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GAZA: Palestinian journalists attend the funeral procession of their colleague Hassan Aslih, killed in a Zionist strike which hit Nasser Hospital, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2025. - AFP (See Page 5)
Zionists to attack Gaza ‘with full force’, expel Palestinians
PARIS: US celebrity Kim Kardashian waves as she arrives at the Assize Court on May 13, 2025. - AFP
Kardashian testifies at Paris robbery trial
RIYADH: US President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a group picture during the Saudi-US Investment Forum at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Center on May 13, 2025. - AFP
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US, Saudi seal massive deals as Trump gets lavish welcome
RIYADH: US President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion commitment from Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to invest in the United States after the oil power accorded him a gala welcome at the start of a tour of Gulf states. Trump punched the air as he emerge...
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Chronic disease is a global challenge
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Water and froth: Finding truth in a world of illusions
Water and froth or origin and image are expressions that all aim to sensitize man to the truth of life. The life of each one of us is an asset — an asset that reflects the truth of our existence and its purpose — and an image, like the reflectio...
Reading: A journey through philosophy, history, humanity
By Dr Nermin Youssef Alhouti With the conclusion of the Holy Month of Ramadan and the spiritual serenity it brings, I found myself returning to a cherished passion — reading. A stack of long-awaited books awaited my attention, each promising a uni...
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KHAN YOUNIS: Palestinians inspect the destruction inside Nasser hospital in Khan Younis following a Zionist entity strike early on May 13, 2025, in which Palestinian journalist Hassan Aslih was killed along with several others. — AFP
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Zionist entity kills at least 28 in attacks on 2 Gaza hospitals
CHAKOTHI, Pakistan: Students attend a class as schools reopen in the frontier village of Chakothi near the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on May 13, 2025. — AFP photos
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No truce in India-Pakistan disinformation war: Analysts
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Rabada leads South African pace attack for World Test final
JOHANNESBURG: Kagiso Rabada will lead a South African pace bowling attack weakened by injury in the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s in London from June 11 to 15. Coach Shukri Conrad on Tuesday named a 15-man squad which i...
BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Beijing on May 13, 2025. -- AFP
China swipes at ‘bullying’ US as it woos LatAm leaders
BEIJING: China took thinly-veiled swipes at the United States and cast itself as the defender of the multilateral order on Tuesday, as it sought to deepen ties with Latin American and Caribbean leaders at a summit in Beijing. Promising billions in d...
WASHINGTON, DC: US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters during a news conference on Newark Liberty International Airport at the Department of Transportation Headquarters on May 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. -- AFP
United Airlines bears brunt of Newark chaos
CHICAGO: United Airlines is facing a financial hit and potential long-term reputational harm as flight delays and cancellations pile up due to ongoing disruptions at Newark airport - one of its largest hubs and among the busiest in the country. A fa...
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Kuwaiti firefighters and security forces gather outside a building which was ingulfed by fire, in Mangaf, on June 12, 2024. More than 35 people were killed and dozens injured in a building fire in an area heavily populated with foreign workers in Kuwait, the interior ministry said. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Three jailed for manslaughter over deadly Mangaf fire

KUWAIT: The misdemeanors court on Tuesday sentenced two Kuwaitis and an Egyptian to three years in prison, convicting them of manslaughter over a Mangaf building fire in which 46...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Tuesday at Bayan Palace John Lee Ka-chiu, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and his accompanying delegation, on the occasion of his visit to the country. The Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yousuf Saud Al-Sabah attended the audience. Also attending were the Head of the Prime Minister's Diwan Abdulaziz Al-Dekheel, the adviser at the diwan Sheikh Dr Bassel Humoud Hamad Al-Sabah, Director of the Crown Prince Diwan (retired Lieut Gen) Jamal Al-Thiab, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary at the Crown Prince Diwan Mazen Issa Al-Issa and Assistant Foreign Minister for Asia Affairs Ambassador Samih Johar Hayat. - KUNA
Kuwait and Hong Kong bolster relations with investment deals
CEO of Planning and Innovation at Kuwait Oil Company, Mohammed Al-Abduljalil, and Deputy CEO, Fahad Al-Kharqawi.
KOC highlights innovation and sustainability
Sudanese nurses pose for a group photo.
Sudan Ambassador joins blood donation drive on Nurses Day
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Ministry begins road rehabilitation works in Fahad Al-Ahmad
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun hold official talks in the presence of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and senior officials at Bayan Palace on May 12, 2025. - Amiri Diwan
Kuwait, Lebanon reaffirm ties
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KUWAIT: Minister of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Dr Subaih AlMukhaizeem and the Chinese delegation visit the Shagaya Solar Energy Complex.- KUNA photos
Kuwait and China expand renewable energy cooperation
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JOINT BASE ANDRWS: US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on May 12, 2025. — AFP
Zionist entity anxious as Trump heads to the Gulf
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Zionist-American captive Edan Alexander stands next to masked Hamas fighters and a Red Cross official during his release.
Hamas releases US-Zionist captive in goodwill gesture
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NEW YORK: Pro-Palestinian protesters participate in a Nakba Day rally and march on May 10, 2025 in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. — AFP
Zionist minister threatens university funding over Nakba commemorations

