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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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This is Kuwait: Patient aid adapts to new regulations
Dr Khalid Al-Saleh
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The environmental destruction of Gaza
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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...
Rising colon cancer cases highlight urgent need for awareness
Cancer remains one of the most pressing health and social challenges confronting modern societies, with colorectal cancer emerging as a significant concern in Kuwait. According to recent health statistics, colon cancer ranks as the most common type ...
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GAZA: Palestinians carry the shrouded body of a loved one killed during a Zionist airstrike that targeted the home of the Al-Bursh family in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on June 2, 2025.- AFP
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Zionist airstrikes kill 51 in Gaza
SEOUL: Supporters of Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate for South Korea’s Democratic Party, cheer during his final election campaign event ahead of the upcoming June 3 presidential election.- AFP
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S Korea voters weigh political divide in partisan heartlands
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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
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya affirmed Kuwait’s commitment to supporting the unity and sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, stressing the importance of respecting Syria’s national interests amid ongoing regional developments and...
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
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr Nader Al-Jallal discussed on Monday with Qatar’s Minister of Education and Higher Education Lolwah Al-Khater ways to develop strategic partnerships between the two countrie...
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah chairs the fourth meeting of the Committee for Regulating Humanitarian and Charitable Work. — KUNA
Committee recommends resuming charity programs for Adahi, orphans
KUWAIT: A high-level government committee overseeing humanitarian and charitable activities in Kuwait has recommended the reinstatement of ‘Adahi’ livestock donation projects in time for Eid Al-Adha. The recommendation was issued during the four...
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KUWAIT:Officers monitor traffic camera feeds in this illustrative file photo. - KUNA
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...
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
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
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah chairs the fourth meeting of the Committee for Regulating Humanitarian and Charitable Work. — KUNA
Committee recommends resuming charity programs for Adahi, orphans
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Temporary charity regulations reshape giving practices in Kuwait
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Several killed in two apartments' fire in Riggae
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Kuwait International Airport.
Airline exodus drives up travel costs in Kuwait, disrupts Eid plans
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah welcomes Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa as HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah looks on on June 1, 2025. - Amiri Diwan photos
Kuwait and Syria reaffirm ties
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Kuwait moves to align tax, investment policies with Qatar, Saudi Arabia
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KFAS concludes ‘TechEdge’ program in collaboration with NBK and Zain
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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

ISTANBUL: Ukraine and Russia agreed another large-scale prisoner exchange at talks in Istanbul on Monday, but failed to make a breakthrough on an immediate halt to the fighting. At...
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
QUEENSLAND: This underwater photo shows bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 kilometers (167 miles) north of the city of Cairns. – AFP
Oceans feeling the heat from human climate pollution
KYIV: Petko Petkov, a Bulgarian software developer and system architect, poses for a portrait in Kyiv.- AFP
‘My duty’: Ukraine women reporting from the war front
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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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KT EATS
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GUADALAJARA: This aerial view shows locals looking at a state police Tesla Cybertruck, a vehicle equipped with specialized technology for public safety which is being used as a patrol car within a new security strategy in Jalisco state, Mexico.- AFP
Tesla executives question Musk after he denied killing $25,000 EV project

NEW YORK: Some senior Tesla executives were alarmed last year when Elon Musk denied a Reuters report that the company had killed a planned all-new $25,000 EV that investors had...
CHARLOTTE: An American Airlines plane lands at Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina. – AFP
Global airlines trim profit forecast over trade tensions, supply woes
Nawaf Al-Gharabally honors Nada Ibrahim in the presence of Nawal Bourisli and Daaij Al-Oud.
Zain accelerates national talent empowerment in digital economy
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Trade war and rising oil supplies weigh on crude prices
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Burgan Bank provides ‘Eidya’ in all branches and ATMs
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CAIRO: Pyramids' players celebrate winning the CAF Champions League final football match between Pyramids FC and Mamelodi Sundowns at 30 June Stadium in Cairo on June 1, 2025. - AFP
Pyramids survive tense finish to be crowned African champions

CAIRO: Pyramids of Egypt survived late pressure to beat Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa 2-1 in Cairo on Sunday and win the CAF Champions League for the first time. Competing in...
AHMEDABAD: Punjab Kings' co-owner Preity Zinta meets with her team's players at the end of the IPL Twenty20 second Qualifier cricket match against the Mumbai Indians at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on June 2, 2025. - AFP
Punjab stand in way of Kohli's IPL dream as new winners await
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's players celebrate their UEFA Champions League victory as they parade on a bus on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on June 1, 2025. - AFP
Jubilant PSG party into night with Champions League trophy
PARIS: Police officers clash with crowds following the PSG team bus parade, near the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on June 1, 2025. - AFP
French police detain dozens after football celebrations
LONDON: England's defender Lucy Bronze passes the ball during the UEFA Women's Nations League Group A3 match against Portugal at Wembley Stadium in London on May 30, 2025. - AFP
England win over Spain would be confidence boost, says Bronze
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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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This picture shows reindeers near Ivalo, in Finnish Lapland.
Growing Arctic military presence worries Finland's reindeer herders

A fighter jet roaring through the grey sky breaks the tranquillity of a boreal forest in northern Finland, one more sign of a growing military presence that is challenging the...
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
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
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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
Creative director of LOEWE British-Irish fashion designer Jonathan Anderson arrives for the premiere of A24's "Queer" at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on November 13, 2024.--AFP
Jonathan Anderson named Dior's first men's and women's designer
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Gala Chopin concert closes Europe Month celebrations
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ASSP Kuwait holds 12th International HSSE conference
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
Creative director of LOEWE British-Irish fashion designer Jonathan Anderson arrives for the premiere of A24's "Queer" at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles on November 13, 2024.--AFP
Jonathan Anderson named Dior's first men's and women's designer
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Gala Chopin concert closes Europe Month celebrations
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ASSP Kuwait holds 12th International HSSE conference