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TOPSHOT - This picture taken on June 28, 2017 shows a woman collecting water from the Karakul Lake before the Karakorum mountain range next to the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway, near Tashkurgan in China's western Xinjiang province. The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometres (800 miles) from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world's highest mountain pass and across the border. - To go with AFP story China-Pakistan-Politics-Trade, Focus by Ben Dooleyr / AFP / Johannes EISELE / To go with AFP story China-Pakistan-Politics-Trade, Focus by Ben Dooley
For Pakistanis, China road runs one way
TASHKURGAN: This picture shows a woman collecting water from the Karakul Lake before the Karakorum mountain range next to the China-Pakistan Friendship Highway, near Tashkurgan in China's western Xinjiang province.-AFPTASHKURGAN, China: The China-Pakistan Friendship Highway runs over 1,300 kilometers from the far western Chinese city of Kashgar through the world's highest mountain pass and across the border. For China, the two-lane thoroughfare...
HERAT: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in western Herat province of Afghanistan.-AP
Shiites protest deadly Afghan attack
HERAT: Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in western Herat province of Afghanistan.-APHERAT, Afghanistan: Thousands of Shiite protesters chanted slogans against the Islamic State group yesterday as they carried the coffins of victims of a mosque attack that killed 33 people in the western Afghan city of Herat. Up to 5,000 angry mourners, including relatives of the dead, congregated near the site of Tuesday's suicide bomb attack as...
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem.-AFP
Netanyahu steps in to stop brawl of Israeli, Jordanian MP
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem.-AFPJERUSALEM: It had all the ingredients of a political brawl: a Jordanian and an Israeli lawmaker, both known for attention-seeking bluster, challenged each other to a showdown yesterday on the border between their two countries. Everyone expected a fist fight - or at least a shouting match. Israel's Oren Hazan and...
PANMUNJOM: In a photo tourists pose for photos as a South Korean soldier stands guard inside a pavilion at the Joint Security Area (JSA) within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea.-AFP
North Korea's ICBM fires up fears in South for US alliance
PANMUNJOM: In a photo tourists pose for photos as a South Korean soldier stands guard inside a pavilion at the Joint Security Area (JSA) within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea.-AFPSEOUL: North Korea's latest missile test has extended the range of its weapons to much of mainland US and raised a new fear in the South: would Washington protect Seoul when that could put American cities in danger? The US is security...
ATHENS: Two children hold a placard picturing a plane as they take part in a demonstration in central Athens outside the German embassy with others refugees and migrants to protest against the limitation of reunification of families in Germany yesterday.-AFP
Syrian refugees accuse Germany of blocking family reunification
ATHENS: Two children hold a placard picturing a plane as they take part in a demonstration in central Athens outside the German embassy with others refugees and migrants to protest against the limitation of reunification of families in Germany yesterday.-AFPATHENS: Dozens of Syrian refugees, most of them women and children, protested yesterday at the German embassy in Athens against what they called Berlin's refusal to allow them to reunite with...
BARCELONA: In this Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, Neymar, center, and Luis Suarez, celebrate after scoring against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona said, yesterday, Neymar's 222 million euro ($262 million) release clause must be paid in full if the Brazil striker wants to leave. - AP
Neymar world record PSG move imminent
BARCELONA: In this Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015 file photo, FC Barcelona's Lionel Messi, right, Neymar, center, and Luis Suarez, celebrate after scoring against Atletico Madrid during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona said, yesterday, Neymar's 222 million euro ($262 million) release clause must be paid in full if the Brazil striker wants to leave. - APBARCELONA: Neymar could be presented as a Paris...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - Amiri Diwan photos
Amir thanks allies on 27th anniversary of Iraqi invasion
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent cables yesterday to leaders of Gulf nations, expressing gratefulness to them for standing by Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion of the country 27 years ago. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin...
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Kuwait eager to boost efforts to end discrimination: Ambassador
KUWAIT: Kuwait seeks to boost efforts to fully implement the terms of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, said senior Kuwaiti official at the UN yesterday. Speaking at the 93rd meeting of the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Kuwait's Permanent delegate to the UN and international organizations' headquarters in Geneva Ambassador Jamal Al-Ghunaem said that Kuwait, which...
Despite the many benefits of psychotherapy for people suffering from mental issues, the negative social perception associated with it remains a deterrent factor for seeking help.n
Psychiatric wellness' social acceptance on rise in Kuwait
Despite the many benefits of psychotherapy for people suffering from mental issues, the negative social perception associated with it remains a deterrent factor for seeking help.KUWAIT: Life is rarely without its challenges; however, there are some issues that can be so overbearing that it seems impossible to move on. Whether it is the death of a loved one or overwhelming feelings of anxiety, it is important for the affected people to know that...
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16.5 kg of spoiled food confiscated
KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer municipality inspectors cracked down on Abu Fateera stores yesterday, and ended up issuing 23 citations, removing 103 random ads, and confiscating 16.5 kilograms of food that was found to be unfit for human consumption. Garbage bags Interior Ministry Relations and Security Information commented on video footage circulated on social media and showing workers of cleaning companies at Kuwait International Airport placing...
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Municipality must supervise imported food: councilor
KUWAIT: Deputy Chairman of the Municipal Council Meshal Al-Juwaisri insisted that it is necessary for the Municipality to supervise imported food that enters the country that is not fit for human consumption. He found it strange for an entire apparatus to follow up tons of imported food that entered the country without the knowledge of inspectors. He asked Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister and State Minister for Municipality Affairs Mohammad...
KUWAIT: Fayez Al-Enezi, Kuwait Airways' head of public relations (left) receives the award. - KUNA
Kuwait Airways clinches award for inflight service
KUWAIT: Fayez Al-Enezi, Kuwait Airways' head of public relations (left) receives the award. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways has won an award for best onboard amenities in an annual travel exhibition held in the German city of Hamburg. Speaking yesterday, Fayez Al-Enezi, Kuwait Airways' head of public relations, said that globetrotters have chosen Kuwait's national carrier as the airline with the most satisfactory in-flight services, through a poll...