Kuwait has reiterated its rejection of Arab countries’ normalisation with Israel, slamming those ministers who met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at last week’s Warsaw Conference. In a...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit Kuwait next month to hold the third round of strategic dialogue between the two countries, Kuwait’s state news agency quoted the...

US Vice President Mike Pence accused European powers on Thursday of undermining Washington’s crackdown on Iran by trying to break US sanctions against Tehran, in remarks that were likely...

A Kuwaiti couple has divorced just three minutes after tying the knot, social media users have reported. This came after the groom called the bride “stupid” as she stumbled...

The US blocked a draft United Nations Security Council statement yesterday from issuing a statement that would have expressed concerns over Israel’s decision to expel the international observatory task...

Pope Francis is hoping to persuade a country enmeshed in a regional war that he has condemned to give Catholics more freedom when he becomes the first pontiff to...

Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Khalid Al-Jarallah, said Monday that there is no imminent prospect of a solution to the Gulf crisis. “The crisis has not stopped and the media...

Kuwait’s Public Prosecutor yesterday referred 26 former and current senior officers and officials of the interior ministry to criminal court on graft charges. The prosecution said in a statement...

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) yesterday announced the postponement of the repayment of three Saudi deposits worth $6.6 billion for an additional year. Al-Araby Al-Jadeed quoted CBE in...

Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah said that his country has no intention to normalise relations with Israel. Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai quoted Al-Jarallah as saying that “there are no...

Bloomberg and Credit Suisse have noted that Kuwait is the most attractive Gulf country for investors. The Kuwaiti stock market recorded $800 million in August, compared to $200 million...

The US troop withdrawal from Syria will not be scuppered despite Turkish threats against Washington’s Kurdish allies there, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, promising to ensure...

The two men in the Trump administration in charge of setting America’s global priorities are crisscrossing the Middle East this week, dividing up an already deeply divided region, trying...

Kuwait’s Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab Affairs Fahd Al-Awadhi announced yesterday that his country will host a new round of talks between the warring parties in Yemen. “Kuwait had...

Thai police said that they had allowed the young Saudi girl, Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun, to leave Bangkok airport under the care of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...

Thailand today reversed plans to expel an 18-year-old Saudi woman stranded at Bangkok airport after fleeing her family from Kuwait due to concerns over her safety, the immigration chief...

Kuwait said on Monday it expected more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in “coming days” but added that the move would need a green light from the...

Kuwaiti Deputy FM Khaled Al-Jarallah said today that his country’s embassy in Damascus will not reopen without a greenlight from the Cairo-based Arab League. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Al-Jarallah also criticised...

Iraq and Kuwait have chosen an international consultant to study the development of cross- border oil fields. “The global consulting firm will study the two areas adjacent to the...

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Wednesday announced that talks between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to find a solution to the Gulf...

Kuwait said on Wednesday that it had objected to the British draft resolution on the Yemeni crisis to the members of the Security Council, “because it did not pay...

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced that foreign investors will be allowed to own and trade in bank shares without caps. According to the decision, foreign ownership...

Kuwait and the UK have reached an agreement to establish a British naval base in Kuwait to train the Kuwaiti army. Kuwait’s Al-Rai newspaper yesterday quoting unnamed diplomatic sources...

Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz yesterday criticised the Islamic Republic of Iran for what he said was the republic’s “interference in the internal affairs of neighbouring countries”. “The Iranian...

A Gulf Arab summit called for regional unity as Bahrain and Qatar traded barbs over the Qatari emir’s decision not to attend the gathering in Saudi Arabia on Sunday...

The Kuwaiti Public Authority for Labour issued a decision to ban women of Moroccan and Tunisian nationalities, under the age of 40, from having work permits anymore, unless they have...

Dubai’s ruler has resisted efforts by Kuwait to release nearly $500 million in frozen funds at the heart of a money-laundering probe straining relations between the two Gulf allies,...

For centuries, the Middle East has cast a long and dark shadow over the legacy of many a statesman wanting to leave his mark on history. Unlike Europeans, the...

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has been marginalised as critical decisions about the oil market are taken by a troika of the United States, Russia and Saudi...

Iran said on Sunday that no fatalities had been reported but that more than 400 people were injured after an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near its western border...

Iraq is seeking to negotiate to postpone or maintain the current instalment of war reparation paid to Kuwait for it’s 1990- 1991 occupation. The Iraqi Parliament Speaker, Mohamed Halbusi...

Iraqi President Barham Salih and Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz discussed on Sunday ways to strengthen bilateral relations and the developments in the Middle East. This came in a...