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MAKKAH: Worshippers gather to pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in this holy city on June 1, 2025 ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage. - AFP
Pilgrims gather in Makkah for hajj
A man inspects dead fish during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25 km northeast of Najaf in central Iraq, on June 1, 2025. - AFP
Iraq probes fish die-off in marshes
KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA
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Traffic violations plunge 83%
KUWAIT: Traffic offenses registered by cameras dived by a massive 83 percent in May this year compared to May last year as a result of implementing the new traffic law with stiffer penalties, the interior ministry said on Monday. Deaths were down by...
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The slow environmental destruction of the West Bank
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This is Kuwait: Patient aid adapts to new regulations
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The environmental destruction of Gaza
Samia Alduaij The past 19 months have unfolded as one of the most brutal acts of environmental and human destruction in modern history, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Gaza. The sheer scale of devastation in this besieged enclave transcend...
How binary thinking reshapes our world
By nature, human beings are considered social creatures. Yet, in reality, we tend to be more “team-oriented” than truly social. From the moment we enter the world, society begins to shape us—not to engage openly with diverse ideas, but to pick...
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DEIR EL-BALAH: Palestinian boys visit damaged graves after a Zionist airstrike that hit the Ansar Mosque and the adjacent cemetery in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on June 3, 2025. – AFP
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Father of 6 killed ‘for piece of bread’ during aid distribution
KARACHI: A media personnel reports damages from inside a prison facility at the Malir district in Karachi on June 3, 2025, after prisoners escaped overnight owing to earthquake panic. - AFP
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Over 200 prisoners break out of Pakistani jail after quake panic
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KUWAIT: Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Lorenzo Morini cuts the cake with Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Italian Embassy in Kuwait celebrates Italy’s National Day
KUWAIT: The Italian Embassy in Kuwait hosted a reception on Monday at the Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel to celebrate Italy’s National Day. In his opening remarks, Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Lorenzo Morini expressed his deep appreciation to Kuwai...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force officials, including Acting Chief Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Qahtani, inspect the sight of fire that broke out Sunday in a residential building in Riggae. — KUNA
KFF cautions against building overcrowding after Riggae fire
KUWAIT: Acting Chief of Kuwait Fire Force Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Qahtani on Monday warned of the serious dangers posed by overcrowding buildings beyond their designed capacity, stressing that such violations critically jeopardize the safety o...
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Bang & Olufsen Kuwait transferred from Marafie Group to BNK Holding
KUWAIT: Following mutual agreement, Bang & Olufsen Kuwait has been transferred from Marafie Group of Companies to Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi Group (BNK Holding). The announcement was made in an event attended by BNK Holding’s owner Bader Nasser Al-Kh...
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KUWAIT: Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Zhang Jianwei honors Ambassador Sameeh Hayat, Director of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Outgoing Chinese envoy praises growth in China-Kuwait ties

KUWAIT: The Chinese embassy in Kuwait hosted a farewell reception on Monday in honor of the outgoing Chinese Ambassador. During his speech, Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait Zhang...
KUWAIT: Hamad Al-Musaibeeh, Jana Alnaqeeb, Jaber Ashkanani, and Abdullah Al-Shalabi announce the launch of the program.
Zain Summer Program returns for sixth season
KUWAIT: Italian Ambassador to Kuwait Lorenzo Morini cuts the cake with Sheikh Jarrah Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Italian Embassy in Kuwait celebrates Italy’s National Day
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force officials, including Acting Chief Brigadier General Mohammed Al-Qahtani, inspect the sight of fire that broke out Sunday in a residential building in Riggae. — KUNA
KFF cautions against building overcrowding after Riggae fire
KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA
Traffic violations plunge 83%
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KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA
Traffic violations plunge 83%
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KUWAIT: GCC officials convene for the164th session of the GCC Ministerial Council held in Kuwait. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Process on track to elevate diplomatic representation in Syria: Kuwait’s FM
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A man inspects dead fish during a mass die-off at the Ibn Najm marsh, about 25 km northeast of Najaf in central Iraq, on June 1, 2025. - AFP
Iraq probes fish die-off in marshes
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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr Nader Al-Jallal is seen with his Qatari counterpart Lolwah Al-Khater. — KUNA
Kuwait, Qatar explore partnership to boost education quality
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AMMAN: Jordan's King Abdullah II meets Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan at Husseiniya Palace on June 1, 2025. - AFP
Saudi condemns Zionist extremism, rejection of peace
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THE HAGUE: Dutch radical right party PVV leader Geert Wilders (left) addresses the media after attending the weekly coalition talks in the Lower House in The Hague, on June 3, 2025. – AFP
Dutch govt on brink of collapse as Wilders’ far-right party quits

