During their stay in Georgia, two Saudi sisters sought help, after running away from their family in Saudi Arabia, in the latest escape case from the Kingdom. The two...

Kuwait’s Consul General in Erbil, Dr. Omar Al-Kandari, said corruption and a lack of security are two of the major obstacles facing reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Kuwaiti Consul...

The deputy of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has apologised to Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah for invading his country in the 1990s, admitting that Kuwait was never part of Iraq

The Kuwaiti authorities announced, Tuesday, the banning of imported Indian, British and American food products. The Secretary-General of the Kuwaiti Higher Committee for Food Safety at the Public Authority...

Arab normalisation with Israel has entered a new phase in the last ten years, with the Gulf’s openness to Tel Aviv and the establishment of direct relations with it....

Kuwaiti Health Minister Bassel Hamoud Al-Sabah has ordered that a committee be formed to impose compulsory health insurance for foreigners visiting the country, the Kuwaiti health ministry said in...

Arab leaders said on Sunday they would seek a UN Security Council resolution against the US decision to recognise Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and promised to support...

Policies pursued by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries to reduce the number of expatriates and replace them with local citizens over the past few years are increasing pressure...

The Kuwaiti Minister of Oil, Electricity and Water Khalid Al-Fadhil said as many as 39,269 mines have been discovered and removed from oil sites since the Iraqi invasion in...

Among the most pressing issues of the 21st century, “othering” and “belonging” have become common themes. These are part of the broader issues of nations and nationalism, and homogeneous...

Twelve Kuwaiti nationals have renounced their citizenships after “breaking the law” by having dual nationalities, Al-Qabas reported yesterday. Quoting a state order, the local agency pointed out that the Kuwaiti government...

Kuwaiti authorities on Monday arrested a Syrian businessman and five of his assistants believed to be close to regime President Bashar Al-Assad on charges of money laundering, local media...

Gulf countries have supported Egypt with nearly $92 billion since the revolution that overthrew the regime of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Sources in the Central Bank of Egypt...

Qatari officials will meet with FIFA’s leadership in Miami on Friday as world football’s governing body discusses the possibility of expanding the 2022 World Cup and adding new host...

A recent poll conducted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy has shown that 85 per cent of Kuwaitis oppose normalising ties with Israel The poll also found...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Kuwait on Tuesday as part of a wider tour of the Gulf region, according to the Kuwait News Agency, Anadolu reports. Lavrov...

Saudi Arabia, UAE and Egypt yesterday rejected a statement by the Union of Arab Parliaments which called for stopping normalisation with Israel, the Shehab news agency reported. Speaker of...

Many countries have increased their donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) following the United States (US) decision to...

Behind every headline there is a multi-layered story, and behind some stories there is a Muslim reading it and rolling their eyes. This is particularly true if you are...

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...