JERUSALEM: The Zionist entity's Education Minister Yoav Kisch threatened on Tuesday to revoke funding for universities in the entity that hold events to commemorate the...
LONDON: A protestor dressed as Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer poses in front of a 16-foot replica of a MK-84 2,000-pound bomb labelled with the word "Complicity" in front of Big Ben, at the Palace of Westminster, central London, on May 12, 2025. — AFP
Rights groups urge UK court to block jet sales to Zionists
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Peace talks, spies, extremists: Europe roundup
People sit at a coffee shop next to cars destroyed during Abu Salim overnight clashes.
Libya armed group leader among dead in Tripoli clashes
GAZA: Palestinian journalists attend the funeral procession of their colleague Hassan Aslih, killed in a Zionist strike which hit Nasser Hospital, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on May 13, 2025. - AFP (See Page 5)
Zionists to attack Gaza ‘with full force’, expel Palestinians
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BEIJING: China’s President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum of China and Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Beijing on May 13, 2025. -- AFP
China swipes at ‘bullying’ US as it woos LatAm leaders

BEIJING: China took thinly-veiled swipes at the United States and cast itself as the defender of the multilateral order on Tuesday, as it sought to deepen ties with Latin American...
WASHINGTON, DC: US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy speaks to reporters during a news conference on Newark Liberty International Airport at the Department of Transportation Headquarters on May 12, 2025 in Washington, DC. -- AFP
United Airlines bears brunt of Newark chaos
PARIS: Riot police forces stand guard as ArcelorMittal employees hold a rally outside the group's headquarters in Saint-Denis near Paris, on May 13, 2025. -- AFP
French unions want UK Steel-type rescue of ArcelorMittal operations
TOKYO: A man walking past a sign for Japanese company SoftBank and Y!Mobile outside a telecommunications shop in Tokyo. -- AFP
Japan’s SoftBank posts $7.8bn annual net profit
Boursa Kuwait CEO Mohammad Saud Al-Osaimi,
Boursa Kuwait, KCC promote Kuwaiti capital market to London’s leading asset managers
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Kagiso Rabada
Rabada leads South African pace attack for World Test final

