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CHEKKA, Lebanon: Suheil Hamawi poses for a picture with his wife Josephine in this coastal town in northern Lebanon on Dec 9, 2024, after spending 33 years in a Syrian prison. - AFP
Jordanian, Lebanese men back home after decades in Syria jails
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176 killed in two days of intense Sudan battles
Mohammad Al-Bashir
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Syria rebels name interim PM
DAMASCUS: The rebels who ousted president Bashar Al-Assad and are now in power in Syria appointed a transitional head of government Tuesday to run the country until March 1, a statement said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged all nations to...
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Calling on the finance ministry to support NGOs
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh
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Professional success and life balance: A medical perspective
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Saudi group ‘Choralla’ enchants Kuwait with timeless Arab music
By Nermeen Al-Houti The sounds of the Saudi musical group “Choralla” illuminated the Kuwaiti sky last Thursday, as part of the “Shetaa Al-Kuwait 2024” festival held at the Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center. Known for their mastery in com...
The patient’s voice
For years, numerous stakeholders have engaged in extensive dialogues with health service providers, all with one goal in mind: to ensure that the patient remains the focal point of healthcare. Yet, despite these ongoing efforts, patients continue to...
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SAYDNAYA: This aerial photo shows traffic as people gather at the Saydnaya prison in Damascus on December 9, 2024. – AFP
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Assad’s dungeons and torture chambers give up their secrets
AT SEA: This handout photograph taken by the Taiwan Coast Guard shows a Chinese coast guard ship (center) seen past Taiwan Coast Guard vessels (left and right) in waters east of Taiwan. - AFP
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Taiwan: Beijing carrying out huge maritime deployment
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ALEPPO: A file picture shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and First Lady Asma Al-Assad waving to the Spanish royals as they board their plane to leave the central Syrian city of Aleppo during their official visit to Syria. - AFP
Asma Al-Assad: Syria’s London-born first lady not welcome in UK
LONDON: Once celebrated as an advocate of women’s rights in the Middle East, Syria’s British-born former first lady Asma Al-Assad has fled into exile with her husband, with UK officials saying she is not welcome to return to London. Asma Al-Assa...
NEW YORK: Jason Dickinson #16 of the Chicago Blackhawks takes a second period shot against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. – AP
Blackhawks sink Rangers
NEW YORK: Blackhawks sink Rangers, snap out of cold spell. Taylor Hall scored the tiebreaking goal with 13:44 remaining and added an assist as the visiting Chicago Blackhawks stopped a season-worst five-game losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the...
GAZA: A Palestinian woman and a child stand at the door of a house next to a building destroyed in a Zionist strike in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Dec 10, 2024. - AFP
Zionists kill at least 53 in Gaza massacres
CAIRO: Zionist strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 53 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics said, as Zionist tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the enclave. A Zionist airstrike killed at least 25 people in Bei...
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KUWAIT: Minister Omar Al-Omar poses for a photo with Nawaf Al-Gharabally and Zain’s executive team.
Zain shares vision for Kuwait’s digital economy with officials

KUWAIT: Nawaf Al-Gharabally, CEO of Zain Kuwait, participated in an insightful panel discussion held by the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) and the global...
DOHA: GCC officials attend an event marking the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the GCC Human Rights Declaration on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. — KUNA photos
GCC marks 10th anniversary of Human Rights Declaration
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives His Royal Highness Prince Turki bin Mohammed bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud at Bayan Palace on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. — KUNA
Crown Prince receives Prince Turki Al-Saud, Saudi officials
KUWAIT: Capital Governor Sheikh Abdullah Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, accompanied by officials, conducts a tour to review the ongoing construction work at the third phase of Al-Shaheed Park. — KUNA photos
Society for Student Support pays school fees for 379 students
KUWAIT: Peruvian Ambassador Carlos Enrique Tomas Jimenez Gil-Fortoul and Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations Abdulaziz Al-Jarallah celebrate with a ceremonial cake cutting at the event.
Peruvian envoy hails strong ties with Kuwait on Independence Day
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Kuwait supports Syria unity, warns against demos
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Saqr Alghelani
Kuwaitization policy aims for change, but workforce gap remains a concern
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DAMASCUS: People hold a large Syrian opposition flag in Umayyad Square on Dec 9, 2024 to mark a long-awaited new dawn after the fall of president Bashar Al-Assad. - AFP
New era starts in Syria
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DAMASCUS: This aerial photo shows people celebrating with a large Syrian opposition flag at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 9, 2024. - AFP
Assad’s exit shatters Iran’s influence
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GAZA: People ride on a truck in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 9, 2024. - AFP
Middle East battlelines are redrawn
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TEL AVIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters the district court in Tel Aviv at the start of his hearing on corruption charges on December 10, 2024. - AFP
Zionist PM testifies in corruption trial

