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A Lebanese man works at salt evaporation ponds in the coastal Lebanese town of Anfeh north of the capital Beirut. Traditional coastal salt production was once popular in Lebanon, but the fully artisanal practice now survives in just a single seaside town, Anfeh, around 70 km north of Beirut. — AFP
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Abdullah Al-Thani: King Salman opens operations room for Qataris’ affairs
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King Salman, Crown Prince condole Spanish Monarch on Barcelona attack
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Betrayal in Britain's Brexit heartlands!
A Chinese soldier (left) and Indian soldier place a barbed wire fence following a meeting of military representatives at the Nathu La border crossing between India and China in India's northeastern Sikkim state last year. A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions while ensnaring a tiny kingdom, Bhutan, between the two nuclear-armed powers. — AFP
August 18, 2017
Indians more amused than outraged by Chinese '7 Sins' video
File photo of an Apache chopper.
August 18, 2017
India clears $650m Boeing army chopper deal: Defense sources
Indian and Chinese soldiers guard border in this file photo. — AFP
August 17, 2017
India, China troops clash along Himalayan border
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Jordan’s King Abdullah and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shake hands during a welcome ceremony for the king in Ramallah earlier this month.— AFP
August 19, 2017
Crisis committee to avoid third intifada
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Swasan feeds her children at her home in East Amman, Jordan. The name has been changed to protect the identity. — Reuters
August 19, 2017
Jordanian women become victims of ‘family honor’
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A family is seen fleeing Raqqa last month. — Reuters
August 18, 2017
Arab fighters struggle to assert role in Raqqa
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opinion
Jameel Al-Thiyabi
August 19, 2017
Qatar looks for solutions in Kerala
Fahd bin Jolaid
August 19, 2017
Why don’t people trust Saudi workers?
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August 19, 2017
How failures lead to success
Salma Al-Qeshairy
August 19, 2017
Let women teach boys in primary school
Europe
The desk at which Britain’s Diana, Princess of Wales, worked at whilst in residence at Kensington Palace, along with a selection of her personal artefacts, chosen by her sons Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, is pictured during a photocall at Buckingham Palace in London, to promote the ‘Royal Gifts’ exhibition. The exhibition showcases some of the gifts given to the Queen during her 65-year reign. — AFP
August 19, 2017
Diana’s death forced the royals to overhaul image
Officials and people applaud after observing a minute of silence for the victims of the Barcelona attack outside Cambrils City Hall on Friday, a day after a van plowed into the crowd, killing 13 persons and injuring over 100 on the Rambla in Barcelona. — AFP
August 19, 2017
Spain intensifies manhunt; Barcelona insists ‘I am not afraid’
People leave a fastfood with hands up as asked by policemen after a van plowed into the crowd, killing two persons and injuring several others on the Rambla in Barcelona on Thursday. A driver deliberately rammed a van into a crowd on Barcelona's most popular street. — AFP
August 17, 2017
Van mows down crowd in Barcelona, 13 killed
Brexit Secretary David Davis leaves a television studio in central London, Britain, on Tuesday. — Reuters
August 15, 2017
Britain seeks temporary customs union with EU
A protester wears a European Union flag themed beret takes part in an anti-Brexit demonstration after Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May triggered the process by which the United Kingdom will leave the Euopean Union, in Birmingham, Britain, in this March 29, 2017 file photo. — Reuters
August 13, 2017
Amid criticism, UK govt tries to show rare unity on Brexit
Asia
Police Senior Superintendent Romeo Caramat gestures during a press conference at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Manila on Wednesday. — AFP
August 17, 2017
Philippine police kill 32 in drugs war’s bloodiest day
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August 17, 2017
’Rot is deep’ at Indian hospital where 85 children died
August 17, 2017
Afghan police find mass graves after village raid
Africa
Volunteers inspect a partially-collapsed hillside on Friday in Freetown, following heavy rains which resulted in mudslides and more than 400 deaths. More than 400 people have died in mudslides and flooding in Sierra Leone with 600 people still missing in the stricken capital, the Red Cross said, as Britain promised 5 million pounds in fresh aid. — AFP
August 19, 2017
Humanitarian crisis looms as Sierra Leone deaths reach 400
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fee
July 3, 2017
Expats feel the pinch of new fee
July 5, 2017
Expat dependents fees: Economists’ views differ
July 9, 2017
Dependent fee creates panic among expats
July 5, 2017
Companies weigh options to deal with new expat fee
July 10, 2017
Expat fees and tough personal decision
July 12, 2017
In the eyes of the beholder
Khaja Moinuddin
July 5, 2017
Indian gas station attendant loses life over SR20 bill
America
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks during a news conference, Thursday, at the State Department in Washington. — AP
August 19, 2017
Tillerson denounces racism in wake of Trump's Charlottesville comments
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File photo shows White House Chief Strategist Steven Bannon departing the Rose Garden after US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, at the White House in Washington, U.S., on June 1. — Reuters
August 18, 2017
Trump fires controversial chief strategist Bannon
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A farmer weeds his nopal plantation on the slopes of the extinct Teuhtli volcano in Milpa Alta borough, Mexico City. A group of scientists combined the problem of the treatment of organic waste, the necessity of generating electricity in an ecologic way and the enormous production of nopal in Mexico. The result was a biodigestor, the first of its kind, which potential seems promising. — AFP photos
August 18, 2017
Prickly pear cactus: Future energy source?
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Pakistan Independence Day
August 14, 2017
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia — strategic partners in peace and development
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August 14, 2017
Treading path of prosperity and progress in a peaceful and dignified...
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August 14, 2017
Need to be determined and dedicated to develop nation
India Independence Day
Ahmad Javed Ambassador of India (left), and Md. Noor Rahman Sheikh Consul General of India (behind him), welcome pilgrims on their arrival in the Kingdom. — Courtesy photo
August 15, 2017
E-Haj visa system eases pilgrims’ path at airports
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August 15, 2017
Responding first as a leading power
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ISRO’s heaviest rocket GSLV Mk-III, carrying communication satellite GSAT-19, takes off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.
August 15, 2017
Reaching for the stars, India’s quest for the outer space: Aryabhata to...
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Indonesia Independence Day
August 17, 2017
Biggest Trade Expo Indonesia to held
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August 17, 2017
‏Welcome To Banda Aceh
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August 17, 2017
‏Bahasa Indonesia, an emerging business language in Kingdom
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