JOHANNESBURG: Kagiso Rabada will lead a South African pace bowling attack weakened by injury in the World Test Championship final against Australia at Lord’s in London from June...
The moment Kuwait SC was crowned Zain Premier League champions.
Zain congratulates Kuwait SC on winning Zain Premier League
NEW YORK: Jayson Tatum #0 of the Boston Celtics steals a pass intended for Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the New York Knicks in the first half in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden in New York City. – AFP
Knicks leave Boston Celtics on brink, Warriors face exit
ROME: Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz celebrates after winning against Russia’s Karen Khachanov during their men’s singles match at the ATP Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome on May 13, 2025. – AFP
Carlos Alcaraz battles into Italian Open quarter-finals
MELBOURNE: (FILES) Serbia's Novak Djokovic (L) and his coach Andy Murray talk during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 11, 2025. Andy Murray will no longer be coaching former rival Novak Djokovic, the pair announced on May 13, 2025. – AFP
Murray, Djokovic end coaching partnership after six months
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TOULOUSE: Screens displaying the logo of DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models and the logo of OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT.-- AFP
OpenAI negotiates with Microsoft for new funding
People watch the launch of a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on April 24, 2025. --AFP
Chinese rocket blasts off to its space station
This hanodut picture courtesy of NASA shows the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard.--AFP photos
NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
DAVOS: This photograph taken on January 19, 2025, shows a sign of US technology company Google displayed during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. - AFP
Google facing £5 billion UK lawsuit over ad searches
PRIS: A logo of US company's Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. - AFP
Meta could be forced to break off Instagram, WhatsApp in antitrust trial
People watch the launch of a Long March-2F carrier rocket, carrying the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and a crew of three astronauts, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert, in northwest China on April 24, 2025. --AFP
Chinese rocket blasts off to its space station
This hanodut picture courtesy of NASA shows the Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft is seen as it lands in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan with Expedition 72 NASA astronaut Don Pettit, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Vagner aboard.--AFP photos
NASA’s oldest active astronaut returns to Earth on 70th birthday
DAVOS: This photograph taken on January 19, 2025, shows a sign of US technology company Google displayed during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. - AFP
Google facing £5 billion UK lawsuit over ad searches
PRIS: A logo of US company's Meta is displayed during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 22, 2024. - AFP
Meta could be forced to break off Instagram, WhatsApp in antitrust trial
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A group of initiated participants take part in the iboga harvesting ceremony with spiritual chants, enhanced by the rhythmic sounds of the moungongo, a traditional musical instrument in Ndossy Village, Akanda.
Gabon longs to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy

Beneath yellow fruit, hidden within the roots of the iboga plant in the forests of Gabon, lies a sacred treasure that the country is keen to make the most of. For centuries,...
A Mount Augustus snail laying an egg through its neck in Hokitika, New Zealand.
What the shell: Scientists marvel as NZ snail lays egg from neck
Head herpetologist, Geofrey Maranga, handles an African puff adder during an extraction of it's venom.
Kenya's desperate need for more snake antivenom
This handout photo taken on April 17, 2025, and released on April 23, 2025 by the University of Wollongong shows Scott Hocknull, a vertebrate palaeontologist and senior curator at the Queensland Museum, holding a Protemnodon skull fossil.-- AFP
Giant kangaroos perished during ‘climate upheaval’
A student in hazmat suit moves around "Frikkie", a taxidermied rhino at the "crime scene" set up in the warehouse of the Wildlife Forensic Academy in the Buffelsfontein Game and Nature Reserve near Cape Town.--AFP photos
Inside South Africa's wildlife CSI school helping to catch poachers
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Yi Liu (right) , one of 10 directors involved in Taiwanese television series "Zero Day", works on post-production with colorist Liang Yu Fang in Taipei. --AFP photos
Taiwanese war drama 'wake-up call' to Chinese invasion threat
One of the plaintiffs, Amelie (center), talks to the press after the verdict in the sexual assault trial of the French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu at a courthouse in Paris, on May 13, 2025.
French court convicts Depardieu of sexual assault
File photo shows Swedish film director and President of the Jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival Ruben Ostlund.
Hollywood stars condemn Gaza 'genocide' as Cannes Festival opens
Icelandic duo Vaeb representing Iceland with song "Roa".
Eurovision semis see steamy Sweden face the heat
Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud delivers a speech during an event in support of the French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal at the Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe de Paris - IMA), in Paris, on February 18, 2025. --AFP
Algerian attack survivor vows to be heard in court battle with author
One of the plaintiffs, Amelie (center), talks to the press after the verdict in the sexual assault trial of the French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu at a courthouse in Paris, on May 13, 2025.
French court convicts Depardieu of sexual assault
File photo shows Swedish film director and President of the Jury of the 76th Cannes Film Festival Ruben Ostlund.
Hollywood stars condemn Gaza 'genocide' as Cannes Festival opens
Icelandic duo Vaeb representing Iceland with song "Roa".
Eurovision semis see steamy Sweden face the heat
Algerian writer and journalist Kamel Daoud delivers a speech during an event in support of the French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal at the Arab World Institute (Institut du Monde Arabe de Paris - IMA), in Paris, on February 18, 2025. --AFP
Algerian attack survivor vows to be heard in court battle with author