Yesterday Kuwait announced a government reduction in the country’s energy sector’s operating spending, due to the oil price collapse recently caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The CEO of the...

Kuwait has taken a number of measures to support small and medium-sized companies and individuals to face the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic. The Kuwait Banking Association said...

Kuwait has recorded a noticeable decrease in the number of coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours. The spokesperson for the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health, Abdullah al-Sanad, said yesterday...

The Philippines and India have refused to receive 340 of their nationals who were convicted of violations and were instructed to be expelled from Kuwait. The two countries insist on obtaining...

Health authorities in Palestine, Oman, Lebanon, and Kuwait reported fresh cases of the novel coronavirus on Saturday. In statements, Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila said four new cases were...

Kuwait yesterday announced that it was donating $10 million to help Iran battle against the novel coronavirus, the Tasnim news agency reported. The announcement was made in a telephone...

So people don't get infected by coronavirus

Authorities in Kuwait, Algeria and Jordan on Sunday reported new cases of the novel coronavirus, Anadolu Agency reports. In a press conference, a spokesman for Kuwait’s Health Ministry said eight...

Gulf Arab states expanded measures to contain the spread of coronavirus on Sunday with Oman banning open ship-to-ship transfers with Iranian vessels, Abu Dhabi’s bourse closing trading halls and...

United Nations (UN) secretary-general, António Guterres, yesterday announced the designation of Stephanie Turco Williams as the new Acting Special Representative in Libya and the Head of the United Nations...

The Central Bank of Kuwait announced on Sunday the allocation of a financial fund worth 10 million Kuwaiti dinars (more than $ 32 million) to support efforts to combat...

Kuwait confirmed three new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases of to 61, according to its Health Ministry, Anadolu Agency reports. “Three new confirmed cases...

Egyptian international cooperation minister, Rania Al-Mashat, is in talks with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) to finance the second phase of development projects in Egypt’s Sinai...

Kuwait’s interior ministry has suspended the issuance of entry visas for Egyptian nationals amid fears of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak; Al-Qabas newspaper quoted a local security source as saying...

Kuwait confirmed two more cases of the new coronavirus today, taking the toll to 45, according to its Health Ministry. “The two cases were in contact with the infected...

As part of efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Kuwait will temporarily not allow Gulf citizens to enter the country using their national identity cards, Kuwait’s Interior...

Authorities in Kuwait announced on Wednesday 26 February that it would close schools for two weeks at the beginning of March, out of fear of the Coronavirus, after registering...

Iraq banned all public gatherings and barred entry by travellers from Kuwait and Bahrain, the health minister said on Wednesday, banning travel to or from a total of nine...

Some 800 Kuwaitis have been evacuated from the Iranian city of Mashhad onboard six flights following the outbreak of the coronavirus, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Abdullah Al-Sanad,...

Kuwaiti Airways has suspended all its flights to Iran since Friday after reports of an outbreak of coronavirus in the country, QNA reported. In a statement, the airways confirmed:...

Kuwait’s Emir has pardoned two prisoners who have been held in jail for 28 years charged with collaborating with Iraq’s invasion of the Gulf state, Attorney General Hamad Al-Duaij...

Kuwait has established “an urgent plan” to nationalise 100 per cent of all the technical, supervisory and executive jobs in the oil sector by January 2021, the country’s state-run...

Iraqi foreign minister, Mohammed Alhakim, and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Nasser Al-Sabah, have discussed ending differences between their countries, Anadolu Agency reported on Friday. According to a statement issued by...

The Philippines yesterday announced a “total lift” to a ban on sending local household workers to Kuwait. Philippine labour minister, Silvestre Bello III, told Kuwait’s Al-Qabas that the ban...

A street in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas has been named after Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, in recognition of his continued support for the Palestinian people....

It is not unusual for Kuwait to have a position on Trump’s deal of the century that is miles ahead of the other members of the Arab League. Kuwait’s...

Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim threw, on Saturday, a copy of the US’ so-called “deal of the century” in the bin, stressing that it “was born dead” and “should...

Kuwait’s anti-corruption authority (NAZAHA) said on Thursday it was open to receiving any information about alleged bribes paid to secure Airbus plane orders involving Kuwaiti parties, according to the...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday Gulf Arab states — some of the world’s richest countries — could see their financial wealth depleted in the next 15...

Egypt has been delaying responding to a Kuwaiti request to receive its nationals who were detained in the Gulf state, Al-Qabas newspaper reported. The paper said Kuwait has communicated...

Saudi Arabia and Kuwaiti yesterday started preparing for the resumption of production from the Khafji oilfield jointly operated by the two countries. Kuwait’s Al-Rai quoted local sources as saying...

The father of a Filipina domestic worker who was sexually abused and beaten to death by her employers in Kuwait has refused financial compensation for her death, local media...