The Latest Breaking News from Kuwait

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that recent statements by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait augur that the “cloud” that hovered over the country’s relations with the Gulf States is “fading away.” In remarks during a cabinet session on Wednesday, Mikati expressed commitment to the implementation of the ministerial policy statement,…

The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry welcomed on Tuesday the Lebanese government's commitment to restoring ties with the Gulf countries. Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati discussed in a phone call with Kuwait's foreign minister, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, efforts to return Lebanese-Gulf relations to normal, Mikati's office said in a statement…

Kuwait’s government proposed gradually raising the retirement age by three years starting from 2024, its finance minister Abulwahab Mohammed al-Rushaid said on Thursday. The government will also present a law in parliament about paying retirees a one-time grant of 3,000 dinars, al-Rushaid added

Pillola Venkatesh was arrested on charges of murdering his employer’s family

Kuwait's Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Youth Affairs Ali Al-Mousa survived on Wednesday a vote of no-confidence. The National Assembly renewed confidence in the minister after 22 members voted in favor out of the 43 MPs who attended the session. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq al-Ghanim said on…

Back in 1990, when Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was blasting his way through Kuwait and threatening to continue his rampage southward down the Arabian Peninsula, Gulf Arab oil leaders were apoplectic with fear and outrage over the violation of a sovereign state’s territory by a tyrant. They jetted to the…

The world is in the grip of an oil price shock. In just a few months, prices have risen from US$65 a barrel to over $130, causing fuel costs to surge, inflationary pressure to rise and consumer tempers to flare. Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, prices were climbing rapidly…

Kuwait issued a new Emiri decree appointing retired General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah as the interior minister, and Sheikh Talal Khaled al-Ahmad al-Sabah as defense minister. They were both appointed as deputies to the prime minister. Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah received the newly-appointed ministers on Wednesday at…

Kuwait has appointed Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as minister of interior and Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as minister of defense, the state news agency said on Wednesday. They were both appointed as deputies to the prime minister, the statement said.