Kuwait

Kuwait’s new ruler Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Wednesday named Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad, deputy head of the country’s National Guard, as crown prince of the U.S.-allied OPEC member state. The selection of Sheikh Meshal, which must…

Kuwait’s new emir has asked the cabinet to carry on its duties and prepare for parliamentary elections due this year after the prime minister handed in his government’s resignation, state news agency KUNA reported on Tuesday. Prime…

Kuwaiti opposition figures proposed electoral reforms and a pardon for dissidents in recent meetings with the prince who has since become the new emir, they said, seeking to improve stormy ties with the government that have sometimes flared…

Kuwait’s new emir was sworn in at parliament on Wednesday as the country prepared to lay to rest late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, who helped steer the state through some of the Middle East’s most turbulent decades. Nawaf, 83,…

The Jordanian authorities have declared a 40-day morning following the death of Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the office of King Abdullah II said on Tuesday. "The Royal Hashemite Court mourns the passing of…

Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah has been named Kuwaiti emir by the country's cabinet, succeeding his deceased brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah. Earlier in the day, Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber…

Kuwait’s prime minister told the cabinet on Monday the health of the 91-year old emir was continuing to improve, according to a cabinet tweet. Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah is in the United States completing medical treatment…

Kuwaiti aircraft leasing company Alafco will buy fewer aircraft from Boeing after reaching an agreement to end its legal claim over a cancelled 737 MAX order, it said on Tuesday. The Kuwaiti lessor will now buy 20 aircraft from Boeing,…

Kuwait’s prime minister assured the cabinet on Monday of the 91-year-old emir’s health which he said had remarkably improved, Kuwait’s Council of Ministers said in a tweet. Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah is in the United States…

In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, researchers confirmed that Iraq continues to pay the price for its occupation of Kuwaiti territory, noting that the gap of mistrust between the peoples of the two…