SAN DIEGO: Nomadic hobbits, bearded female dwarves and enslaved elves — Amazon finally lifted the lid on its highly anticipated “Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” TV series at Comic-Con on Friday. The enormously ambitious small...

WASHINGTON: Vince McMahon, the promoter who built a pro wrestling show into a global entertainment empire, Friday announced he was retiring as head of World Wrestling Entertainment — under a cloud of serious sexual misconduct allegations. McMah...

KUWAIT/ISTANBUL: Kuwait welcomed the agreement signed in Istanbul Friday by Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations to unblock the Black Sea for Ukrainian grain exports. This step should help boost food security, overcome the grain shortage an...

Brussels: The European Commission on Friday gave the go ahead to the renewed suspension of crop rotation rules that require European farmers to leave 1.5 million hectares of arable land lying fallow. A global grain shortage exacerbated by climate cha...

RIYADH: A Saudi who allegedly helped a non-Muslim man enter Makkah in defiance of a ban on non-Muslims’ entry to the holy city has been arrested, police in the kingdom said on Friday. Makkah regional police have “referred a citizen”...

Moscow: Russia’s central bank on Friday cut its key interest rate to below the level seen before President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February. The Bank of Russia cut its key interest rate to 8.0 percent from 9.5 percent, pointing...

NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait has reiterated that the longstanding crisis of Syria should be resolved by political, rather than military, means, based on UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2254. The remark was made by First Secretary of KuwaitR...

Berlin: The German government will take a 30-percent stake in energy giant Uniper as part of a rescue plan to shield it from the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, the company said Friday. The plan “comprises a capital increase of appr...

KUWAIT: As a result of the delay in addressing the demographic imbalance and population structure, the Council of Ministers asked many concerned sectors to prepare their proposals and visions in this regard as a prelude to forming a specialized techn...

KYIV: Russian artillery strikes pounded Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv on Thursday after Moscow announced it was expanding its war aims, even as Russian gas flows to Europe resumed through the Nord Stream pipeline. The attacks on the eas...