THE HAGUE: Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled his PVV party out of the governing coalition on Tuesday amid a row over tougher migration policies, in a move that will...
MOKWA: A woman stands next to debris from damaged buildings in Mokwa after the town was hit by torrential rains overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with the flooding displacing more than 3,000 people. – AFP
Nigeria flood death toll jumps past 200
CAIRO: Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty meets his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, on June 2, 2025. - AFP
Iran says no nuclear deal if deprived of ‘peaceful activities’
KYIV: Petko Petkov, a Bulgarian software developer and system architect, poses for a portrait in Kyiv.- AFP
Bulgaria cyber ‘elves’ fight Kremlin, cruelty
ISTANBUL: Members of Ukrainian (right), Russian (left) and Turkish (center) delegations attend a meeting at Ciragan Palace on June 2, 2025. - AFP
Ukraine, Russia agree prisoner swap, no truce
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Stockholm 2025 collection
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Kuwait bans graduation ceremonies outside school
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NBK & VISA partner with harrods
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Bang & Olufsen Kuwait transferred from Marafie Group to BNK Holding

KUWAIT: Following mutual agreement, Bang & Olufsen Kuwait has been transferred from Marafie Group of Companies to Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi Group (BNK Holding). The announcement was...
NEW DELHI: Willie Walsh (right), Director General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), speaks during the IATA annual general meeting and World Air Transport Summit (WATS) in New Delhi on June 2, 2025. – AFP
Modi’s soaring Indian aviation ambitions face many headwinds
QINGZHOU: Employees work on a tractor assembly line at a factory in Qingzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province in this photo.- AFP
China’s factory activity hits lowest since 2022
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Global economy remains vulnerable to US tariffs
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Weyay Bank reactivates digital Eidiya on app using Wamd and Eidiya Link
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MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes and his children during the lap of honor after the English Premier League match against Aston Villa at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 25, 2025. - AFP
Fernandes rejects Saudi move to stay at Man United: Reports

LONDON: Bruno Fernandes has reportedly rejected a huge offer to leave Manchester United for the Saudi Pro League, opting to be part of Ruben Amorim’s rebuild at Old Trafford....
MUNICH: Paris Saint-Germain's South Korean midfielder Lee Kang-in warms up during a training session before the UEFA Champions League final match against Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, on May 30, 2025. - AFP
South Korea need win vs Iraq or Kuwait to secure World Cup berth
DALLAS: Connor McDavid #97 of the Edmonton Oilers celebrates his goal against the Dallas Stars with Mattias Ekholm #14 and Corey Perry #90 during the NHL Western Conference Final of the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs at American Airlines Center on May 29, 2025 in Dallas, Texas. - AFP
Canada-US renewed rivalry highlights Oilers vs Panthers NHL title series rematch
PARIS: Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates after winning against Ukraine's Elina Svitolina during their quarter-final women's singles match on of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on June 3, 2025. - AFP
Swiatek and Sabalenka set up French Open clash
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Abdullah Behbehani (second right) is seen off ahead of his departure to Jecheon, South Korea, to participate in the 2025 FIG Artistic Gymnastics 18th Junior Asian Championships.
Behbehani represents Kuwait at Asian artistic gymnastics tournament
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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
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
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
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
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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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Players taking part in a game of the traditional Myanmar sport of chinlone on a street in Yangon.
Ancient Myanmar ball game battles for survival in troubled nation
Leesa Kelly, founder and executive director of Memorialize the Movement, poses for a portrait in front of a mural installation at Phelps Field Park in Minneapolis.
Discarded protest art preserves George Floyd legacy
People wait for a movie to start at the Zawya cinema in downtown Cairo.
In Cairo, the little indie cinema that could
A visitor poses for pictures in front of a drawing on a wall during a visit at the "Third Wind. Emotions and Feelings" interactive exhibition in Kyiv.-AFP photos
Kyiv exhibition helps relieve stress of war
The Matrix logo is displayed before the first shared reality screening of the movie "The Matrix" on an immersive dome screen inside Cosm Los Angeles.
'The Matrix is everywhere': Cinema bets on immersion
Leesa Kelly, founder and executive director of Memorialize the Movement, poses for a portrait in front of a mural installation at Phelps Field Park in Minneapolis.
Discarded protest art preserves George Floyd legacy
People wait for a movie to start at the Zawya cinema in downtown Cairo.
In Cairo, the little indie cinema that could
A visitor poses for pictures in front of a drawing on a wall during a visit at the "Third Wind. Emotions and Feelings" interactive exhibition in Kyiv.-AFP photos
Kyiv exhibition helps relieve stress of war
The Matrix logo is displayed before the first shared reality screening of the movie "The Matrix" on an immersive dome screen inside Cosm Los Angeles.
'The Matrix is everywhere': Cinema bets on immersion