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The Kuwait Oil Company declared a “state of emergency” on Monday following an oil spill on land, but said no injuries or disruption to production had been reported. The emergency followed an “oil leak in the west of the country”, the state-owned company said in a statement, as video posted …

Kuwait’s crown prince re-appointed Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Sabah as prime minister and asked him to nominate a cabinet, state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday, more than a month after the government resigned due to renewed friction with parliament. Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah moved last year to end …

Turkey is set to deliver an undisclosed number of armed drones to Kuwait in a contract worth $370 million, Turkish defense firm Baykar said on Wednesday. International demand for Baykar’s TB2 drones soared after they featured in conflicts in Syria, Libya and Azerbaijan and interest in them increased further following …

Kuwait’s crown prince swore in the new government on Monday, state news agency KUNA reported, following a reshuffle aimed at addressing lawmakers’ objections to the original cabinet line-up and ending a prolonged political feud. Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah has, since taking over most of the ruling emir’s duties, …

Kuwait’s Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah has accepted the resignation of the government, issuing a decree instructing the cabinet to stay on in a caretaker capacity.

Ambassadors of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait went back to Lebanon in what appeared to be a diplomatic turnaround that comes as the crisis-stricken country is gearing up for consequential elections. The foreign ministries of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait issues separate statements on Thursday announcing their ambassadors’ return to Lebanon after …

A Swiss criminal court convicted Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, a power broker in international sports, of forgery on Friday in a trial over whether he used a bogus Kuwaiti coup plot to gain an advantage over political rivals. The sheikh had denied all the charges in the case, which has …

Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced, on Friday, that Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi will visit Kuwait next week. The Ministry said in a statement “The Iraqi Ambassador to Kuwait, Al-Manhal Al-Safi, recently met with the head of the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Muhammad Al-Saqr, to discuss different issues, …

Four Iraqi cities entered the list of the highest temperatures recorded in the world according to the Eldorado Weather website. Kuwaiti city of Jahra recorded the highest temperature reached 49.9 degrees, along with other 7 Kuwaiti cities that were among the 15 cities with the highest temperature. King Fahad Airport …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to India next week, the State Department said on Friday, in the top US diplomat’s first visit to the world’s largest democracy and an important US ally in Asia. Blinken will also visit Kuwait and meet senior officials there at the end …

The Fishermen’s Association reported that Kuwaiti Coast Guard had arrested 16 Iraqi fishermen, as they call the government to intervene to release them. An official in the association said in a radio interview broadcast by the “Al-Ghadeer” website, that “the Kuwaiti Coast Guard arrested this morning 16 Iraqi fishermen from …

Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah will travel to the United States on Thursday for medical treatment after he underwent surgery this week, his office said. Sheikh Sabah, who has ruled Kuwait since 2006, underwent surgery on Sunday that his office described as successful, for an unspecified condition. …

Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler underwent a “successful” surgery Sunday that required the oil-rich nation’s crown prince to be temporarily empowered to serve in his place, its state-run news agency reported. Kuwait has yet to elaborate what required Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah to seek a previously unannounced medical treatment beginning …

State news agency reports Kuwait Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah was in ‘good health’, citing minister. Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler has been admitted to hospital for a medical checkup and the country’s crown prince will temporarily carry out some of his duties, the oil-rich nation’s state-run news agency has reported. …

Kuwait will enact a “total curfew” from 4 pm (1300 GMT) on Sunday through to May 30 to help to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the Information Ministry said on Twitter on Friday. Further details of the curfew will be announced soon, it said. Kuwait on April 20 …

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have adopted fresh measures to tackle the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic amid an uptick in the number of patients in both Persian Gulf countries. Saudi Interior Ministry announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighborhoods of the port city of Jeddah starting on …

The Kuwaiti charge d’affaires in Tehran went to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday to receive Iran’s strong protest against the anti-Iran session in the Arab country which was held between Kuwaiti officials and a representative of a terrorist group that pursues separatist goals. The Foreign Ministry reminded the Kuwaiti …

World’s worst humanitarian crisis ‘wouldn’t have been possible without the complicity and support of Downing Street’, campaigners say. The UK has licensed the sale of £6.2bn worth of arms to the Saudi-led coalition bombing Yemen, new statistics show. Fighter jets, bombs, and missiles made in Britain are believed to have …

Saudi Arabia approved a draft agreement on security cooperation with Iraq on Tuesday evening, the Saudi press agency said, in a bid to strengthen ties with the neighboring country. King Salman chaired a cabinet meeting in the city of Neom that tasked the Minister of Interior, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud, …

Iraq will host senior officials from neighboring countries including regional arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday, as it carves out a role as a mediator in the deeply divided region. The one-day summit will bring together parliament heads from Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, and Kuwait, a parliamentary spokesman …