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NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya speaks during the international conference on the two-state solution at the United Nations on July 29, 2025. - KUNA
Ending Israeli occupation, recognizing Palestinian state achieves peace: Kuwait's FM
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Court sentences couple to death
GAZA: A mourner carries the body of a victim killed by Zionist bombardment on the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, during the funeral outside Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 28, 2025. – AFP
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Malnutrition reaching alarming level in Gaza
GENEVA: Malnutrition rates are reaching “alarming levels” in the Gaza Strip, the World Health Organization warned, saying the “deliberate blocking” of aid was entirely preventable and had cost many lives. “Malnutrition is on a dangerous tr...
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Understanding ‘Adjusted Covered Taxes’ in Pillar Two framework
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Belly fat: Clingy friend who just won’t leave
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Sunlight and skin cancer
As global cancer rates continue to rise, including a 1-5 percent annual increase within Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, health experts are emphasizing the need for targeted awareness campaigns to combat preventable risk factors — particu...
Israel war sabotaged diplomacy, but the US can revive it
By Abbas Araghchi Foreign Minister of Iran In only five meetings over nine weeks, US special envoy Steve Witkoff and I achieved more than I did in four years of nuclear negotiations with the failed Biden administration. We were on the cusp of a hist...
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TURNBERRY: US President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) speak with members of the media upon his arrival to attend a bilateral meeting at the Trump Turnberry Golf Courses, in Turnberry south west Scotland on July 28, 2025. -- AFP
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Trump issues new ultimatum to Russia
RAFAH: Palestinians after receiving food at the Al-Mawasi camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on July 28, 2025. -- AFP
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Hunger must never be ‘weapon of war’: UN chief
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Osaka splits with coach Mouratoglou
MONTREAL: Japan’s Naomi Osaka, a four-time Grand Slam singles champion, will work with Polish coach Tomasz Wiktorowski on a trial basis after splitting with Patrick Mouratoglou after less than a year together. Osaka announced the parting with Fren...
NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya speaks during the international conference on the two-state solution at the United Nations on July 29, 2025. - KUNA
Ending Israeli occupation, recognizing Palestinian state achieves peace: Kuwait's FM
NEW YORK: A just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East must begin with ending the Israeli occupation and granting the Palestinian people their full rights, said Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya. Delivering a speech to the high-l...
HERAT: Fatima Rezaei (center), an Afghan volunteer carrying relief supplies for their distribution to the newly-arrived Afghan migrants deported from Iran, inside a humanitarian tent at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province. -- AFP
Afghans show solidarity as migrants return from Iran
ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan: At the border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation crisis grows. The 22-year-old is one of many Afghan volunteers rallyin...
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NEW YORK: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya speaks during the international conference on the two-state solution at the United Nations on July 29, 2025. - KUNA
Ending Israeli occupation, recognizing Palestinian state achieves peace: Kuwait's FM

NEW YORK: A just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East must begin with ending the Israeli occupation and granting the Palestinian people their full rights, said Kuwait's...
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Court sentences couple to death
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MoI arrests 153 in crackdown
KUWAIT: Education Minister Jalal Al-Tabtabaei meets with subject supervisors on Monday to discuss the new curriculum. — KUNA
Kuwait’s Education Ministry finalizes curriculum overhaul
KHAN YUNIS: A boy strokes the neck of a donkey as they stand amidst rubble following overnight Zionist entity bombardment on the Japanese neighbourhood in the northwest of Khan Yunis on July 28, 2025. — AFP
Kuwait to launch 3-day donation campaign, air bridge to Gaza
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Validity of driver’s licenses increased
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KUWAIT: Vehicles are stuck in heavy traffic in this undated file photo.
Engineer lays out solutions to improve Kuwait’s roads
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Court sentences couple to death
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Kuwait Cancer Control Center
Kuwait's Health Ministry nears completion of 2 hospitals; 16 projects in pipeline
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RIYADH: Officials attend the signing ceremony between MBVISION Studios and several South Korean companies during the K-Content Expo held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait’s MBVISION Studios signs landmark MoUs with South Korea
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HERAT: Fatima Rezaei (center), an Afghan volunteer carrying relief supplies for their distribution to the newly-arrived Afghan migrants deported from Iran, inside a humanitarian tent at the Islam Qala border crossing in Herat province. -- AFP
Afghans show solidarity as migrants return from Iran

ISLAM QALA, Afghanistan: At the border with Iran, Fatima Rezaei distributes food and hygiene products to Afghans forced to return, unable to passively stand by as the deportation...
PAHALGAM, India: Indian soldiers trek back after a search operation around Baisaran meadow, a day after an attack on tourists in Pahalgam, about 90kms (55 miles) from Srinagar on April 23, 2025. -- AFP
3 gunmen involved in Indian Kashmir tourist attack killed
People who fled their homes near the border between Cambodia and Thailand gather to get temporary aid at an evacuation centre in Cambodia's Preah Vihear province on July 29, 2025. -- AFP
Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire holds after shaky start
Workers removing copper from industrial wiring inside a recycling shop in Manila. -- AFP
‘Food on table’ outweighs health risks for Philippine e-waste dismantlers
BAGHDAD: A man hoses his head with water to cool off as he stands along Al-Jumhuriya street in central Baghdad during a severe heatwave. – AFP
Iraq swelters under extreme heat as temperature soars
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Umm Al Maradin beach clean up
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Wearing our heritage on Palestinian Derss Day
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Menopause ' It's not me, it's my hormones!'
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Kuwait Times Summer Internship program
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NBK achieves top-tier ESG ratings across MENA region

