On Saturday, Kuwait’s Emir signed two decrees giving pardons and reducing sentences for 35 dissidents, fulfilling a key demand of opposition lawmakers who have been stuck in a months-long confrontation with the
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Kuwait’s cabinet resigned on Monday, less than a year after taking office, in an effort to overcome a political impasse that has stalled budgetary reforms. Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah accepted the
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Iraqi authorities paid $490 million to Kuwait as part of UN-sanctioned war reparations on Monday. “Iraq paid $490 million in compensation last Tuesday from the amount determined by the UN over the
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The recent Saudi-Lebanon tension has surfaced as the MENA region’s main critical issue in the past week, with Lebanon’s newly chosen Information Minister George Kordahi confirming that his “anti-Riyadh remarks” were personal
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Following the critical statements from Lebanon’s Information Minister against the Saudi military role in Yemen, after which the Kingdom banned all imports from Lebanon and gave the Lebanese ambassador 48 hours to
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On Wednesday, Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah has ordered to launch a process to determine the principles for pardoning political dissidents. This came while negotiations between the appointed government
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A fire at Kuwait’s largest oil refinery has been extinguished, with a number of casualties, including smoke inhalation, reported by the state-owned oil business. The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) stated that
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Kuwait’s ruler has taken the rare step of ordering cabinet members and lawmakers to meet to settle a political impasse that has blocked much-needed fiscal reform. Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah called
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Ambassador Salem Mubarak Al Shafi, Qatar’s Permanent Representative to the Arab League, handed over the presidency of the regional organization to his Kuwaiti counterpart during the 156th session of the Arab League.
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As Kuwait tackles a waste problem that has resulted in one of the world’s largest tyre graveyards, more than 42 million old vehicle tyres abandoned in the sands have begun to be
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