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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - A man stands by the body of a migrant child washed up on a beach in Canakkale's Bademli district on January 30, 2016 after at least 33 migrants drowned when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the nearby Greek island of Lesbos, Anatolia said. / AFP / OZAN KOSE
Nearly 40 migrants drown off Turkey
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / TOPSHOT - A man stands by the body of a migrant child washed up on a beach in Canakkale's Bademli district on January 30, 2016 after at least 33 migrants drowned when their boat sank in the Aegean Sea while trying to cross from Turkey to Greece, Turkey's state-run Anatolia news agency reported. The migrants, who included those from Myanmar, Afghanistan and Syria, set sail from the Canakkale province to reach the...
The first miner, centre on hoist, is lifted from a collapsed mine in Pingyi, east China's Shandong Province, Friday evening Jan. 29, 2016. Chinese state media say two miners have been rescued from a collapsed mine after spending 36 days trapped underground. Efforts continued Friday to reach the remaining two people in the mine in east China's Shandong province. The gypsum mine collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and leaving 13 others missing. In the days that followed, rescuers detected four survivors 200 meters (660 feet) below the surface. (Guo Xulei/Xinhua via AP) CHINA OUT
'Miracle' rescue of four China miners - Men trapped underground for 36 days
The first miner, centre on hoist, is lifted from a collapsed mine in Pingyi, east China's Shandong Province, Friday evening Jan. 29, 2016. Chinese state media say two miners have been rescued from a collapsed mine after spending 36 days trapped underground. Efforts continued Friday to reach the remaining two people in the mine in east China's Shandong province. The gypsum mine collapsed on Christmas Day, killing one and leaving 13 others...
In this Jan. 28, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses with a ring given to him by a group of veterans during a campaign event on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. For some Americans, the promise of political change and disruption has come too slowly, or failed altogether. On the eve of the first voting contest in the 2016 presidential election, these voters are pushing for bolder, more uncompromising action, with an intensity that has shaken both the Republican and Democratic establishment. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Trump: Celebrity billionaire re-writing US politics
In this Jan. 28, 2016, photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump poses with a ring given to him by a group of veterans during a campaign event on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. For some Americans, the promise of political change and disruption has come too slowly, or failed altogether. On the eve of the first voting contest in the 2016 presidential election, these voters are pushing for bolder, more...
FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2013 file photo, U.S. troops gather in to Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan. Conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, 15 years into a war that few Americans talk about any more. That’s preventing the clean ending that President Barack Obama hoped to impose before leaving office. Violence is on the rise, the Taliban are staging new offensives, the Islamic State group is angling for a foothold and peace prospects are dim. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)
Obama forced again to rethink troop numbers in Afghanistan
FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2013 file photo, U.S. troops gather in to Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan. Conditions in Afghanistan are getting worse, 15 years into a war that few Americans talk about any more. That’s preventing the clean ending that President Barack Obama hoped to impose before leaving office. Violence is on the rise, the Taliban are staging new offensives, the Islamic State group is angling for a foothold and peace prospects...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Towards a new, confident Kuwait - Amir's First Speech
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.KUWAIT: Let us embark on our journey together, working towards a new, confident Kuwait, prepared for the challenges of the future and able to embrace new opportunities, His Highness  the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah rallied the nation a decade ago. In his first speech after ascending to power as the Amir of Kuwait, His Highness addressed the loss of "our beloved Amir...
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Hala February kicks off with a bang
KUWAIT: Kuwaitis join the parade yesterday as up to 27 government ministries and agencies and 13 Arab and foreign embassies and 80 floats took part in the Hala February 2016 festival, culminating in a colorful parade and marching bands on Gulf Road. —Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Hala February 2016 Carnival kicked off yesterday at the Kuwait towers. The 17th edition of the annual festival entitled 'Kuwait Al-Atta' (giving) recorded a huge...
Britain's Andy Murray (TOP) plays a backhand return during his men's singles semi-final match against Canada's Milos Raonic on day twelve of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE
Murray beats Raonic in grueling five set duel
Britain's Andy Murray (TOP) plays a backhand return during his men's singles semi-final match against Canada's Milos Raonic on day twelve of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USEMELBOURNE: Andy Murray twice fought back from a set down to win a grueling five-setter against injury-hampered Milos Raonic yesterday and reach...
Britain's Andy Murray (TOP) plays a backhand return during his men's singles semi-final match against Canada's Milos Raonic on day twelve of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE
Murray beats Raonic in grueling five set duel
Britain's Andy Murray (TOP) plays a backhand return during his men's singles semi-final match against Canada's Milos Raonic on day twelve of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD-- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USEMELBOURNE: Andy Murray twice fought back from a set down to win a grueling five-setter against injury-hampered Milos Raonic yesterday and reach...
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Shootings, suicide attack on Saudi mosque kills 4
El-ReyadDUBAI: A suicide bombing and gun attack on Shiite Muslim worshippers killed at least four people in eastern Saudi Arabia yesterday, the Interior Ministry and witnesses said, extending a spate of attacks on the kingdom's Shiite minority. The assault on the Imam Rida mosque in the Eastern Province town of Mahasen, a mixed Sunni-Shiite district in which there is an extension of a compound where state oil company Aramco employees live, also...
Jounalists attend a breifing at the United Nations Offices on the opening day of Syrian peace talks on January 29, 2016 in Geneva.n UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending Syria's conflict are scheduled to kick off on January 29, 2016, but the absence of key opposition members threatens to derail the biggest diplomatic push yet to resolve the nearly five-year-old civil war. / AFP / FABRICE COFFRINI
'Must not fail' Syria peace talks uncertain - Key opposition members keep away from talks
Jounalists attend a breifing at the United Nations Offices on the opening day of Syrian peace talks on January 29, 2016 in Geneva. UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending Syria's conflict are scheduled to kick off on January 29, 2016, but the absence of key opposition members threatens to derail the biggest diplomatic push yet to resolve the nearly five-year-old civil war. -AFPGENEVA: The biggest push to date to end Syria's bloody civil war...
In this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, a displaced girl waits for donated food at al-Takia camp in Baghdad, Iraq. More than 3 million Iraqis are displaced within the country by violence and instability. ìTheyíve lost their livelihoods, their jobs, and hunger and the inability to purchase food is a reality in their everyday life,î said Marwa Awad, with the World Food Program. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)
Hunger grips millions across Mideast - Fighters using food as weapon in region torn apart by war
In this Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016, a displaced girl waits for donated food at al-Takia camp in Baghdad, Iraq. More than 3 million Iraqis are displaced within the country by violence and instability. ìTheyíve lost their livelihoods, their jobs, and hunger and the inability to purchase food is a reality in their everyday life,î said Marwa Awad, with the World Food Program. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BEIRUT: In a Middle East torn apart by war and...
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Cameron closes in on EU migrant benefits deal - Last-ditch bid to keep Britain in EU
BRUSSELS: British Prime Minister David Cameron was making a final push yesterday in Brussels to seal a deal on curbing welfare benefits for migrants in a bid to keep Britain in the EU.The talks with European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker are set to focus on an emergency "migration brake" that would meet Cameron's controversial key demand-a four-year limit before European Union workers in Britain can claim welfare payments. A deal would...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP
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