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US to keep up pressure on Syria after missile strikes

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Members of the Syrian civil defence volunteers, also known as the White Helmets, help a man after removing him from the rubble of his house on April 8, 2017, following a reported air strike by government forces on a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa. - AFP PALM BEACH, Florida/TEHRAN: The United States is vowing to keep up the pressure on Syria after the intense nighttime wave of missile strikes...

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ETA surrenders arms to end conflict

A man holds a placard reading "April 8th the courage of peace" during a rally in support of the ´Artisans de la Paixª in Bayonne on April 8, 2017 following the announcement of disarmament by Basque separatist group ETA. France said a move by the Basque separatist group ETA to hand over weapons today was a "major step" and "an undeniably important day." ETA earlier handed the French authorities a list of arms caches, an operation that it has...

FILE - In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch explains mutton busting, an event held at rodeos similar to bull riding or bronc riding, in which children ride or race sheep, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Gorsuch's nomination on April 3. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Joining top US court, real Gorsuch set to stand up

FILE - In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch explains mutton busting, an event held at rodeos similar to bull riding or bronc riding, in which children ride or race sheep, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on Gorsuch's nomination on April 3. -AP WASHINGTON: Somewhere...

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Badrya Darwish I loved a report that came out from the ministry of health last week. First of all I want to thank them for their efforts, for the first time, in bringing out such a scientific document about the mental health of people living in Kuwait. According to the statistics released by the ministry on Thursday, around 5-9 percent of the nation suffers from varying degrees of depression. Are you kidding guys - who's depressed?! How...

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GCC expats without pension

Muna Al Fuzai GCC expats are miles behind when it comes to retirement planning, according to a significant finding. A recent study by Guardian Wealth Management found that 64.21 percent of GCC expats get no pension at all, compared to 14.49 percent in North America, 43.85 percent in Europe and 61.11 percent in Asia. The large presence of expatriates in Kuwait and the GCC is often mentioned, but few of us are talking about the future of the...

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Delivery man attacked, robbed

KUWAIT: An Asian deliveryman reported that on arriving to deliver a meal in Khaitan, four unidentified young men gathered around him to receive the order. He added that one of them snatched the meal while another picked up a stone and hit him in the face. He added that when he reached for his phone to record what was happening, they also took his phone and KD 53 he had on him. A case was filed and further investigations are in progress to...

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34 absconding maids arrested

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry announced yesterday that residency detectives arrested 34 illegal residents, a majority of them domestic helpers with article 20 residencies, who had absconded from their sponsors and worked on daily wages for others in violation of the labor law.Residency detectives also arrested eight people working in a fake domestic help office in Abu Halifa against which several fraud cases had been filed by citizens, who all...

Chelsea's Diego Costa, No19, hits a shot on goal that hits Bournemouth's Adam Smith, left and goes in for the opening goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match between Bournemouth and Chelsea at Dean Court stadium in Bournemouth, England, Saturday, April 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

Hazard, Alonso send Chelsea closer to title

BOURNEMOUTH: Chelsea delivered the perfect response to Tottenham Hotspur by winning 3-1 at Bournemouth yesterday to restore their seven-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.Antonio Conte's men went ahead after 17 minutes when Bournemouth's Adam Smith deflected in Diego Costa's shot and Eden Hazard made it 2-0 within a minute.Joshua King halved the deficit just before half-time, but Marcos Alonso made it 3-1 with a perfectly flighted...

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Trump's trade pick to take stern stance on China

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 14, 2017, file photo, United States Trade Representative-nominee Robert Lighthizer, foreground, looks at documents during his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Donald Trump's pick to represent the country in trade negotiations says the U.S. should have an "America first trade policy." -APWASHINGTON: Robert Lighthizer has long complained that the United States dithered in the face of...

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reach to shake hands at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. (AP Photo/Alex¬†Brandon)

Trump ditches his trademark anti-China bombast, bashing

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reach to shake hands at Mar-a-Lago, Friday, April 7, 2017, in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump was meeting again with his Chinese counterpart Friday, with U.S. missile strikes on Syria adding weight to his threat to act unilaterally against the nuclear weapons program of China's ally, North Korea. -AP PALM BEACH: US President Donald Trump ditched his trademark anti-China bombast, hailing an...

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) and Counselor to US President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway talking before a meeting in Washington, DC.nSteve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief strategist, has lost his seat on the powerful National Security Council in an apparent high-level shakeup, a US official confirmed.n / AFP PHOTO / Brendan Smialowski

White House's infighting rages, no shakeup looms

(FILES) This file photo taken on January 31, 2017 shows Trump advisor Steve Bannon (L) and Counselor to US President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway talking before a meeting in Washington, DC.Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief strategist, has lost his seat on the powerful National Security Council in an apparent high-level shakeup, a US official confirmed. -AFPWASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's White House, one perpetually plagued by...

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Uzbek man arrested over Swedish terror attack

This picture taken on April 8, 2017, shows the truck that crashed into the Ahlens department store at Drottninggatan in central Stockholm the day before. Swedish police said on April 8, 2017, that a man arrested on "suspicion of terrorist crime" could be the driver of the truck that ploughed into a crowd of people in a busy Stockholm store department. Sweden had strengthened border controls after an unidentified attacker ploughed a truck through...

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