Kuwait

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki and his Kuwaiti counterpart Sabah Khalid Sabah yesterday signed two cooperation agreements during the latter's visit to the West Bank city of Ramallah. One...

A delegation of Kuwaiti doctors has set out for the embattled Gaza Strip to help treat thousands of Palestinians injured during Israel's recent military onslaught on the coastal enclave,...

Later this month Kuwait is in the dock once more on terror financing. The Financial Action Task Force, a group of super-hero accountants, will be reviewing financial regulations and...

Kuwaiti foreign minister Sabah Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah said that the return of withdrawn Gulf ambassadors to Doha "could happen anytime." At a joint press conference with the secretary general...

The governmental committee charged with receiving delegates in Gaza denounced the Egyptian authorities for denying a Kuwaiti aid delegation entry into the Strip. The committee, affiliated with the Palestinian...

The Kuwaiti cabinet decided on Monday to revoke the citizenship of a prominent Islamic cleric along with nine other Kuwaitis, citing "security reasons". Al-Resalah newspaper reported that this decision...

The Kuwaiti Cabinet decided yesterday to withdraw the Kuwaiti citizenship from two pro-opposition members and their families and to close several associations belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood and the...

The Kuwaiti government hinted, in a statement yesterday, that it would withdraw nationalities from individuals who "practice activities" aimed at "undermining the state's security and stability" which was considered...

Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader and former Minister of Parliament Musallam Al-Barrak promised that marches organised by his supporters will continue to sweep the streets of Kuwait until they attain...

Kuwait and Qatar condemned on Monday the latest Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, in which a number of Palestinians were killed and injured. Qatar expressed its strong condemnation...

Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad arrived on Sunday evening in Kuwait for a brief visit to congratulate his counterpart, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Subah, during the month...

The Kuwaiti government vowed to confront all types of riots after police dispersed public protests on Thursday. Protesters allegedly threw stones, burned tyres and blocked roads, Kuwaiti news agency...

The Kuwaiti ministry of interior instructed its forces on border crossings to remain on high alert in anticipation of a possible attack by militants from the Islamic State in...

The former prime minister of Kuwait, Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has expressed his willingness to cooperate with the judicial investigation into an alleged coup plot and corruption. Sheikh...

The Kuwaiti army has denied statements attributed to Defence Minister Khalid Al-Sabah in which he allegedly said that his army was ready to intervene militarily in Iraq. A press...

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Dr Ali Al-Omair said that his country is still considering the prices of the gas he wants to import from Iran, pointing out that no agreement...

"The battle starts tonight," Musallam Al-Barrak told several thousand Kuwaitis gathered outside their Parliament building last night. Al-Barrak, the popular ex-Member of Parliament and pro-democracy activist, had promised an...

Kuwait's Public Prosecutor has ordered the shutdown of two prominent daily newspapers for reporting news about videotapes which included conversations referring to the removal of the regime. It is...

The ambassadors of the three Gulf States, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain, who were withdrawn on March 5, are to return to their offices in Doha within days,...

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait have transferred billions of dollars to Egypt since the overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood, to heal the rift that hit the...

Internet users have published a video recording showing the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's arrival in the Iranian capital, Tehran. He was "still under the influence...

The visit of Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to Iran last Sunday didn't succeed in paving the way for Saudi-Iranian understanding and reconciliation, diplomatic sources revealed. Iranians appeared...

Foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) said on Monday that the Syrian presidential election undermines efforts to reach a political solution to the crisis and they reinforced...

Analysts suggest that Gulf countries are expecting tangible steps from Iran to prove its willingness to change its policies in the region ahead of the planned visit by Kuwaiti...

More than 200 Muslim scholars issued a fatwa on Sunday forbidding participation in the current presidential elections in Egypt. The fatwa has been announced at a press conference in...

The oil producing Gulf States have so far provided Egypt with $6 billion worth of free oil since last July, the head of Egypt's General Petroleum Corporation revealed. Al-Mal,...

Two Kuwaiti members of parliament resigned in protest on Wednesday after the parliament refused to grant their request to question Kuwait's Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah over allegations...

Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome met on Monday with Rashad Mustafa Shawa, chairperson of the Swiss water company Mai Resources International, to discuss the mechanisms of exporting his country's Nile...

The Arab Parliament called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories to achieve peace and stability in the region. Kuwait's chief delegate and parliamentary speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim...

A Kuwaiti court ordered two Kuwaiti newspapers to stop printing on Sunday for two weeks for violating orders which prohibit the publication of information about an alleged coup plot...

So who won the diplomatic war of words that threatened to fragment the Gulf Cooperation Council, and make a nonsense of its name? Did the Saudis step back from...

The dispute between the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar "will be resolved soon" as things are "moving in a positive direction towards containing the issue", Kuwait's Foreign Ministry...