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192 arrested in security sweep; weapons seized
ODDAR MEANCHEY: An aerial view shows people, who fled their homes near the border area between Cambodia and Thailand, taking shelter near a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) welcomes Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in this file photo. French President said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. – AFP
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Gulf countries welcome France’s recognition of Palestinian state
KUWAIT: Kuwait has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine, calling it a significant step toward achieving justice for the Palestinian people. In a statement, the Minist...
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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...
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...
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MALE: This photograph taken and released by the Indian Press Information Bureau (PIB) shows President of Maldives Mohamed Muizzu (3L) receiving India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (2L) on his arrival at the airport in Male. – AFP
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India pledges $565m to Maldives to boost defense, infrastructure
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192 arrested in security sweep; weapons seized
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of 192 violators and wanted individuals during a wide-ranging security campaign launched by the General Department of Residency Investigations. The campaign targeted several densely populated are...
ODDAR MEANCHEY: An aerial view shows people, who fled their homes near the border area between Cambodia and Thailand, taking shelter near a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier
SAMRAONG: Thailand and Cambodia pounded each other with heavy artillery fire for a third day on Saturday, as a border conflict that killed at least 33 people and displaced more than 150,000 from their homes spread across the frontier. Clashes broke ...
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) welcomes Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in this file photo. French President said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. – AFP
Gulf countries welcome France’s recognition of Palestinian state
KUWAIT: Kuwait has welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will officially recognize the State of Palestine, calling it a significant step toward achieving justice for the Palestinian people. In a statement, the Minist...
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192 arrested in security sweep; weapons seized

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior announced the arrest of 192 violators and wanted individuals during a wide-ranging security campaign launched by the General Department of...
President of the Maldives Mohammad Moaz and Acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) Waleed Al-Bahar in Male.
Maldives, KFAED eye closer cooperation
KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi (right) with Czech Ambassador to Kuwait Juraj Khmel.
Kuwait to explore Czech expertise in health sector
KUWAIT: The Indian mango festival at The Avenues on Thursday.
India seeks to expand its fruit exports to Kuwait: Ambassador
Kuwait University and KOC officials meet
KOC and KU to enhance joint research
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Kuwait Airways’ strategic initiatives helped it post solid results: Al-Faqan
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PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) welcomes Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in this file photo. French President said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. – AFP
Gulf countries welcome France’s recognition of Palestinian state
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ZAHEDAN, Iran: This image grab from a handout video shows clashes in front of a judiciary building in Zahedan, the capital of southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan province. – AFP
Gunmen storm Iran courthouse, killing 6

TEHRAN: Gunmen stormed a courthouse in southeastern Iran on Saturday, killing at least six people, including three law enforcement personnel, the judiciary said. At least 22 people...
ODDAR MEANCHEY: An aerial view shows people, who fled their homes near the border area between Cambodia and Thailand, taking shelter near a pagoda in Oddar Meanchey province on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Thai-Cambodia clashes spread along frontier
PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron (left) welcomes Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas prior to their meeting at the Elysee Palace in this file photo. French President said his country would formally recognize a Palestinian state during a UN meeting in September, the most powerful European nation to announce such a move. – AFP
Gulf countries welcome France’s recognition of Palestinian state
ISTANBUL: A European delegation leaves the Iranian Consulate following nuclear talks in Istanbul, Turkey. Iranian diplomats met counterparts from Germany, Britain and France on July 25, 2025, for renewed nuclear talks, amid warnings that the three European powers could trigger "snapback" sanctions outlined under the 2015 deal. – AFP
Iran holds ‘frank’ nuclear talks with European powers
MEXICO CITY: This handout picture released by Mexican presidency press office shows Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum (left) showing an image of a lottery ticket during her daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City. – AFP
Mexico launches lottery to support migrants in US
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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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Kuwait commemrates Ashura
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TOULOUSE: This illustration photograph shows a screen displaying the logo of the rating agency Moody’s Analytics. Moody’s has raised Turkey’s long-term debt rating one notch, from B1 to Ba3, with a stable outlook, though it remains in speculative territory, the rating agency said on July 25, 2025. – AFP
Moody’s upgrades Turkey’s long-term debt rating

NEW YORK: Moody’s has raised Turkey’s long-term debt rating one notch, from B1 to Ba3, with a stable outlook, though it remains in speculative territory, the rating agency...
SANTA CLARA: A man harvests coffee during the end of the annual crop season at Lira farm in Santa Clara, Porciúncula district, Rio de Janeiro state. – AFP
How might Trump’s tariffs hurt Brazil?
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NBK launches Microsoft copilot across all divisions, pioneering AI integration, empowering employees
KUALA LUMPUR: Protesters march towards Merdeka Square during a protest against Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in Kuala Lumpur on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Thousands of Malaysians protest rising living costs, lack of reform
WILMINGTON: Max Huffman (right), attorney for the plaintiffs, leaves Leonard L Williams Justice Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Meta Platforms have agreed to settle with shareholders seeking for $8 billion in damages on alleged data harvesting from millions of Facebook users in 2018 and in results of Facebook being fined by the Federal Trade Commission for $5 billion. - AFP
Meta to ban political ads in EU due to bloc’s ‘unworkable’ rules
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MELBOURNE: The Lions Tour trophy is displayed ahead of the second rugby Test match between Australia and the British and Irish Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Lions stage stunning comeback to beat Wallabies, win series

MELBOURNE: The British and Irish Lions staged a stunning “fairytale” comeback from an 18-point deficit with a last-gasp try to edge the Wallabies 29-26 Saturday and seal the...
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HOUSTON: Nick Kurtz #16 of the Athletics hits a home run in the sixth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park on July 25, 2025 in Houston, Texas. – AFP
Nick Kurtz belts record-tying four home runs
HONG KONG: AC Milan players celebrate after beating Liverpool in their friendly exhibition football match at the Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong on July 26, 2025. – AFP
Liverpool beaten 4-2 by AC Milan in Hong Kong pre-season friendly
URICH: Spain's players celebrate their victory at the end of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 semi-final football match between Germany and Spain at the Letzigrund Stadium in Zurich. – AFP
England seek revenge against Spain as rivals meet in Euro 2025 final
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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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Lebanese diva Fairuz (center) talks to her son, composer Ziad Rahbani (right), and Armenian conductor Karen Durgarian during rehearsals prior to their Dubai concert on January 23, 2003.
Ziad Rahbani, revolutionary Lebanese composer and playwright, dies at 69
(From lefr) US actress Greta Lee, British actress Jodie Turner-Smith and US actor Evan Peters attend the Tron: Ares panel in Hall H of the convention center.
‘Alien’ lands at Comic-Con
This handout photo shows a Barbados threadsnake in March 2025.
World’s smallest snake makes big comeback
Cosplayers pose outside the convention center.
‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas to hit Comic-Con for first time
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(From lefr) US actress Greta Lee, British actress Jodie Turner-Smith and US actor Evan Peters attend the Tron: Ares panel in Hall H of the convention center.
‘Alien’ lands at Comic-Con
This handout photo shows a Barbados threadsnake in March 2025.
World’s smallest snake makes big comeback
Cosplayers pose outside the convention center.
‘Star Wars’ creator George Lucas to hit Comic-Con for first time
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