KUWAIT: Kuwait on Wednesday laid to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, a Gulf Arab elder statesman who helped steer his nation through some of the region s most turbulent decades, in funeral rites closed to the public due to COVID-19 concerns. The only leader of fellow Gulf Arab states ...
Read More »Trump Says Kuwait May Be Next in Middle East to Normalize Ties with ‘Israel’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said that Kuwait will likely be the next Arab-majority country in the Middle East to normalize ties with the Zionist entity. Trump made the prediction at a White House press briefing hours after meeting with Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the son of Kuwait’s ...
Read More »Kuwait scrambles to boost coffers with up to $16 billion debt plan
DUBAI: Kuwait plans to issue between 4 billion and 5 billion dinars ($13 billion to $16 billion) in public debt by the end of the fiscal year ending March 2021 if parliament approves a long-debated debt law, a government document seen by Reuters showed. Facing one of the worst economic ...
Read More »8 lakh Indians could be forced to leave Gulf state
KUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee has determined that the draft expat quota bill is constitutional, Kuwait Times reported. The bill is to be transferred to the respective committee so that a comprehensive plan is created. According to the bill, Indian’s should not exceed 15 percent of the ...
Read More »Kuwait army prepares as regional tensions soar
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait s army said it was raising its readiness levels and carrying out military exercises, amid soaring regional tensions after neighbouring Iran was accused of attacking Saudi oil infrastructure. Kuwait also said it was investigating accounts that a drone intruded into its airspace and flew over the royal ...
Read More »ExxonMobil close to hitting huge oil reserves in Pakistan, bigger than Kuwait’s
– KARACHI: The US-based energy giant ExxonMobil is close to discover huge oil reserves near the Pakistan-Iran border, which could be even bigger than the Kuwaiti reserves. This was revealed by Abdullah Hussain Haroon, Pakistan’s caretaker minister for maritime affairs and foreign affairs, while addressing the Federation of Pakistan Chambers ...
Read More »Helicopter carrying Kuwait army chief crashes
KUWAIT CITY: A helicopter carrying a Kuwaiti military delegation including its army chief crashed in Bangladesh on Wednesday. The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry announced Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Mohammed al-Khuder and all other members of the delegation were safe. “The helicopter suffered an accident while landing in the Silit area, ...
Read More »Kuwait cabinet resigns after no-confidence vote
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait ‘s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Monday accepted his government’s resignation, a week after a fresh dispute broke out in the oil-rich Gulf state’s parliament. Ministers including premier Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, who has headed the government since 2011, will serve in a caretaker government until ...
Read More »Kuwait orders Iran ambassador to leave country within 48 days
KUWAIT ordered the Iranian ambassador on Thursday to leave the country within 48 days, Iran’s ISNA news agency reported. Earlier on the day, Kuwait shut down Iranian cultural mission and ordered 15 Iranian diplomats to leave the country. The move came after Kuwait convicted a group of men, one Iranian ...
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