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GAZA: Christian Palestinians mourners grieve as they prepare to take the bodies of their loved ones for burial from Ahli Baptist Hospital following a Zionist strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on July 17, 2025. - AFP
Zionist strike on sole Gaza Catholic church kills three
KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Sabah attends the launch ceremony of Bayraktar TB2 drones at Salem Al-Sabah Air Base on July 17, 2025. - KUNA
Kuwait unveils Bayraktar TB2
DAMASCUS: Smoke billows following Zionist strikes near the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters on July 16, 2025. - AFP
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Zionists hit Syria army amid truce after 300 killed
DAMASCUS: The Zionist entity bombed the Syrian army’s headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday after warning the Islamist-led government to leave the country’s Druze minority alone, as authorities announced a ceasefire in the community’s southern...
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Israel war sabotaged diplomacy, but the US can revive it
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The engine of fairness: How Pillar Two ensures a global minimum tax
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The name of victory is Turkiye — Remembering July 15
By Tuba Nur Sonmez Nine years ago, on the night of July 15, 2016, the people of Türkiye witnessed a betrayal that tested not only the strength of their institutions but the very soul of their nation. It was a night when tanks blocked roads, helicop...
Reframing the Arab mind: Between two civilizations
For decades, the perception of the Arab mind has posed a complex dilemma for decision-makers in both the West and the East. Historically, the Arab-Islamic civilization produced a profound legacy of knowledge, ethics and culture — one that shaped t...
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Kuwait achieves milestone in robotic surgery with remote prostatectomy
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KUT, Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visits the Corniche Hypermarket on July 17, 2025 after a fire tore through the newly opened mall. - AFP
Iraq hypermarket inferno kills 69, Kuwait condoles
BAGHDAD: A massive fire in a hypermarket in Kut in southern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, the city’s health authorities and two police sources told Reuters on Thursday. Reuters’ footage of the aftermath of the over...
GAZA: Christian Palestinians mourners grieve as they prepare to take the bodies of their loved ones for burial from Ahli Baptist Hospital following a Zionist strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on July 17, 2025. - AFP
Zionist strike on sole Gaza Catholic church kills three
GAZA: A Zionist strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church killed three people on Thursday, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said. Pope Leo XIV said he was “deeply saddened” by the loss of life, which a witness said was the result of a tank shel...
KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Sabah attends the launch ceremony of Bayraktar TB2 drones at Salem Al-Sabah Air Base on July 17, 2025. - KUNA
Kuwait unveils Bayraktar TB2
KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Sabah said Thursday that the launch of the Bayraktar TB2 drone reflects the wise political leadership’s commitment to the continuous development and modernization of defense systems to enhan...
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Kuwait Times, Kuwait News welcome KFH’s trainees

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times and Kuwait News welcomed trainees from the Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Academy program for a behind-the-scenes tour and an introduction to the dynamic world of...
Municipality employees issue warnings to violators.- KUNA photos
Municipality intensifies efforts to ensure safety
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister chairs a meeting of the committee following up on the implementation status of agreements and memoranda of understanding between Kuwait and China.
PM chairs ministerial meeting on Kuwait-China MoU, projects
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Ministry of Social Affairs distributes hearing aids to citizens
KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Sabah attends the launch ceremony of Bayraktar TB2 drones at Salem Al-Sabah Air Base on July 17, 2025. - KUNA
Kuwait unveils Bayraktar TB2
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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump meets Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House on July 16, 2025. - AFP
US reaches civil nuclear accord with Bahrain
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Indonesian ambassador Lena Maryana, British Ambassador Belinda Lewis, Head of the NATO Office at the NIRC, Nora-Elise Beck and Canadian Ambassador Aliya Mawani take a group photo.
Kuwait bids farewell to four women diplomats
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DAMASCUS: Smoke billows following Zionist strikes near the Syrian army and defence ministry headquarters on July 16, 2025. - AFP
Zionists hit Syria army amid truce after 300 killed
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Participants take a group photo.
Kuwait achieves milestone in robotic surgery with remote prostatectomy
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KUT, Iraq: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani visits the Corniche Hypermarket on July 17, 2025 after a fire tore through the newly opened mall. - AFP
Iraq hypermarket inferno kills 69, Kuwait condoles

BAGHDAD: A massive fire in a hypermarket in Kut in southern Iraq has left at least 69 people dead and 11 others missing, the city’s health authorities and two police sources told...
GAZA: Christian Palestinians mourners grieve as they prepare to take the bodies of their loved ones for burial from Ahli Baptist Hospital following a Zionist strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza City on July 17, 2025. - AFP
Zionist strike on sole Gaza Catholic church kills three
The bodies of victims of recent clashes between local Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes are laid out for identification in the yard of a hospital in Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 17, 2025. — AFP
Sharaa slams Zionist meddling
RAWALPINDI: Local people catch fish in the floodwaters near a partially submerged house during heavy monsoon rains in Ladian village on July 17, 2025. - AFP
Heavy monsoon rains in Pakistan leave 54 dead
FRANCE: Former Lebanese militiaman George Ibrahim Abdallah (center) looks on during his trial in Lyon, south-eastern France on July 3, 1986 where he was convicted of being an accomplice in the murder of two diplomats including Charles Ray of the US and Zionist Yacov Barsimantov, for which Abdallah was condemned to life prison.--AFP
France orders release of Lebanese militant after 40 years in prison
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Kuwait Times Summer Internship program
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Kuwait commemrates Ashura
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Stockholm 2025 collection
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WASHINGTON: (Left to right) President/CEO of National Public Radio (NPR) Katherine Maher and President/CEO of Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Paula Kerger testify during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill. The US Senate approved early July 17, 2025, a package of spending cuts proposed by President Donald Trump that would cancel more than $9 billion in funding for foreign aid programs and public broadcasting. – AFP
In victory for Trump, US Senate passes aid, broadcasting cuts

