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Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnels walk past the Parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan October 5, 2017. REUTERS

Row over Pakistani paramilitary unit fuels political confusion

Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnels walk past the Parliament building in Islamabad, Pakistan October 5, 2017. REUTERSISLAMABAD: An unexplained dispute between Pakistan's interior minister and an elite paramilitary unit under his command is adding to political confusion in Islamabad, prompting questions about a rift in ties between civilian leaders and the powerful military. The spat comes at a moment of heightened concern over the feverish...

NUSHKI, Pakistan: Pakistani devotees gather around the bodies of blast victims after a suicide bombing near a sufi shrine in the Gandawa area of Jhal Magsi district yesterday. _ AFP

Serial attacker targets women; 11 stabbed in Pakistan

NUSHKI, Pakistan: Pakistani devotees gather around the bodies of blast victims after a suicide bombing near a sufi shrine in the Gandawa area of Jhal Magsi district yesterday. _ AFPKARACHI: Pakistan police announced a reward of nearly $5,000 yesterday for information that could help them nab a serial attacker who has stabbed 11 women so far in the port megacity of Karachi. The attacks began late last month when a man on a motorcycle began...

nHUNCHUN: Workers at a seafood processing plant where North Korean workers are distinguished from the Chinese workers by blue overalls wash up after work in the city of Hunchun, in northeastern China's Jilin province. _ AP n

North Korea workers worldwide bring in $200-$500 million a year

North Koreans process salmon, snow crab eaten in US, Europe HUNCHUN: Workers at a seafood processing plant where North Korean workers are distinguished from the Chinese workers by blue overalls wash up after work in the city of Hunchun, in northeastern China's Jilin province. _ APHUNCHUN: Americans buying seafood for dinner may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an Associated Press...

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Kuwaiti designer wows Paris with ‘Al-Salam’ collection

Montaha Al-AjeelKuwaiti fashion designer Montaha Al- Ajeel recently took part in an international fashion show in Paris, displaying an outstanding collection of her designs under the name ‘Al-Salam’. Speaking to KUNA yesterday, Ajeel expressed her pride in representing Kuwait at such an international convention along with the world’s most famous fashion designers.She also noted that choosing the name ‘Al-Salam’ for her collection...

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Radiohead, Rage vie for Rock Hall of Fame

Vying in a field that includes legend Nina Simone Singer David BowieExperimental icons Radiohead and rock-activists Rage Against the Machine were nominated yesterday for the first time to enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, vying in a field that includes singing legend Nina Simone. Two British acts who were major cultural forces in the 1980s-New Wave duo Eurythmics and the darkly emotive Kate Bush-were also in the running for the first time for...

This picture taken on September 1, 2017 shows Chen Yung-an, who had oral cancer, doing rehabilitation exercises at a recovery centre in Taipei.

Taiwan's battle with betel nut addiction

Betel nut chewing is deeply ingrained in society This picture taken on August 31, 2017 shows workers collecting betel nuts at a home factory in Nantou, central TaiwaFor years Huang Sheng-yi helped feed Taiwan's addiction to the betel nut, planting thousands of the trees on his mountainous farm. Today he has felled most of them, incentivized by the government to grow something else, as part of its push to reduce availability of the nut, which is a...

BEIJING: Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return during his men’s second round singles match against Karen Khachanov of Russia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. — AFP

Nadal primed for ‘huge’ Isner test at China Open tennis

Cirstea stuns Karolina Pliskova in Beijing BEIJING: Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return during his men’s second round singles match against Karen Khachanov of Russia at the China Open tennis tournament in Beijing. — AFPBEIJING: Rafael Nadal said he was braced for the “huge” serve of John Isner after Spain’s world number one bulldozed his way into the China Open quarter-finals yesterday. The 16-time Grand Slam champion Nadal saw off the...

MALACCA: Khaled Almbayed of Syria (2L) and Mathew Leckie of Australia (C) fight for the ball during the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Syria and Australia. — AFP

Syria’s Omar al-Soma puts WCup play-off on knife-edge

Sets up a nerve-wracking second leg in Sydney MALACCA: Khaled Almbayed of Syria (2L) and Mathew Leckie of Australia (C) fight for the ball during the 2018 World Cup qualifying football match between Syria and Australia. — AFPMALACCA: Omar al-Soma buried a late penalty as war-torn Syria drew 1-1 with Australia to put their two-legged World Cup play-off on a knife-edge yesterday. Australia were within sight of victory after Robbie Kruse’s...

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PAS and Education Ministry meet on joint training centres

KUWAIT: The preparatory meeting for the launch of the fourth season of the joint training centers between the Public Authority for Sports (PAS), Education Ministry and clubs was held under the patronage of Acting Director of PAS Dr Humoud Fulaiteh who was represented by Director of Abdallah Al-Salem Center at the Leaders Training Center Mahmoud Abul.Abul expressed hopes this meeting will be the true start of the future project and support of the...

KUWAIT: Third constituency candidate Abdulkareem Al-Kandari speaks to Kuwait Times. —Photo by Joseph Shagra

MP urges debate over scrapping petrol hike

KUWAIT: Opposition MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari yesterday began collecting signatures of other lawmakers on a request to debate a report by the financial and economic affairs committee over scrapping the hike in petrol prices. Kandari demanded in his request that the report of the committee be debated urgently and approved during the National Assembly's opening session of the next term on Oct 24.The government raised the petrol prices last year by up...

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Only govt can cancel fees' increases

KUWAIT: The ministerial health and social affairs committee said increasing fees for various services, such as health services for expats and the fuel price increase and others, were only up to the government to decide and that no other party has the right to discuss or call for cancelling them. Sources within the committee stressed that suing the government to cancel the fees is everybody's right and that the judiciary had already issued a...

KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah (center right) participates in the German embassy’s national day ceremony. — KUNA

Kuwait, Iraq mull gas for compensations swap

Kuwait ready to host forthcoming GCC summit KUWAIT: Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah (center right) participates in the German embassy’s national day ceremony. — KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Oil Essam Al-Marzouq unveiled that talks are going on between the Kuwaiti and Iraqi governments over a proposal to barter the remaining war compensations for Kuwait with gas supplies from Iraq. "Part of the talks is related to a proposal to import...

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka