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US actress and special UN envoy Angelina Jolie and her husband US actor Brad Pitt arrive on the fourth day of the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict in London on June 13, 2014. - AFP

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement

Famed actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie signed off on a divorce settlement Monday, according to US media, marking a turning point in the eight-year legal saga. Jolie’s attorney James Simon confir...
Men work on ice sculptures during the 37th Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Dec 25, 2024. - AFP photos

China’s frigid northeast thrives on ‘little potato’ tourism boom

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North Korea’s Kim ‘feasts his eyes’ on new resort project

Nepali Buddhist nuns perform kung fu for a demonstration at the Amitabha Drukpa Nunnery during International Women's Day on the outskirts of Kathmandu on March 8, 2018. - AFP

Nepal’s kung fu nuns kick off reopening of nunnery to public

The artist's dress, reflected in a mirror and surrounded by rubber threads, symbolizes a state of confusion and loss. - KUNA photos

The Soul Trembles: Immersive Shiota exhibition at Grand Palais

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For the first time, Syrians ‘not afraid’ to talk politics

In this photograph taken on Oct 11, 2024, paparazzi and fans take pictures and videos of Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan outside his residence in Mumbai. - AFP photos

As India’s Bollywood shifts, stars and snappers click

Women participants of Women on Wheels (WOW) raise their helmets at the start of a rally launching the Women on Wheels campaign in Lahore on Jan 10, 2016. - AFP photos

How a driving school program empowers Pakistani women

This picture taken on Feb 13, 2024 shows Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada attending the red carpet event for FX's "Shogun" at the Academy theater in Los Angeles. - AFP

Demand for Japanese content booms post ‘Shogun’

File photo shows Mary Obaid performs during a comedy night titled 'Styria' which is an Arabic mash-up of Syria and hysteria, in Damascus on April 24, 2023.

‘No more fear’: Stand-up comedy returns to post-Assad Syria

Women participants of Women on Wheels (WOW) raise their helmets at the start of a rally launching the Women on Wheels campaign in Lahore on Jan 10, 2016. - AFP photos

How a driving school program empowers Pakistani women

Pakistani student Laiba Rashid, 22, hopes her life will change once she learns how to drive a motorcycle after undergoing a training program that teaches women how to operate two-wheelers in the bustling eastern city of Lahore. Although the program ...
This picture taken on Feb 13, 2024 shows Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada attending the red carpet event for FX's "Shogun" at the Academy theater in Los Angeles. - AFP

Demand for Japanese content booms post ‘Shogun’

Fueled in part by the success of TV hit “Shogun”, foreign studios are hungry for quality Japanese content and local creators are adapting to meet demand. Fans of Japanese manga and anime cartoons have often criticized foreign adaptations that ar...
File photo shows Mary Obaid performs during a comedy night titled 'Styria' which is an Arabic mash-up of Syria and hysteria, in Damascus on April 24, 2023.

‘No more fear’: Stand-up comedy returns to post-Assad Syria

In post-Assad Syria, stand-up comedians are re-emerging to challenge taboos, mocking the former president and his regime and even testing the waters with Damascus’s new rulers. Melki Mardini, a performer in the Syrian capital’s stand-up scene, i...
An Afghan amateur rubab player Gull Agha displays the rubab instrument at a shop in Herat.--AFP photos

UNESCO-listed musical instrument stifled in Afghanistan

Wood shavings littered the floor of Sakhi’s cramped workshop in the Afghan city of Herat as another Rubab, the national musical instrument of his homeland, took shape under his deft hands. Sakhi has crafted two Rubabs a month for decades, and he r...
Participants pose for a photograph.

Calabar Carnival: Africa’s largest celebration of music, dance and culture

The Calabar Carnival, held annually in Cross River State, Nigeria, is one of Africa’s largest and most celebrated cultural events. Typically taking place throughout December, the carnival’s main festivities peak around Christmas and continue int...
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RIYADH: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army Major General Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, meets Commander of the Saudi Royal Air Force, Lieutenant General Turki bin Bandar bin Abdulaziz. — KUNA
Kuwait discusses military cooperation with Saudi Arabia
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North Korea’s Kim ‘feasts his eyes’ on new resort project
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KUWAIT: Firefighters and security forces gather outside a building which was engulfed by fire in Mangaf on June 12, 2024. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
2024 in review: Key events that shaped expats’ lives in Kuwait
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers convene for their weekly meeting in Bayan Palace on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. — KUNA
Cabinet orders expediting Entertainment City project