KUWAIT: In recognition of its leadership in advancing sustainability and corporate responsibility across the MENA region, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has earned high distinctions...
WASHINGTON: Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF economic counsellor and director of research, speaks during a news conference on the IMF's Monetary Policy and Financial Stability in Inflationary Times. -- AFP
IMF lifts 2025 growth forecast on ‘fragile’ easing in trade tensions
Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq KFH Chairman
KFH reports KD 342.1m in net profit for bank’s shareholders for H1 2025
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Boursa Kuwait sees a 61.12% surge in its net profit for the first half of 2025
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NBK enhances Mobile Banking app based on customers’ feedback
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BASSETERRE: Australia’s players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the fifth and final Twenty20 (T20) international cricket match between West Indies and Australia at Warner Park Sporting Complex in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis. – AFP
Destructive Dwarshuis gives Australia 5-0 sweep of WI T20s

BASSETERRE: Ben Dwarshuis removed both openers and took the crucial wicket of top-scorer Shimron Hetmyer as Australia beat the West Indies on Monday in Basseterre, St Kitts and...
MANCHESTER: India’s Jasprit Bumrah ( C ) celebrates with India’s Sai Sudharsan (L) and India’s Washington Sundar ( R ) after the dismissal of England’s Liam Dawson on day four of the fourth cricket test match between England and India at Old Trafford, in Manchester. – AFP
India have not ruled out Bumrah for final test
Naomi Osaka
Osaka splits with coach Mouratoglou
BASEL: Britain’s Prince William, Prince of Wales, shakes hands with England’s forward #18 Chloe Kelly after England beat Spain to win the UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 final football match between England and Spain at the St. Jakob-Park Stadium in Basel. — AFP
King Charles salutes Lionesses after England’s historic Euro glory
SINGAPORE: Arsenal’s Kai Havetz (front) and Newcastle United’s Dan Burn (behind) compete for the ball during the Singapore Festival of Football pre-season friendly match between Arsenal and Newcastle United at the National Stadium in Singapore. — AFP
Odegaard penalty gives Arsenal 3-2 win over Newcastle
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People watch a robot performing tasks at an exhibition during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference.
Humanoid robots embodiment of China’s AI ambitions
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
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
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French chef Alain Passard poses in his restaurant 'L'Arpege' in Paris during a photo session.
Iconic French chef stakes reputation on vegan menu

Celebrated French chef Alain Passard has made history once again. The 68-year-old has become the first three Michelin star chef in France to switch to an entirely plant-based menu,...
This picture shows sheep being moved in a paddock at the 6,500-hectare Lake Hawea Station, located on the eastern shores of Lake Hawea, near the town of Wanaka on the South Island of New Zealand.--AFP photos
New Zealand farmers battle pine forests to ‘save our sheep’
Grey seal pups are pictured in an outdoor pool at the Baltic Sea Animal Rehabilitation Center.
Lithuania bids to save Baltic seals as ice sheets recede
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
This picture shows reindeers near Ivalo, in Finnish Lapland.
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders
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Sheriff Knight (center), the dancing Cowboy, leads the line dance during the International Cowboy Day at Ngong race course in Nairobi.--AFP photos
Honkytonk Kenya: Africa’s home of country music
People walk past digital billboards advertising the upcoming release of the video game "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2", along a walkway inside a train station in central Tokyo.--AFP photos
New ‘Demon Slayer’ movie breaks records in Japan
A man taking a cart loaded with trash to a garbage truck in Taipei.
Taiwan’s garbage trucks offer classical music and a catch-up
A screenshot image taken from the Romanian Police website lists the "Saint Sebastian" painting by El Greco amongst stolen objects reported on the website on January 14, 2025.--AFP
Romania, oligarch and royal locked in tug-of-war over El Greco painting
(From left to right) Matt Shakman, Joseph Quinn, Ralph Ineson, Louis D'Esposito, Co-President, Marvel Studios, Julia Garner, Pedro Pascal, Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios, Vanessa Kirby, H.E.R.B.I.E, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and The Thing attend The Fantastic Four: First Steps World Premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025.--AFP photos
‘Fantastic Four’ wins battle of heroes at North America box office
People walk past digital billboards advertising the upcoming release of the video game "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2", along a walkway inside a train station in central Tokyo.--AFP photos
New ‘Demon Slayer’ movie breaks records in Japan
A man taking a cart loaded with trash to a garbage truck in Taipei.
Taiwan’s garbage trucks offer classical music and a catch-up
A screenshot image taken from the Romanian Police website lists the "Saint Sebastian" painting by El Greco amongst stolen objects reported on the website on January 14, 2025.--AFP
Romania, oligarch and royal locked in tug-of-war over El Greco painting
(From left to right) Matt Shakman, Joseph Quinn, Ralph Ineson, Louis D'Esposito, Co-President, Marvel Studios, Julia Garner, Pedro Pascal, Kevin Feige, President, Marvel Studios, Vanessa Kirby, H.E.R.B.I.E, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and The Thing attend The Fantastic Four: First Steps World Premiere at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025.--AFP photos
‘Fantastic Four’ wins battle of heroes at North America box office