Kuwait

Talks to boost trade by approximately $2 billion a year between members of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states and the UK are underway today in Riyadh but...

The International Union for Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called for enacting a law to ban insults against religions and sanctities, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Doha-based grouping...

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro yesterday announced that direct flights between Caracas and Doha, the capital of Qatar, will begin from October, Reuters reports. Maduro's tour of Qatar lasted two days and...

Kuwait yesterday condemned Israeli violations against Palestinians, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported. This came in a statement delivered by Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN and International Organisations, Jamal Al-Ghunaim, during...

Kuwait said, Wednesday, that it plans to appoint an ambassador and a project coordinator in war-torn Yemen, Anadolu News Agency reports. Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,...

The Indian monsoon depression has hit the Middle East causing high temperatures in the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Iraq, Iran and Egypt. The city of Jahra in Kuwait recorded...

Spokespersons of India’s Bharatiya Janata Party, Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal made remarks against Islam's prophet in May 2022

Kuwaiti woman jailed for keeping daughter's corpse

Kuwait is planning to replace expats working in the private sector with members of the country's disadvantaged Bidoon community. It comes amid the government's ambitions to address a long-standing...

The International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) yesterday announced that a Kuwaiti player had refused to face her Israeli opponent in the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup. Kholoud Al-Mutairi...

On Wednesday the Iraqi Council of Representatives approved, in the first reading, a draft bill banning normalisation of ties with Israel. If passed, it will make Iraq the first...

Seven expatriates are currently on trial in Kuwait on charges of money laundering by illegally raking in 60.3 million Kuwaiti dinars (roughly $196.5 million) between July 2019 and October...

A Kuwaiti Emiri decree accepted the resignation of the government today, more than a month after it was submitted, state news agency KUNA reported. The decree asked the government to stay on...

Media reports about a security threat between Iraq and Kuwait are "groundless," the Iraqi embassy in Kuwait insisted yesterday. "No truth in what is was recently reported about the...

Kuwait yesterday warned of the consequences of Israel's plans to expand illegal Jewish settlements built in occupied Palestinian territories, Quds Press reported. In a statement, Kuwait warned against the repercussions of...

Kuwait announced yesterday that it is donating $2 million to the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), Kuwait Ambassador to Jordan, Aziz Al-Dijani, said. In a press release, Al-Dijani...

Kuwait yesterday summoned the Iraqi ambassador to protest against recent remarks by a lawmaker who accused the Gulf state of "assulting Iraqi fishermen." According to a statement by the...

A Kuwaiti diplomat in Washington has survived a gun attack in the US capital, Al-Rai newspaper has reported. Mohammad Al-Omairi's vehicle was hit by 14 bullets. Kuwaiti diplomat Mohammad...

In a joint statement, 36 Kuwaiti NGOs expressed on Sunday their support for Al-Aqsa Mosque and called for international intervention to stop the ongoing Israeli attacks. The Kuwaiti NGOs...

The Kuwaiti charity Namaa launched a relief campaign on Friday in support of the holy city of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque, Quds Press reported. "Supporting the Palestinians is a...

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait yesterday reiterated a call for Iran to join negotiations on defining the eastern boundary of the Dorra gas field. "Saudi Arabia and … Kuwait affirmed their...

The Indian film Beast, due to be released tomorrow, has been banned in Kuwait and Qatar after government disapproval of the film's reportedly stereotyped depiction of Muslims as terrorists...

The Libyan national team has refused to face Israeli opponents at the World Fencing Championships in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in solidarity with the Palestinian cause. The national...

Kuwait has raised the official selling prices (OSPs) for two crude grades it sells to Asia in May to record levels, a price document reviewed by Reuters showed today. The producer...

Kuwait has vowed support to cash-strapped Lebanon, the Lebanese government said on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati received a phone call from Kuwaiti Foreign Minister...

The Egyptian Supreme State Security Criminal Court at the Tura Courts Complex, south of Cairo, issued a judgment on Thursday convicting defendants in the case known in the media...

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Yemen yesterday announced a return of their ambassadors to Lebanon in a sign of improving ties that hit rock bottom last year when the kingdom...

Some 134,160 expats left Kuwait during 2021, while the number of migrants arriving to take up jobs in the kingdom decreased to 1.45 million males and females, official data has revealed. Government data...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are to offer support to Lebanon, whose government declared the state and its Central Bank was bankrupt earlier this week. According to a report yesterday by...

Kuwait's government submitted its resignation on Tuesday, state news agency, KUNA reported, ahead of a no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister in Parliament, amid a lengthy political feud that...

Palestinians lauded Al-Fadli's stance

Israel should be expelled from the Inter-Parliamentary Union Kuwait has said