TEL AVIV: Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to testify for the first time in his corruption case. Netanyahu, who has repeatedly...
OSLO: Terumi Tanaka, co-chair of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Japan’s atomic bomb survivors’ group Nihon Hidankyo, gives a speech after the group was awarded with the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 2024. – AFP
Nobel Peace Prize winner calls for a ‘nuke-free world’
ALEPPO: A file picture shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and First Lady Asma Al-Assad waving to the Spanish royals as they board their plane to leave the central Syrian city of Aleppo during their official visit to Syria. - AFP
Asma Al-Assad: Syria’s London-born first lady not welcome in UK
GAZA: A Palestinian woman and a child stand at the door of a house next to a building destroyed in a Zionist strike in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Dec 10, 2024. - AFP
Zionists kill at least 53 in Gaza massacres
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Suspect charged with US insurance executive’s murder
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'Wicked' banned in Kuwait
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A vist to Bayan International School
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UFO's in Kuwait?
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Sanchez, Josemaria crowned Premier Padel Kuwait P1 champoons
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GREATER NOIDA: Photo shows an aerial view of solar panels installed by SunSource Energy at a food processing plant in Greater Noida. - AFP
India mandates local-only solar energy components from 2026

NEW DELHI: Indian clean energy companies will only be able to use solar modules built locally from June 2026, according to a government order apparently aimed at reducing Chinese...
NANJING: Workers check a high speed train at a maintenance workshop in Nanjing, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on December 10, 2024. - AFP
Key issues driving China’s economic policy pivot
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OpenAI releases Sora AI video generator to public
Nouf AlOqab
AlOqab appointed as vice president of ‘InvestGB’
MANILA: Policemen watch as employees of a Chinese-run scam farm cover their faces during a raid at an office tower in Manila. – AFP
Social media giant warns against shopping scams
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Argentine court drops rape case against French rugby players

MENDOZA: An Argentine court on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against two French international rugby players accused of assaulting a woman after playing a match in the country in...
Robert Lewandowski
Lewandowski leading Barca CL charge on Dortmund return
NEW YORK: Jason Dickinson #16 of the Chicago Blackhawks takes a second period shot against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. – AP
Blackhawks sink Rangers
LONDON: West Ham United’s English striker #20 Jarrod Bowen ( C ) shoots the ball and scores his team second goal during the English Premier League football match between West Ham United and Wolverhapton Wanderers at the London Stadium. – AFP
Bowen eases pressure on West Ham boss Lopetegui to leave O’Neil in danger
TURIN: Juventus’ Turkish midfielder #10 Kenan Yildiz attends a training session with teammates at the Continassa training ground in Turin, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League football match between Juventus and Manchester City. – AFP
Draw specialists Juventus under fire ahead of Man City visit
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CALIFORNIA: This undated image courtesy of Google shows the company’s new quantum computing chip ‘Willow’. Google on December 9, 2024, said the chip was a major breakthrough that could bring practical quantum computing closer to reality. - AFP
Google announces quantum computing chip breakthrough
Visitors stand at the booth of the video game 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle' during the media day at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany.--AFP photod
Harrison Ford gets de-aged again for ‘Indiana Jones’ video game
SRIHARIKOTA, India: Handout photo shows the launch of a rocket carrying two satellites of ESA Proba-3 spacecraft from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Dec 5, 2024. - AFP
European ‘artificial eclipse’ satellites launch from India
This photo shows video game historian and game history book author/publisher Hiroyuki Maeda displaying various vintage gear at his office in Tokyo.--AFP photos
PlayStation at 30: How Sony’s grey box conquered gaming
A PlayStation employee demonstrates how to use the PlayStation 5 Pro console, at the Sony headquarters building in central Tokyo on November 27, 2024.--AFP
PlayStation: Fun facts to know as Sony’s console turns 30
Visitors stand at the booth of the video game 'Indiana Jones and the Great Circle' during the media day at the Gamescom video games trade fair in Cologne, western Germany.--AFP photod
Harrison Ford gets de-aged again for ‘Indiana Jones’ video game
SRIHARIKOTA, India: Handout photo shows the launch of a rocket carrying two satellites of ESA Proba-3 spacecraft from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Dec 5, 2024. - AFP
European ‘artificial eclipse’ satellites launch from India
This photo shows video game historian and game history book author/publisher Hiroyuki Maeda displaying various vintage gear at his office in Tokyo.--AFP photos
PlayStation at 30: How Sony’s grey box conquered gaming
A PlayStation employee demonstrates how to use the PlayStation 5 Pro console, at the Sony headquarters building in central Tokyo on November 27, 2024.--AFP
PlayStation: Fun facts to know as Sony’s console turns 30
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This picture shows a female (right) and a male killer whale (Orcinus Orca) swimming in Skjervoy Fjord, in northern Norway within the Arctic Circle, on November 15, 2024.--AFP
Iceland authorizes whale hunting until 2029

