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KUALA LUMPUR: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah delivers a speech at a GCC, ASEAN, China summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. - KUNA
Kuwait's Crown Prince highlights importance of GCC, ASEAN, China summit in building resilient partnership
GAZA: Women mourn relatives killed in a Zionist strike on a school sheltering displaced people at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on May 26, 2025. - AFP
Carnage in Gaza amid truce talk; surgeon shocked
MAKKAH: Saudi Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Roads Authority Saleh Al-Jasser checks a cooled pedestrian walkway. - AFP
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Saudi expands white road project to cool hajj routes
MAKKAH: Saleh Al-Jasser, the Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Services and Chairman of the Roads General Authority, launched the cooled pedestrian walkway project in Makkah, which will enhance accessibility services for individuals with dis...
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How binary thinking reshapes our world
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh
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Rising colon cancer cases highlight urgent need for awareness
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Kuwait humanitarian legacy rings loud on the global stage
By Dr Nermin Yousef Al-Houti These are not mere words, but a commitment to documenting the proud legacy of Kuwait — the “Bride of the Gulf.” Writing history is not merely the act of narration; it is the preservation of achievements and milesto...
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (center), China’s Premier Li Qiang (right) and Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) attend the ASEAN - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - China Summit after the 46th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on May 27, 2025. - AFP
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First-ever summit ‘a response to the call of the times’ in uncertain world
KASHMIR: An Indian army soldier looks at a drone at Akhnoor sector near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu region.- AFP
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India, Pakistan drone battles mark new arms race in Asia
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Scientific Center of Kuwait soft launches part of major expansion
By Nebal Snan and KUNA KUWAIT: For many in Kuwait, their first walk through the Scientific Center’s Mijbil Almutawa Aquarium is a memory that stays for life. Watching desert owls and spiny-tailed lizards up close, then following sharks and bright ...
KUWAIT: Officials pose for a photo at the sixth annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Forum.
AU hosts 6th annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Forum
KUWAIT: The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) at the Australian University (AU) held its sixth annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Forum, titled “The Future of Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence”, under the patronage of ...
Ambassador Olivier Gauvin
Language no longer a barrier to study in France: French envoy
KUWAIT: France is broadening access to its world-class universities and institutes for Kuwaiti students, with an increasing number of programs now available in English. Speaking to Kuwait Times on the sidelines of the France-Kuwait Alumni Gala 2025 ...
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Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled meets with Prime Minister Dr Hun Manet of Cambodia.
Crown Prince meets Philippines, Cambodia leaders in Kuala Lampur

KUALA LUMPUR: Representing His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held separate...
Ambassador Mukai Kenichiro
Crown Prince to visit Japan in first visit of its kind since 2016
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Scientific Center of Kuwait soft launches part of major expansion
KUWAIT: Officials pose for a photo at the sixth annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Forum.
AU hosts 6th annual Teaching and Learning Excellence Forum
Ambassador Olivier Gauvin
Language no longer a barrier to study in France: French envoy
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CBK, KIA to borrow locally, globally
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Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled
Top court freezes jail term against former minister
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Heat, thermometer shows the temperature is hot in the sky, Summer
Blistering heat, dusty winds as mercury rises
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KUALA LUMPUR: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim witness the signing ceremony to launch free trade negotiations between the GCC Secretary General Jasem Al-Budaiwi and the Malaysian Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Aziz on May 26, 2025. - KUNA
ASEAN, GCC launch free trade talks
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MAKKAH: Saudi Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Roads Authority Saleh Al-Jasser checks a cooled pedestrian walkway. - AFP
Saudi expands white road project to cool hajj routes
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GAZA: Palestinians stand over the bodies of two men killed in a Zionist airstrike in the Saftawi neighborhood west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 27, 2025. – AFP
Germany shifts tone on Zionist entity over ‘massive military strikes’ in Gaza

TURKU: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz delivered his most severe rebuke of Zionist entity to date on Tuesday, criticizing massive air strikes on Gaza as no longer justified by the...
BENGALURU: A full-scale model of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) aircraft is displayed during the 15th edition of Aero India 2025 at Yelahanka Air Force Station. India’s defense minister approved on May 27, a program to develop a prototype advanced fighter jet, the latest push to develop local arms production, and days after a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan. – AFP
India to develop advanced fighter jet prototype
This handout photograph taken and released on May 26, 2025 shows a blaze in a private enterprise facility following a Russian strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv region. - AFP
Drones pummel Ukraine as Trump rebukes Putin
HANOI: France's President Emmanuel Macron (right) poses with his wife Brigitte Macron during an official visit to Vietnam on May 26, 2025. — AFP
'Just joking': Macron denies dispute with wife after viral video
HANOI: Vietnam's President Luong Cuong (right) shakes hands with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron during a state dinner on May 26, 2025. — AFP
France's Macron calls for world order 'based on law' in Vietnam
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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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Al-Khashti and Raad with Zain and DHL teams.
Zain ‘first telecom operator in Kuwait to adopt DHL’s GoGreen Plus service’

