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GAZA: A Palestinian boy makes his way to receive a portion of hot food distributed by a charity kitchen at the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 15, 2025. - AFP
GCC demands immediate international action to end Israel's blockade of Gaza
GAZA: Men ride in the back of a tricycle along Salah al-din road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 21, 2025 while smoke billows behind from Zionist bombardment. - AFP
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West demands end to Gaza war
GAZA: More than two dozen Western countries called for an immediate end to the war in Gaza on Monday, saying that suffering there had “reached new depths” as the Zionist military expanded its operations to the central city of Deir el-Balah. Zion...
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Dr Khalid Al-Saleh
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Israel war sabotaged diplomacy, but the US can revive it
Abbas Araghchi
The engine of fairness: How Pillar Two ensures a global minimum tax
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s recent enactment of Law 157/2024, alongside its executive regulations, has set the stage for a new era of corporate taxation. This legislation, which implements the BEPS Pillar Two initiative and the GloBE Model Rules, is built up...
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...
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KUWAIT: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Major General (Pilot) Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah visits the Signal Corps. – KUNA photos
Army Chief highlights importance of National Security Network project
KUWAIT: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Major General (Pilot) Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on Monday underscored the strategic importance of the National Security Network project in strengthening the military’s communications i...
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PM receives Indian Ambassador
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Monday the Ambassador of India to Kuwait Dr Adarsh Swaika. The meeting was attended by Acting Head of the Prime Minister’s Diwan Sheikh ...
Dr Amer Al Tamimi
The hidden drivers behind high prices in Kuwait
Although Kuwait was ranked earlier this year as the second least expensive Gulf country in the 2025 World Cost of Living Index, many residents feel that the prices of certain goods or services remain disproportionately high compared to other countri...
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Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Al-Duaij Al-Sabah.
Human Rights Committee session begins with focus on Gaza, regional challenges

CAIRO: The 56th regular session of the Arab Permanent Committee for Human Rights commenced on Monday with the participation of Kuwait and representatives from Arab states concerned...
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Deputy PM, Armenian envoy discuss security cooperation
KUWAIT: Deputy Chief of Staff of the Kuwaiti Army, Major General (Pilot) Sheikh Sabah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah visits the Signal Corps. – KUNA photos
Army Chief highlights importance of National Security Network project
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KUWAIT: CMA Chairman and Executive Director Emad Al-Tefouni and FIU President Dr Hamad Al-Mekrad sign the MoU. - KUNA
Kuwait targets financial crimes
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First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister witnesses the graduation of Saad Al-Abdullah Academy officers. — KUNA
Deputy PM attends graduation of 32nd Police College batch
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KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi attends the inaugural training workshop for the strategy. – KUNA photos
Minister: New media strategy to elevate Kuwait’s global message
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SWEIDA: A Syrian family is escorted by government security out of the city of Sweida, on July 21, 2025. —AFP
Syria evacuates Bedouin from Sweida

SWEIDA: Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian...
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Drug trafficker Adolfo Macias is escorted out of La Roca prison to be extradited to the US on July 20, 2025. - AFP
Ecuador’s biggest drug lord pleads not guilty in US
GAZA: Men ride in the back of a tricycle along Salah al-din road in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on July 21, 2025 while smoke billows behind from Zionist bombardment. - AFP
West demands end to Gaza war
DHAKA: Bangladesh's fire service and security personnel conduct a search and rescue operation after an Air Force training jet crashed into school in Dhaka on July 21, 2025. -- AFP
At least 20 killed as Bangladesh fighter jet crashes into school
This screengrab from UGC video footage shows thick black smoke billowing from a residential area after Air India flight AI171 crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. -- AFP
Air India captain cut fuel to engines before crash: Recording
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PARIS: This illustration photograph shows a screen displaying a stock market index graphs and the word "Tariffs" written in the colours of the US flag, in Paris on April 4, 2025. -- AFP
EU to ramp up retaliation plans as US tariff deal prospects dim

