Kuwait

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Education will lay off more than 2,000 expatriate teachers and department heads in 14 specialisations by the end of the current academic year 2022-2023, Kuwait's Al-Qabas newspaper...

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Sunday called on the US to assume its responsibility towards responding to Israeli measures and statements against the Palestinians, Anadolu reports. Last week,...

Following a diplomatic thaw between regional arch-foes, Iran and Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom's top diplomat on Wednesday phoned his Iranian counterpart to convey his well wishes upon the arrival...

Much has been made of the West's decades-long energy suicide, especially amid its acceleration over the past few years. The introduction of policies to drive forward a green revolution...

Kuwait and Britain held the first round of strategic dialogue meetings in the British capital, London, yesterday. The Kuwaiti side was headed by Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah,...

Iraq paid a total of $52.4 billion in war reparations that it owed for Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq was compelled to make this payment when the...

Tensions over plans to transform Air India into a global airline with hundreds of new jets rippled across the aviation sector on Tuesday, as foreign carriers clamoured for more...

The 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator who had inflicted reckless wars and economic misery on his fellow Iraqis, and then to usher in...

Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad yesterday called for fighting propaganda and supporting the Palestinian cause, Al Khaleej Online reported. His remarks came during the 98th meeting of the Standing Committee...

Following its recent rapprochement with Saudi Arabia, Iran is now seeking to restore relations with Bahrain and several other countries in the region, a spokesman for the foreign ministry...

Iran and Kuwait are discussing the demarcation of their maritime borders, amid assurances that this will be done in "a manner consistent with the rules of international law," the...

Since the devastating twin earthquakes that killed thousands of people in Turkiye and Syria last month, the Arab world has provided great support and assistance to the victims of...

Iraq has begun enforcing a 2016 ban on alcoholic beverages, an official document showed, a move some Iraqis attribute to the growing clout of Islamic religious parties that they...

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevgeny Ivanov announced that work is underway to waive entry visas for Russian citizens with 11 countries, including four Arab countries; Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia and...

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday issued a decree reappointing Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Sabah as prime minister. The decree also assigned Sheikh Ahmed to nominate members...

Turkiye's ambassador to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday thanked the leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for providing urgent relief to his country's earthquake-hit regions. Fatih Ulusoy also congratulated Jasem...

Kuwait celebrated its 62nd National Day yesterday, which also marked its 32nd Liberation Day, Anadolu has reported. Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Jaber Al-Sabah thanked Arab leaders for their congratulations...

The Turkish Embassy in Kuwait said, Thursday, that it continues to deliver humanitarian aid collected within the framework of the aid campaign it organised for those affected by the...

Kuwait and Iraq will hold a round of legal and technical talks on Sunday as they look to bring an end to a maritime border dispute, which if resolved...

Yemeni activist and Nobel laureate, Tawakkol Karman, deemed Arab widespread solidarity and sympathy with Turkiye amid the devastating earthquake disaster a "no surprise". In an interview with Anadolu, Karman...

Kuwait and Britain have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish joint strategic dialogue as well as an agreement on restoring the funds recovered by London and which...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has accused social media platforms of driving a wedge between his country and the Gulf states, especially the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Speaking during...

Several Arab countries have extended vital support, with rescue teams and relief supplies, to help in earthquake relief operations in Turkiye and Syria. More than 19,300 people have died...

More than 500,000 people have participated in a popular donation campaign in Saudi Arabia for the relief of Turkiye and Syria, with a total of more than 192 million...

The Philippines has temporarily halted sending new domestic workers to Kuwait after the grotesque murder of 35-year-old domestic worker Jullebee Ranara in the Gulf country last month. Philippine Migrant...

Thirty-nine members of the Kuwaiti parliament, the National Assembly, have called on the political leadership to name a prime minister and form a new government promptly. The move comes...

Arab countries, on Monday, dispatched rescue teams to Turkiye following a deadly earthquake that killed hundreds and injured thousands, Anadolu News Agency reports. A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck south-eastern...

Kuwaiti activists, NGOs and political factions organised, on Friday, a massive rally in solidarity with Palestinian people, Quds Press reported. The participants expressed their support for the Palestinians and...

Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has told Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait and Qatar that his country is acting for the sake of Palestine. Observers believe that this means that...

Official Kuwaiti data revealed yesterday that the country's foreign reserves increased by eight per cent in 2022, amid improved oil revenues. The Central Bank of Kuwait's monthly report indicated...

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Saturday called for European action against the repeated burning of the Quran, Islam's holy book, reports Anadolu Agency. On Friday, Swedish-Danish politician Rasmus Paludan,...

As many as 41 Kuwaiti lawmakers condemned, on Tuesday, the burning of a copy of the Holy Quran by Swedish-Danish right-wing extremist Stram Kurs Party leader