Bloomberg
We Remain Confident About Profitability Drivers, Says NBK’s Deputy CEO
Jul.11 -- Shaikha Al-Bahar, deputy group chief executive officer at National Bank of Kuwait, discusses her growth outlook for the second half of the year, where she sees opportunity and the China market. She speaks on “Bloomberg...
Bloomberg
Al-Rayan's Khan: Traders Hesitant to Short Oil
Jun.23 -- Akber Khan, senior director of asset management at Al-Rayan Investment discusses oil price volatility as Brent oil edges above $75 a barrel. He speaks with Manus Cranny on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East."
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : AFPTV BEST OF 2020: 'Just God, the water and us': risking the Channel 'death route' to Britain
AFPTV refiles some of its most notable stories of 2020. A small inflatable boat crosses the English Channel towards Great Britain (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Outlook for EM Currencies
Carla Slim, MENA Economist at Standard Chartered discusses her views macro factors impacting EM currencies, Egypt's ongoing economic woes and Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund's $10 billion investment.
She speaks with Yousef Gamal El-Din...
Curated Video
Kuwait's human rights record in spotlight at UN meeting
This is the second time Kuwait's human rights record has been in the spotlight.
It's first UPR review took place in May 2010.
The working group will hear evidence from a number of sources, including human experts and other UN bodies....
Curated Video
USA: PENTAGON RELEASES NEW FIGURES CONCERNING GULF WAR ILLNESS
English/Nat
The United States Department of Defense now says the number of US troops exposed to poison gas from exploded Iraqi weapons shortly after the Gulf War has risen to nearly 99-thousand.
The new figures released on Thursday...
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Kuwait preparing for any potential attack on Iraq
1. Traffic on roads near the Liberation Tower shelter
2. Road sign in Arabic and English pointing to shelter
3. Men carrying sleeping bags through thick metal doors into shelter, sign above doorway
4. Men stacking sleeping bags in...
Curated Video
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STORY: An estimated 400,000 foreign workers have returned to Kuwait since
its liberation by Allied forces in February, 1991. Kuwait is now
wary of having to rely so heavily on foreign labour and has said it
will cut its foreign...
Curated Video
US forces in "force on force" wargames
1. Wide of troops - Cobra helicopter flying above armoured vehicles of 464 Armoured Battalion in desert
2. Mid shot Abrams M1A1 Tank
3. Close up crew
4. Pull out from tank tracks to wide of moving tank
5. Close up tank crew
6. Wide of...
Curated Video
KUWAIT: 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF LIBERATION: CELEBRATIONS
Kuwait City, Kuwait - 26 February 2001
1. Exterior of US embassy in Kuwait
2. Various audience, amongst them U.S. soldiers and Kuwaiti people
3. People clapping while Bush senior walks towards podium with Powell and Schwartzkopf
4. Wide...
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NY Times reporter on Saddam court appearance
1. John Burns, New York Times reporter goes to the podium:
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Burns, New York Times reporter:
"He was initially, he seemed disoriented, confused, shrunken. I thought he looked like he had lost 15, 20 pounds....
Curated Video
KUWAIT: US SOLDIERS CONDUCT MANOEUVRES IN DESERT
English/Nat
Soldiers of the US Army have been conducting manoeuvres in the Kuwaiti desert, as they prepare for a visit by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
America's mosr senior soldier, General Henry Shelton will visit the...
Curated Video
UN officials hope wealthy Gulf states gathering for donors conference will step up help to Syria
Aid officials are hoping wealthy Gulf states and other international donors gathering for a major fundraising drive in Kuwait will step up their giving to help Syrians affected by the country's civil war.
Delegates met in Kuwait City on...
Curated Video
2 boys injured in Iraq bombing leave for UK treatment
1. Various of Ali Abbas (in white shirt and red tie) sitting next to Kuwaiti health minister Mohammed al-Jarrallah on bus at airport waiting to board plane to take him and other injured boy to UK for treatment
2. Close up other injured...
Curated Video
US calls for joint efforts to combat IS group's media message
The United States is urging its allies in the fight against Islamic State militants to do more to combat the group's extremist ideology.
Western and Arab members of the US-led coalition have been meeting in Kuwait to discuss how to...
Curated Video
Rumsfeld comments on Iraq before departure
1. US Defence Secretary Rumsfeld enters news conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Defence Secretary
Question: "What do you make of the statement made by Iraqi government, stated by the Iraqi government yesterday, that...
Curated Video
MIDDLE EAST: REACTION TO SIGNING OF IRAQ/UN AGREEMENT
English/ Nat
Leading Arab statesmen have welcomed the agreement signed on Monday between the United Nations and Iraq over weapons inspections, saying it has averted the threat of another war in the region.
But on the fringe of the Arab...
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WRAP US troop exercises in the Kuwaiti desert
"New York" camp, northern Kuwaiti border with Iraq
1. Wide shot, soldiers
2. Close shot, US flag
3. Soldiers registering for daily duties
4. Army communication radar
5. Exterior, communication tent
6. Inside communication tent, soldier...
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British dog team put through its paces
British army camp. N. Kuwait
1. Dog runs across desert, attacks handler wearing protective sleeve and drags him to the ground
2. Soldiers point guns at man on ground
3. Soldiers searching man on ground
4. Various of dog with handler
5....
Bloomberg
Saudi Looks to Limit Iran's Rise
May 26 -- Iran is facing a tough time opening up its economy and Saudi Arabia may be partly to blame. The Kingdom is said to be mobilizing its gulf allies to make sure Tehran's opening up doesn't go smoothly. Bloomberg's Ladane Nasseri...
Bloomberg
Kuwait Says OPEC Strategy Working
May 19 -- Acting Oil Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait Anas Al-Saleh discusses OPEC's strategy to defend market share, the rebalancing of the oil market and the probability of a freeze at the June OPEC meeting. He speaks to...
Bloomberg
Kuwait Plans First Bond Issuance to Boost Growth
August 16 -- Farouk Soussa, chief Middle East economist at Citigroup Global Markets, discusses Kuwait preparing for its first Bond issuance, the appetite for the bonds in the region and the outlook for the market in the second half of...