Iceland, one of only three countries still allowing whale hunting, on Thursday issued permits to two whaling companies for the next five years, until 2029, the outgoing government...
A picture taken in Antibes on May 30, 2013 shows an orca during a show at the Marineland animal theme park.--AFP
French marine park to close over law banning killer whale shows
A handout photo shows rangers Jim Fyfe (left) and Tumai Cassidy walking beside what appears to be the carcass of a rare spade-toothed whale after it was discovered washed ashore on a beach near Taieri Mouth in New Zealand's southern Otago province.
New Zealand scientists dissect world’s rarest whale
A young brown bear cub is seen inside its enclosure at the Libearty Bear Sanctuary in Zarnesti, 180 km north of Bucharest, Romania, on October 16, 2024.--AFP
Sweet-toothed bear lured out of Japanese supermarket
People observe a 10-million-year-old fossil of a juvenile Cenozoic crocodile of the genus Piscogavialis unveiled at the Ministry of Energy and Mines auditorium in Lima.
Peru scientists unveil crocodile fossil up to 12 million years old
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(From left ) Fred Hechinger, Connie Nielsen, Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington attend a SiriusXM Town Hall with the cast of “Gladiator II” with host Mike Muse at SiriusXM Studios on November 21, 2024 in New York City.—AFP photos   
Gl-icked? Movie theaters pin hopes on big 'Wicked,' 'Gladiator' weekend
French director Christophe Ruggia (left) arrives at the Paris Courthouse in Paris.
French film director denies child actor abuse in landmark trial
Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 61st New York Film Festival - Deep Focus at Elinor Bunin Munroe film center on October 01, 2023 in New York City.—AFP
Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni dies aged 81
This aerial photograph shows the domes of the National Library of Kosovo, in Pristina on November 19, 2024. -- AFP photos
Ugly or awesome? Kosovo national library stirs never-ending debate
A rare Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the famed assassin of Julius Caesar is displayed at the Numismatica Genevensis (NGSA) auction house in Geneva on December 4, 2024. —AFP
Rare Roman coin sells for 1.98 million euros at auction
French director Christophe Ruggia (left) arrives at the Paris Courthouse in Paris.
French film director denies child actor abuse in landmark trial
Nikki Giovanni speaks during the 61st New York Film Festival - Deep Focus at Elinor Bunin Munroe film center on October 01, 2023 in New York City.—AFP
Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni dies aged 81
This aerial photograph shows the domes of the National Library of Kosovo, in Pristina on November 19, 2024. -- AFP photos
Ugly or awesome? Kosovo national library stirs never-ending debate
A rare Roman gold coin bearing the image of Brutus, the famed assassin of Julius Caesar is displayed at the Numismatica Genevensis (NGSA) auction house in Geneva on December 4, 2024. —AFP
Rare Roman coin sells for 1.98 million euros at auction