The Latest Breaking News from Kuwait

The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of M1A2K tank operational and training ammunition, and related equipment to Kuwait in a deal valued at up to $250 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.

Morocco's Minister of Justice Abdellatif Ouahbi held on Monday in Kuwait talks with his Kuwaiti counterpart Jamal Hadhel Salem Al-Jalawi. During the meeting, Ouahbi highlighted the Moroccan experience in the field of justice at the levels of legislation, infrastructure, digitization, training and future plans. Ouahbi stressed the importance of cooperation…

The permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and the international community called on the Yemeni parties to urgently intensify, and be flexible in, the negotiations under the auspices of the UN in order to agree on an expanded truce that could be translated into a durable ceasefire. Deputy…

The Kuwaiti court of appeals annulled the disqualification of three parliamentary elections candidates and suspended decisions on five others until the constitutional court reaches a ruling on the “offender” law, thus allowing all the candidates to run in the elections that will be held on Sept. 29. The court, headed…

An agreement to transport Egyptian gas to Lebanon via Syria is currently disrupted by Lebanon’s failure to meet the conditions for obtaining a World Bank loan and Washington’s reluctance to give an official approval confirming that the deal is not affected by the Caesar Act, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat on…

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of condolences to Kuwait Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah over the death of Sheikh Saud Fadhil Sabah Al-Mohamed Al-Sabah. In his cable, the King expressed profound sorrow and sadness to His Highness and family of the deceased,…

The Lebanese authorities have thwarted an attempt to smuggle one million Captagon pills to Kuwait via Sudan. The Minister of Interior and Municipalities in the caretaker government, Bassam Mawlawi, said that the illicit haul was heading to Kuwait via Sudan and was seized by the Lebanese security services in Beirut…

The state-owned Kuwait oil company aims to increase natural gas production to meet local demand, the company's acting chief executive officer Khaled Nayef Al Otaibi said on Sunday. "With the world recovering from the disruptions caused by COVID-19 pandemic, demand for oil and gas returned to its pre-pandemic levels in…

Khaled Al-Duwaisan, 75, an ambassador of 30 years, spoke with the PA news agency from his home in Kuwait.

Leo Docherty has accepted over £30,000 in hospitality from countries such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and the UAE since 2017

Member states of the Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) agreed Tuesday to adopt the Riyadh AI Call for Action Declaration (RAICA), which seeks to use AI technology to benefit people, communities, nations, and the world. The declaration, announced at Saudi Arabia’s Second Global AI Summit, was signed by all members of…