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KUWAIT: Kuwait Amir HH Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tarik at Kuwait international airport on May 13, 2024.
Omani Sultan’s visit: Another milestone in historic relations
Ambassadors from Francophonie member countries take a group photo. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Sheikh Nasser emphasizes the role of French Culture in Human History
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Amir welcomes Sultan of Oman
KUWAIT: Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tariq and an official accompanying delegation arrived on a state visit to Kuwait on Monday. HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sultan Haitham and his accompanying delegation at Kuwait air...
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Enemies of Arab nation
We should not exert much effort in searching for our enemies, for if we wish to identify the adversaries of our nation, we need only look around us. Among us, there are many who wear the same attire and speak our language, yet they hinder our progre...
Kuwait a country of freedoms
Kuwait is considered one of the first countries to guarantee freedom to all residents, whether citizens or expatriates. This is explicitly stated in the Kuwaiti constitution in articles 35 and 36, which guarantee freedom of expression, belief and pr...
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A smoke plume from an explosion billows in the Gaza Strip as seen from a position along Zionist entity’s southern border with the Palestinian territory on May 13, 2024.- AFP
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Gazans flee fresh fighting in north
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NBK kick-starts its 2nd edition of HIPO Mentoring Program
KUWAIT: Building on the remarkable success of the program’s 1st edition in 2022, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) has kick started the 2nd edition of its HIPO Mentoring Program for developing future leaders, which is organized in cooperation with IDR...
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Kuwait Petroleum renews supply deal with China’s Unipec
KUWAIT: State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Monday renewed a contract to supply Chinese oil trading powerhouse Unipec with some 300,000 barrels per day of crude oil, the company said in a statement. Hailing the deal as a “significant s...
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Zain Group reports Q1 2024 revenue of $1.5 billion, net profit of $95 million
KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced its consolidated financial results for the first quarter (Q1) ended March ...
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KUWAIT: Kuwait Amir HH Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tarik at Kuwait international airport on May 13, 2024.
Omani Sultan’s visit: Another milestone in historic relations

KUWAIT: After the historic visit by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Oman last February, the visit by Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq to Kuwait...
Ambassadors from Francophonie member countries take a group photo. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Sheikh Nasser emphasizes the role of French Culture in Human History
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KUWAIT: Prime Minister-designate Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday received United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, and accompanying delegation on occasion of visit to the country. The meeting (also attended by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya), handled discussion on cooperation between Kuwait and the UN as well as regional and international developments and efforts boosting peace and security both regionally and globally. - KUNA
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DEIR EL-BALAH, Palestinian Territories: Men and children queue to receive food rations from a public kitchen in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on May 13, 2024. -- AFP
Zionist soldiers wounded in Hezbollah strike

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group claimed responsibility Monday for a strike that Zionist entity said wounded four soldiers in the country’s north, the latest...
DENPASAR: Bali Police's Deputy Director of Narcotic Unit Ponco Indriyo (center) updates the media on detainee Australian Troy Smith during a press conference at the Denpasar police headquarter on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on May 13, 2024.
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TANAH DATAR, Indonesia: This handout image taken and released by Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) on May 13, 2024 shows personnel taking part in a search operation in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra. -- AFP
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Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station during the fourth phase of voting in India’s general election, in Pulwama on May 13, 2024. (Photo by TAUSEEF MUSTAFA / AFP)
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Zain Group reports Q1 2024 revenue of $1.5 billion, net profit of $95 million

KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading provider of innovative technologies and digital lifestyle communications operating in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced its...
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MANCHESTER: Manchester United’s Argentinian midfielder #17 Alejandro Garnacho vies for the ball with Arsenal’s English midfielder #07 Bukayo Saka during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England. – AFP
Arsenal down Man Utd to take EPL title race to the wire

MANCHESTER: Arsenal kept their Premier League title dreams alive by ending an Old Trafford hoodoo to grind out a 1-0 win at Manchester United on Sunday, moving back top of the...
LONDON: Manchester United’s English midfielder #10 Katie Zelem lifts the FA cup Trophy while celebrating with her team after winning the English Women’s FA Cup final football match between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium, in north west London. – AFP
Man Utd crush Spurs to lift Women’s FA Cup for first time
MUNICH: This photo taken on May 13, 2024 shows Teddy bear Albaert, mascot of the Euro 2024 and Bavaria’s State Premier and leader of the conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) party Markus Soeder posing with the trophy for the UEFA Euro 2024 European Football Championship. – AFP
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BENGALURU: Delhi Capitals’ Mukesh Kumar (L) stumps out Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s Karn Sharma during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Delhi Capitals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. –AFP
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ROME: China’s Qinwen Zheng returns to Japan’s Naomi Osaka during the Women’s WTA Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome on May 13, 2024. – AFP
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A car lights illuminate a rock formation in a camp ground as thousands of visitors came tonight in hope to see the northern lights or aurora borealis illuminate the night sky over the Joshua Tree National Park, California.--AFP photos
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This handout image shows the “mane” of the Horsehead Nebula imaged by Webb’s MIRI instrument.--AFP photos
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ROHTAK, India: This screengrab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 27, 2024 shows choreographer Sahil Kumar (center) with fellow dancers recording a dance performance in front of a ring light for their social media platform at a studio in Rohtak. – AFP
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This handout image shows the “mane” of the Horsehead Nebula imaged by Webb’s MIRI instrument.--AFP photos
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ROHTAK, India: This screengrab taken from AFPTV video footage on April 27, 2024 shows choreographer Sahil Kumar (center) with fellow dancers recording a dance performance in front of a ring light for their social media platform at a studio in Rohtak. – AFP
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This photo shows baskets of durian at the durian suppliers Paeng Jae Ting at Noen Sung wholesale fruit market in Thailand's eastern Chanthaburi province.--AFP photos
Heatwave hammers Thailand’s stinky but lucrative durian farms

Clambering hand-over-hand, sweat dripping into his eyes, a durian laborer expertly slices a cumbersome fruit from a tree before tossing it down to land with a soft thump in his...
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BOSTON: In this March 16, 2024, image courtesy of the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living human. -- AFP
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BUCHAREST: Ivan, 41, and her one-year-and-four months-old son Eric diagnosed with neuroblastoma, are pictured in one of the recreation rooms at the newly built crowdfunded children's hospital in Bucharest, Romania.--AFP
Romania opens first crowdfunded cancer hospital
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Joueriatou Cherif Haidira (left), Lyse Amissah (center) and Ama Kouadio (right) stand on the stage after the results announcement of the Miss Ivory Coast France beauty contest in Paris.--AFP photos
French Miss Africa contests proudly celebrate dual cultures in Paris
Workers hang the official poster of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on the facade of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, south-eastern France.--AFP
Cannes film fest returns with comebacks, strikes, Trump and MeToo
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US rapper Benjamin Hammond Haggerty, aka Macklemore, performs during the Colours of Ostrava music festival in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on July 20, 2023.—AFP
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Roger Corman attends 'An Evening With Roger Corman' hosted by The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences & Metrograph, at Metrograph on May 3, 2018 in New York City.--AFP
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