Kuwait
Kuwait to sell local currency bonds by year-end to met deficit: minister
Business
September 15, 2015
Kuwait to sell local currency bonds by year-end to met deficit: minister
Kuwait plans to issue bonds denominated in local currency by the end of this year to help the Gulf Arab…
Eurofighter says Kuwait purchasing 28 warplanes
Middle East
September 12, 2015
Eurofighter says Kuwait purchasing 28 warplanes
Kuwait has agreed to buy 28 Typhoon warplanes, becoming the third country in the Gulf region to order the combat…
Five-member Egyptian family dies in Kuwait fire
Egypt
August 22, 2015
Five-member Egyptian family dies in Kuwait fire
An Egyptian man, his wife and their three children died of suffocation resulting from a blaze that caught at their…
Emir says Kuwaitis foil bid to sow sectarian divisions after bombing
Middle East
July 9, 2015
Emir says Kuwaitis foil bid to sow sectarian divisions after bombing
The emir of Kuwait said on Thursday his country had thwarted attempts to sow sectarian divisions after last month's suicide…
HRW urges Gulf states to follow Kuwait on maid rights
Middle East
July 1, 2015
HRW urges Gulf states to follow Kuwait on maid rights
Kuwait's first-ever legislation on the rights of domestic helpers is a "major step" that other Gulf states should follow, Human…
Newspaper: Kuwait detains 60 suspected of Islamist militant links
Middle East
June 30, 2015
Newspaper: Kuwait detains 60 suspected of Islamist militant links
Kuwait has detained 60 people and closed a local charity for alleged violations in raising funds for Syrians, local media…
Ministry: Kuwait Shi’ite mosque bomber was Saudi national
Middle East
June 28, 2015
Ministry: Kuwait Shi’ite mosque bomber was Saudi national
A suicide bomber who carried out a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group on a Shi'ite mosque in…
Kuwait to bury victims of IS mosque bombing
Middle East
June 27, 2015
Kuwait to bury victims of IS mosque bombing
Kuwait is to hold a mass funeral on Saturday for 26 people killed in a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite…
Muslim clerics denounce attacks on Tunisia, Kuwait, France
Egypt
June 26, 2015
Muslim clerics denounce attacks on Tunisia, Kuwait, France
Muslim clerics condemned three militant attacks in Tunisia, Kuwait and France on Friday that killed dozens of people including holidaymakers.Al-Azhar,…
Egypt renews confidence in Kuwait as head of OCI ministerial council
Middle East
May 27, 2015
Egypt renews confidence in Kuwait as head of OCI ministerial council
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has renewed confidence in Kuwait as the head of the foreign ministers council at the…