BRUSSELS: The European Union is exploring a broader set of possible counter-measures against the United States as prospects for an acceptable trade agreement with Washington fade,...
NEW YORK: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at the opening bell on July 18, 2025, in New York City. -- AFP
Markets caught between earnings optimism, tariff fears
PARIS: European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde weaves after the weekly cabinet meeting at the presidential Elysee Palace in Paris.-- AFP
ECB expected to hold rates as tariff uncertainty lingers
LONDON: In this video grab taken from footage broadcast by the UK Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) via the Parliament TV website (left to right) Thames Water Chair Adrian Montague, Thames Water CEO Chris Weston and Thames Water Remuneration Committee Chair Ian Pearson give evidence before parliament's Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee. -- AFP
UK to create water regulator amid crisis at Thames Water
PRIS: A logo of US company's Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. - AFP
Meta, X and LinkedIn appeal against VAT claim by Italy
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ZURICH: England's players react during their team's UEFA Women's Euro 2025 quarter-final football match against Sweden at Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich, on July 17, 2025. - AFP
England face dark horses Italy with sights set on Women’s Euro final

GENEVA: Having come back from the brink of elimination against Sweden in the last eight, England will hope to live up to their billing as favorites when they face Italy in the...
PORTRUSH: US golfer Scottie Scheffler poses with the Claret Jug, the trophy for the Champion golfer of the year after his victory in the 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush golf club in Northern Ireland on July 20, 2025. - AFP
US golfer Scheffler cruises to fourth major title at British Open
SINGAPORE: AC Milan’s manager Massimiliano Allegri (right) and player Fikayo Tomori attend a press conference ahead of their match against Arsenal in Singapore on July 21, 2025. - AFP
Allegri vows to restore AC Milan, bets on Modric
SINGAPORE: Arsenal’s manager Mikel Arteta attends a press conference ahead of their football match against AC Milan at the National Stadium in Singapore on July 21, 2025. - AFP
Arsenal boss Arteta pleased with early transfer business
LONDON: England's Harry Brook (second left) celebrates catching out India's Akash Deep on the third day of the third cricket test match between England and India at Lord's cricket ground in London, on July 12, 2025. - AFP
England won’t play nice against India, warns Brook
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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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Models present creations for Germanier during the Women's Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2025-26 collection show in Paris.--AFP photos
When fashion gets weird: Haute Couture's most outrageous moment
Jockeys race to the finish line during the annual horse racing event.
Lesotho’s jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing
(From left) English actor Nicholas Hoult, US actress Rachel Brosnahan and US actor David Corenswet attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Superman" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on July 7, 2025.--AFP
‘Superman’ triumphs once again at North American box office
An undated handout photograph released to AFP on July 19, 2025 by the office of Errollyn Wallen shows Errollyn Wallen, Master of the King's Music, posing at the MOP Center in Corunna, Spain.--AFP
King’s musical sage Errollyn Wallen blazes new path
This aerial view shows people at the beach in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, the municipality where Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny grew up.
‘Shop local’: Bad Bunny brings tourism surge to Puerto Rico
Jockeys race to the finish line during the annual horse racing event.
Lesotho’s jockeys saddle up for mountain horse racing
(From left) English actor Nicholas Hoult, US actress Rachel Brosnahan and US actor David Corenswet attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Superman" at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on July 7, 2025.--AFP
‘Superman’ triumphs once again at North American box office
An undated handout photograph released to AFP on July 19, 2025 by the office of Errollyn Wallen shows Errollyn Wallen, Master of the King's Music, posing at the MOP Center in Corunna, Spain.--AFP
King’s musical sage Errollyn Wallen blazes new path
This aerial view shows people at the beach in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, the municipality where Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny grew up.
‘Shop local’: Bad Bunny brings tourism surge to Puerto Rico