Kuwait

The Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry will increase control and oversight of fruits and vegetables imported from Lebanon in the Kuwaiti markets, Al-Rai newspaper reported yesterday. The Kuwaiti paper quoted...

Farah Hamza Akbar was on Tuesday taken from her car by a man who later stabbed her and left her outside a hospital, the family's lawyer and Kuwait's Interior Ministry said.

The man identified on social media as Fahad Subhi Mohammed was arrested and later released on bail

Kuwait is set to implement value-added and excise taxes amid popular opposition due to the cash crisis resulting from COVID-19 and the instability of oil prices, The New Khalij...

Kuwait's Ministerial Court yesterday ordered the pretrial detention of former Prime Minister, Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, over the alleged mishandling of military funds, local media reported. Anadolu Agency reported a Kuwaiti...

The Central Bank of Kuwait today said on its website it has instructed local banks to appoint Kuwaitis in "leadership positions", as part of a drive to create more...

The Funeral Department of Kuwait Municipality has rejected requests by Buddhists and Hindus to cremate the bodies of their dead in Kuwait, Al Rai newspaper reported yesterday. According to the paper,...

Kuwait's ruler has sent a letter to Turkey's president reaffirming his country's desire to bolster ties with Ankara, Kuwaiti media reported today, Anadolu Agency reports. The letter was delivered by...

Kuwait's State Security Agency has referred a large company for investigation into alleged money laundering after it was found to have had financial ties with the so-called Iranian Fouad...

Jordan's neighbours and allies reacted with statements of support after the Jordanian military said on Saturday that King Abdullah's half-brother and former Crown Prince Hamza bin Hussein had been...

Kuwait on Sunday received from Iraq the third batch of Kuwaiti property and archives that had been seized during Iraq's invasion of its Gulf neighbour in 1990. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry...

A state of popular anger has prevailed in Kuwait following the discovery of Israeli food products being sold in local markets after it was imported from the United Arab...

More than 45,000 housing units are standing vacant in Kuwait due to the repercussions of coronavirus, CSRGulf announced yesterday. "Real estate companies face major problems, especially owners who have...

Saudi Arabia yesterday condemned Israel's continued settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, while Kuwait called on the United Nations to hold the occupation accountable. In a speech to...

Kuwait's Appeals Court sentenced two officers to seven years in prison with hard labour in the case on leaks from the country's State Security Agency. The case dates back...

Former Member of Kuwait's National Assembly, Nasser Al-Duwailah, announced on Tuesday that he was leaving the country after repeated harassment and prosecutions. In a video posted on Twitter, Al-Duwailah posed...

Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid has ordered that charges against a number of Kuwait's MPs should be dropped. The MPs in question were caught celebrating their wins in the...

Turkey's ambassador to Kuwait has said that her country is open to all types of cooperation with Kuwait, including the exchange of information and the transfer of technology in...

The volume of global food waste reached 931 million tonnes in 2019, 40 million of which originated in the Arab world, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced in a report...

The investigation committee in the Kuwaiti ministerial court has ordered the detention of former Interior Minister, Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah, and the former Undersecretary of the Ministry of Defence, Jassar...

The State of Kuwait has topped the list of Gulf countries in terms of political rights and freedoms, a new report by the US-based Freedom House has revealed. The...

Amidst the harsh, rugged environment of Baqa'a refugee camp in Jordan a Palestinian apprentice seamstress runs her hands across rolls of velvet. Hands that speak of a decaying spirit...

Kuwait's Ministry of Industry and Trade has refused to register a trademark with Masonic symbols, the New Khaleej reported local media as saying yesterday. The monitor of trademarks in the ministry,...

The financial advisor to the Iraqi prime minister has revealed that his country has so far paid out $49.5 billion to Kuwait in compensation for the destruction of oil...

Kuwait's General Reserve Fund, managed by the state-run Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA), has insufficient deposits to pay the salaries of public employees next month, a ministerial source told the...

Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday supported Saudi Arabia in rejecting a CIA report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reports Anadolu Agency. The...

Kuwaiti aid organisations sent aid supplies to families in the northern Syria from Turkey's southeastern city of Sanliurfa, Anadolu Agency reports. Thanks to a peaceful and secure environment in Tal Abyad...

Kuwait hosted some meetings a few days ago between official delegations from Qatar, the UAE and Egypt. The Qatari delegation met with UAE officials on 22 February with the...

Delegations from Qatar and Egypt met in Kuwait today for the first time since an agreement last month to end a rift, both countries' foreign ministries said, in a further...

The number of jobs in Kuwait decreased by 4.2 per cent during 2020, recording the highest annual employment losses in nearly 30 years, due to the repercussions of the...

Delegations from the UAE and Qatar met in Kuwait on Monday for the first time since last month's Gulf reconciliation deal to end a rift of more than three...

Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued a decree on Wednesday, suspending parliament's sessions for one month as of Feb. 18, state news agency KUNA said, Reuters reports. The...