Kuwaitis have donated nearly $36 million to nine charitable societies licensed by the Ministry of Social Affairs during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Kuwait’s Al-Qabas newspaper reported the...

Kuwaiti lawmaker Safa Al-Hashim said the Kuwaiti National Assembly (parliament) will discuss a draft bill proposing to impose a five per cent tax on all remittances by expatriates. Speaking...

The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has called on members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to put an end to conflicts hampering their own interests....

An activist was sentenced to prison for 5 years after the Kuwaiti Criminal Court found him guilty of criticising the UAE

The Iraqi Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities announced on Tuesday its intention to recover thousands of antiquities from the United States, Anadolu news agency reported. The ministry quoted...

Kuwait Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, said that peace will not be achieved while Israel continues to occupy Palestinian land by force, stressing that settlements...

Kuwait’s Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Mariam Al-Aqeel, has affirmed her country’s keenness to protect the rights of expatriate workers in general and domestic workers in particular, stressing...

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday issued a decree approving a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Gulf state and Egypt “to link the two countries’ manpower...

Kuwait has increased security measures near oil installations and territorial waters amid rising tension between the United States and Iran in the Gulf region, local media said. The new...

Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Monday evening called on the country’s armed forces to take the highest level of caution amid the “dangerous...

An Israeli businessman has sued Kuwait Airways over the airline’s “anti-Semitic discrimination policy.” The Israel Broadcasting Authority yesterday reported that a Frankfurt-based Israeli businessman, identified as Shmuel M., had...

Kuwait will fund the reconstruction of a main border crossing with Iraq, the Iraqi authorities said Sunday. In a statement, the Border Crossing Authority said a memorandum of understanding...

Two people returned to their homes in Kuwait on Tuesday after having been detained in Iran for the past ten days, according to a Kuwaiti diplomatic source. On April...

Plans for Silk City are not going smoothly...

Vice President of Libya’s Presidential Council (PC), Ahmed Maiteeq, said yesterday that the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, fully supports the internationally-backed Government...

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani on Tuesday received the heads of delegations participating in the 16th Ministerial Meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) in Doha....

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has appointed Fahd Ibrahim Al-Mana, as the country’s ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The...

Kuwait is looking at Iranian threats to block the Strait of Hormuz with concern, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Sunday quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled al-Jarallah as saying,...

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Kuwait denied news saying that it exempted Mauritania from debt interest, pointing out that it had replaced interests with investment opportunities. Kuwait’s Ministry of Finance asserted in a statement...

A UN panel has ruled that Kuwait’s national oil company be compensated $240 million for losses incurred during Iraq’s 1990-1991 invasion

Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas has revealed a “dangerous” plan aimed to destabilise Jordan by promoting an individual close to King Abdullah II. The Kuwaiti paper reported security and political sources...

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...