Kuwait
Qatar designates IS affiliate ‘Sinai Province’ as a terrorist group
Egypt
March 22, 2018
Qatar designates IS affiliate ‘Sinai Province’ as a terrorist group
In response to one of 13 demands issued by the quartet of Arab countries boycotting Qatar, the Qatari Interior Ministry…
Kuwait plans $6.6 billion industrial city: official
Middle East
March 21, 2018
Kuwait plans $6.6 billion industrial city: official
Kuwait’s Public Authority for Industry (PAI) plans to set up a multi-purpose industrial city in the Gulf Arab state with…
Egypt, UAE stress commitment to 13 Qatar reconciliation demands
Egypt
March 19, 2018
Egypt, UAE stress commitment to 13 Qatar reconciliation demands
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed stressed in Sunday’s meeting in Cairo that they…
EgyptAir denies presence of snake on plane en route to Kuwait
Egypt
March 18, 2018
EgyptAir denies presence of snake on plane en route to Kuwait
EgyptAir denied news reports about a snake allegedly being on board one of its passenger planes heading from Cairo to…
Saudi Arabia: Critics slam human trafficking of Moroccan ‘maids for sale’
Middle East
March 1, 2018
Saudi Arabia: Critics slam human trafficking of Moroccan ‘maids for sale’
Controversy surrounds Saudi Twitter ads depicting Moroccan women for sale as domestic servants in the oil-rich kingdom. The case has…
Minister calls on Egyptians in Kuwait to vote in presidential elections
Egypt
February 19, 2018
Minister calls on Egyptians in Kuwait to vote in presidential elections
Egypt’s Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriates’ Affairs Nabila Makram met with the Egyptian community in Kuwait on Monday to…
$30 billion pledged in Kuwait at summit to rebuild Iraq
Middle East
February 15, 2018
$30 billion pledged in Kuwait at summit to rebuild Iraq
International donors pledged $30 billion to help rebuild Iraq after the war against the Islamic State group, Kuwait announced Wednesday,…
Kuwait releases man who brutally assaulted Egyptian worker
Egypt
February 14, 2018
Kuwait releases man who brutally assaulted Egyptian worker
Kuwaiti prosecution released a man accused of brutally assaulting an Egyptian worker at a central marketplace in the al-Shuwaikh area…
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Islamic State to cost $88 billion
Middle East
February 12, 2018
Iraq says reconstruction after war on Islamic State to cost $88 billion
Rebuilding Iraq after three years of war with Islamic State will cost more than $88 billion, with housing a particularly…
Four Egyptians arrested in Kuwait for selling $7 mn on the black market
Egypt
January 26, 2018
Four Egyptians arrested in Kuwait for selling $7 mn on the black market
Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai reported on Friday that four Egyptians have been arrested by Kuwaiti police for possession of $7 million,…