21+ hour, 52+ min ago   (114+ words) Kuwait Times Kuwaiti, Saudi navy commanders hold coordination meet RIYADH: The third coordination meeting between Commander of the Kuwaiti Naval Force Maj Gen Saif Al-Hamlan and Commander of the Eastern Fleet of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces Maj Gen Mansour…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (580+ words) WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation—and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh’s credibility is…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (361+ words) NEW DELHI: BRICS leaders closed a two-day summit in New Delhi on Sunday with a call for economic cooperation, a day after issuing a rare joint statement urging restraint over the war in the Middle East. The statement was the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (230+ words) Kuwait Times Iran, Gulf countries to discuss Hormuz TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (649+ words) Kuwait Times Saudis shut down oil pipeline ADEN: Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices even higher. The world’s…...

2+ day, 18+ min ago   (735+ words) Kuwait Times Egyptians budget for bread after mass food aid cuts CAIRO: Standing outside a bakery in Cairo’s working-class El-Marg district, Eman Abdel Fattah thumbed a handful of crumpled banknotes, calculating how much bread she could afford after her family’s…...

4+ day, 25+ min ago   (434+ words) Kuwait Times ECB raises interest rates to fight off inflation jump FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank raised interest rates for the second time this year in a widely flagged move on Thursday, hoping to tame an inflation rise driven entirely…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (538+ words) kuwaittimes.com Oil prices flare as Iran tightens grip on Hormuz TEHRAN: Oil prices hovered above $100 a barrel on Thursday, a day after Iran said it attacked more than a dozen vessels trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (291+ words) The president did not say where the money would come from, saying only that "our country is making so much money". AFP estimated the theoretical bill would likely top $1 trillion. Doubling down on his bet that he can help Republicans…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (407+ words) HONG KONG: Asian stocks fell on Thursday as oil prices extended gains a day after breaking the psychological $100 barrier on the back of resurgent Middle East hostilities that have fanned inflation fears. With the United States and Iran exchanging strikes…...