No women won seats; many new faces; voter turnout of 60% higher than expected The election for Kuwait’s National Assembly (parliament) resulted in an all-male parliament and several previous MP losing their seats, signalling a [ More … ]
For the first time in history, Kuwait’s oil revenues will not cover salaries and subsidies, which could spell financial trouble. When Kuwait emerged from a months-long coronavirus lockdown, hundreds of Kuwaitis flocked to reopened stores, [ More … ]
Kuwait continues its efforts to put an end to the three year blockade Kuwaiti Al-Qabas newspaper said officials are on the move to solve the Gulf crisis, affirming the country will not stop its efforts until the illegal land, [ More … ]
The three Egyptian dissidents have reportedly shown support for anti-Sisi protests that erupted across rural Egypt in September, according to Kuwaiti newspaper al-Qabas. The three opposition figures were handed over to Egyptian Interpol in line [ More … ]
Erdogan in Qatar after official visit to Kuwait [ More … ]
Known as a peacemaker, Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died. Kuwait’s 91-year-old Emir Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah died on Tuesday in a hospital in the United States. “With great sadness and [ More … ]
Kuwait best get with the US program – or be prepared to face Trump’s wrath The New York Post has published a report by Jonathan Schanzer* & Varsha Koduvayur* about the relation between Kuwait and [ More … ]
Kuwait’s al-Sabah prevented a formal split in the GCC Council during a visit to Saudi Arabia last week, sources revealed to The New Arab. Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Jaber al-Sabah reportedly stopped the official division [ More … ]
A Kuwaiti official attending an international conference in Russia was widely praised on Wednesday after criticising Israel and kicking out its representative from the hall. Israeli delegates at a conference in Russia’s St Petersburg were [ More … ]
On Wednesday, Kuwait’s First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah and Acting Minister of Information, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, delivered a letter to Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, [ More … ]
Two US envoys have arrived in the Gulf to begin a five-day tour aimed at ending the now two-month long Saudi-led Qatar blockade. Two US envoys have arrived in Kuwait at the start of a [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will begin his two-day tour to the Gulf on Sunday as part of his efforts to resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the region, according to the presidential press office. [ More … ]
Kuwait has expelled Iranian diplomats and closed military, culture and trade missions on its soil following the conviction of ‘terror cell’ allegedly linked to Tehran. Kuwait ordered the expulsion of around 15 Iranian diplomats on [ More … ]
Boris Johnson arrived in Kuwait on Saturday, to meet representatives from Gulf nations involved in the ongoing Qatar blockade, after visiting Saudi Arabia a day earlier. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson landed in Kuwait on [ More … ]
BY: HILAL KAPLAN* Every crisis and intervention instigated by the U.S.-Israel partnership in our region has been conducted through a chain of lies and manipulation As the Berlin Wall fell and the Cold War was about [ More … ]
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