel Messi said Wednesday he has “serious doubts” about continuing to play football for “much longer” after the death of his father Jorge Messi.

“I don’t know what I’ll do without you, I don’t know how to go on. I just played football, and now I have serious doubts about continuing to do so for much longer,” Messi, 39, wrote in a message on social media after his father, who was also his agent, died last week aged 68.

12/08/2026

Kuwait's state security foiled a terror plot to target a vital facility in the country, the Interior Ministry reported on Wednesday. Police have and arrested a citizen who is a member of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist organization before he could carry out his plot, the ministry said.

Investigations revealed that the suspect received training on making explosives and drones, the ministry said, noting that he was able to make a drone that he planned to use in targeting a vital facility in the country.

The suspect was taken to the proper authorities for further legal action, hte ministry added.

12/08/2026

There were no discussions between Iran and the United States to extend their ceasefire because, from Tehran's perspective, the deal had no start date and therefore had nothing to extend, a senior Iranian source told Reuters on Wednesday.

The source's comments came after Turkey's Anadolu news agency, citing Pakistani government sources, reported on Wednesday that Tehran and Washington had agreed to extend a 60-day ceasefire under their interim deal signed in June.

The deal declared an "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts", but quickly unravelled, with US President Donald Trump saying it was "over" on July 7 and Iran's foreign ministry declaring it "suspended" a week later.

"There is no talk of an extension because, from Iran’s perspective, there is no period that began and therefore nothing to extend. The United States violated the interim agreement 48 hours after it was reached and withdrew from it a few days later," the source told Reuters.

In the agreement, the 60-day period refers to an extendable timeframe within which Iran and the US were expected to reach a final deal limiting Tehran's nuclear programme and lifting US sanctions.

A series of requirements, such as a ceasefire in Lebanon, free navigation in the Gulf and waivers for Iran to sell its oil, were viewed as necessary before entering the further negotiation period.

"One of the issues that is being discussed via mediators is the US returning to the interim agreement and defining a timeframe for implementing the commitments. There has been absolutely no progress on this issue," the source added.

12/08/2026

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chaired the 133rd Supreme Petroleum Council meeting to review key energy strategies and projects approved by Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).

During the meeting, the council officially approved the final accounting statements of KPC and its subsidiary companies for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, successfully concluding all financial items on the meeting agenda.

12/08/2026

Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday passed a sweeping and long-awaited amnesty law that should benefit thousands of prisoners and wanted people, in the first legislation of its kind since 1991.

The office of the speaker of parliament announced the “approval of a draft law aimed at granting a general amnesty and exceptionally reducing the terms of certain sentences”, which had been a demand of various political factions and a topic of debate for years in Lebanon.

12/08/2026

Pakistan’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar said a Houthi attack on a commercial tanker in the Red Sea killed three Pakistani citizens, condemning the strike and describing attacks on civilian commercial vessels as a violation of international law.

12/08/2026

Nearly 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been barred from secondary education since the Taleban returned to power in 2021, according to UNESCO, which called for an immediate end to the ban. The UN agency warned the figure could rise to almost four million by 2030 if restrictions remain in place.

UNESCO said the education ban is reversing two decades of progress, worsening Afghanistan’s education crisis, and could cost the country’s economy $9.6 billion by 2066. The agency also highlighted poor school conditions and the strain caused by millions of returning Afghans.

12/08/2026

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