KUWAIT: Zain announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with global logistics leader DHL to adopt the eco-friendly GoGreen Plus service, becoming the first telecom...
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Mnakh launches first sustainability practices index for Kuwait market
SHANGHAI: Tesla charging station is seen connected to a vehicle in the Changning district of Shanghai. - AFP
Tesla EU sales slump by 53%
GENEVA: A visitor walks past a large replica of a new Rolex land-dweller model watch displayed by Swiss watch designer and manufacturer Rolex, during the opening day of the “Watches and Wonders Geneva” luxury watch fair.- AFP
Swiss watch exports to US soar as time ticks on tariffs
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NBK celebrates conclusion of Bankee program for 2024/2025 academic year
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RIYADH: Al-Nassr's Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after scoring his team's second goal from the penalty spot during the Saudi Pro League football match between Al-Nassr and Al-Khaleej at Al-Awwal Park in Riyadh on May 21, 2025. - AFP
Where will Ronaldo play next season?

RIYADH: Questions swirled over Cristiano Ronaldo’s future in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, hours after the superstar indicated he might be leaving Al-Nassr in a social media post,...
PARIS: Serbia's Novak Djokovic plays a backhand return to US Mackenzie Mcdonald during their men's singles match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland-Garros in Paris on May 27, 2025. - AFP
Djokovic powers through Roland Garros opener, Gauff, Andreeva win
LIVERPOLL: Police officers cover with an inflatable tent, behind a firefighter vehicle, the tents delimiting the scene of an incident in Water Street, on the sidelines of an open-top bus victory parade for Liverpool's Premier League title win, in Liverpool, north-west England on May 26, 2025. - AFP
Liverpool car-ramming driver suspected of taking drugs
KUWAIT: Al-Arabi's Moroccan forward Hamza Khabba #23 dribbles between Al-Jahra's players during their Amir Cup quarterfinal match at Thamer Stadium on Monday. - KUNA
Arabi, Salmiya advance to Amir Cup semis
Kuwait Winter Sports Club President Fahad Al-Ajmi
Kuwait announces bid to host 2026 IIHF World Championship Division IV
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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’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
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’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
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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

On a mission to record all of Ireland's bird species, many of which are dying out, Irishman Sean Ronayne calls his unique audio archive a tool to both raise alarm and bring...
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
A member of staff holds a barocaloric material used by Barocal in their solid state cooling technology, at their headquarters in Cambridge.--AFP photos
UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
Dr. Raquel Gomez Pliego flips a tortilla at the Industrial Microbiology laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.--AFP photos
Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people with no fridge
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A picture shows miniatures at the London Dollhouse Showcase in London.--AFP photos
In troubled world, grown-ups find joy in doll's houses
Employees of Halk Ekmek (Public bread, in Turkish) mix and cut dough in order to make Kulluoba breads.--AFP photos
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf
South African actor Presley Chweneyagae poses for a photo in Paris on June 20, 2006, before the French premiere screening of the Oscar-winning urban drama "Tsotsi". --AFP
S.Africa's 'Tsotsi' star Presley Chweneyagae dies
A select group of faithful known as "Anastenarides" take part in a trance-like preparatory dance.
Fire walkers defy pain in ancient Greek ritual
A man sits outside a house decorated with traditional paintings in Oualata. -- AFP photos
Ancient town and its manuscripts face ravages of the Sahara
Employees of Halk Ekmek (Public bread, in Turkish) mix and cut dough in order to make Kulluoba breads.--AFP photos
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf
South African actor Presley Chweneyagae poses for a photo in Paris on June 20, 2006, before the French premiere screening of the Oscar-winning urban drama "Tsotsi". --AFP
S.Africa's 'Tsotsi' star Presley Chweneyagae dies
A select group of faithful known as "Anastenarides" take part in a trance-like preparatory dance.
Fire walkers defy pain in ancient Greek ritual
A man sits outside a house decorated with traditional paintings in Oualata. -- AFP photos
Ancient town and its manuscripts face ravages of the Sahara