WASHINGTON: The US Senate early on Thursday approved President Donald Trump’s plan for billions of dollars in cuts to funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, handing the...
WASHINGTON: This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump (left) and US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. – AFP
Trump says not firing US Fed chair - but not ruling it out
MARYLAND: Plastic bottles that read ‘100% Recycled Bottle’ of Coca-Cola sit on the shelf at a store in Stevensville, Maryland. Beverage giant Coca-Cola has agreed to use real cane sugar in its US production, President Donald Trump announced on July 16, 2025 on social media. - AFP
Coca-Cola to switch to cane sugar its US production
TOKYO: A member of staff packs rice being exported to the US at a rice store in Tokyo. - AFP
Japan auto exports to US dive as tariffs bite
BEIJING: Commuters ride electric bicycle along a street at a Central Business District in Beijing. – AFP
China moves to tame ‘irrational competition’ as EV price war persists
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BOSTON: Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever drives to the basket against Jacy Sheldon #4 of the Connecticut Sun during the first half at the TD Garden on July 15, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts. - AFP
Clark ‘halo effect’ on display for home WNBA All-Star Game

INDIANAPOLIS: Caitlin Clark may be an injury doubt for this weekend’s All-Star game but her star power in Fever country remains indisputable, as Indianapolis prepares to host the...
ATLANTA: Mr Met and Mrs Met pose on the carpet for photographers during the 2025 MLB All-Star Game red carpet at Truist Park on July 15, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFP
Drama not enough to save MLB All-Star Game from ratings dip
PHOENIX: Bradley Beal of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA game at PHX Arena on April 08, 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona. - AFP
Beal agrees to Suns contract buyout, set to join Clippers
WIMBLEDON: Belarus's Aryna Sabalenka uses a bag of ice to cool down during a break in a match at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships in Wimbledon, southwest London, on July 10, 2025. - AFP
World No.1 Sabalenka pulls out of WTA Montreal event
CINCINNATI: Lukas Engel of FC Cincinnati heads the ball whilst under pressure from Lionel Messi of Inter Miami CF during their MLS match at TQL Stadium on July 16, 2025 in Cincinnati, Ohio. - AFP
Messi’s multi-goal streak ends as Miami fall to Cincinnati
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PARIS: A guest plays Mariokart World of the new Nintendo Switch 2 video-game console system of Japanese video-game company Nintendo during the worldwide presentation at the Grand Palais in Paris on April 2, 2025. - AFP
Nintendo fans stoked for Switch 2 'mega launch'
The Artemis multi-mass accelerator mass spectrometry system (AMS) at the LMC14 Laboratory at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission in Saclay southwest Paris.--AFP photos
Time machine: How carbon dating brings the past back to life
A handout artist's impression shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, such as exoplanet K2-18b which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet “hints” of the life outside this solar system. --AFP
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
The Artemis multi-mass accelerator mass spectrometry system (AMS) at the LMC14 Laboratory at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission in Saclay southwest Paris.--AFP photos
Time machine: How carbon dating brings the past back to life
A handout artist's impression shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, such as exoplanet K2-18b which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet “hints” of the life outside this solar system. --AFP
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
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US-Austrian actor, businessman and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks as he attends a panel discussion during the Austrian World Summit in Vienna, Austria.--AFP
Schwarzenegger surprises Vienna metro users with climate message

“Here is your chief mobility officer Arnold Schwarzenegger talking to you” -- with this announcement the “Terminator” star and former governor of California surprised...
This picture shows reindeers near Ivalo, in Finnish Lapland.
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
Irish ornithologist Sean Ronayne records the birds songs, and more precisely dawn chorus, at Glenbower wood, near Cobh, in the outskirts of Cork, southern Ireland.--AFP photos
In tune with nature: Expert sounds out all of Ireland's bird species
A veterinarian treats a donkey at a donkey clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.--AFP photos
A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia's economy
Ali Baloch (right), a mahout, preparing medicated meals for Madhubala and Malika, elephants who are diagnosed with tuberculosis, at the Safari Park in Karachi.
Jumbo task: 400 pills a day for elephants with TB in Pakistan
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Kuwait’s book club revival: A quiet revolution in connection
Large dhows transport freshwater to Kuwait from Iraq.
How Kuwait quenched its thirst
Tatreez, decorative Palestinian embroidery symbol
Stitching solidarity
Leather boots are displayed at the showroom of Tegep Boots.
Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs despite lower levy
Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb and Paul W. Downs attend the HBO's 'The White Lotus' FYC Screening & Panel at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.
‘Severance’ leads Emmy nominations with 27
Large dhows transport freshwater to Kuwait from Iraq.
How Kuwait quenched its thirst
Tatreez, decorative Palestinian embroidery symbol
Stitching solidarity
Leather boots are displayed at the showroom of Tegep Boots.
Indonesian shoemakers fear Trump tariffs despite lower levy
Sarah Catherine Hook, Sam Nivola, Parker Posey, Jason Isaacs, Carrie Coon, Michelle Monaghan, Leslie Bibb and Paul W. Downs attend the HBO's 'The White Lotus' FYC Screening & Panel at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California.
‘Severance’ leads Emmy nominations with 27