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Kuwait’s Parliament Endorses Sheikh Meshal as Crown Prince

Kuwait’s parliament has unanimously voted to endorse Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah as new crown prince of the oil-rich Persian Gulf kingdom. The parliament made the announcement in a post on its Twitter account on Thursday, saying the approval came after Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah ...

October 8, 2020

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Kuwait's new Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Kuwaiti Emir Names Top Security Official as Crown Prince

Kuwait’s new emir, Sheikh Nawaf, on Wednesday named Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a long-serving top security official, as crown prince. Sheikh Meshal, 80, has been deputy chief of the Kuwait National Guard since 2004, largely staying out of the political scene and away from disputes within the royal family. ...

October 7, 2020

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Kuwait’s New Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Takes Oath of Office

Kuwait’s cabinet named Sheikh Nawaf the new emir on Tuesday after his older brother Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah passed away aged 91. Kuwait has sworn in new Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The ceremony took place before the National Assembly in Kuwait City, according to local media outlets who ...

September 30, 2020

Middle East

Kuwait’s Emir, Sheikh Sabah, Dies at Age 91: Palace

Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, who ruled over his oil-rich country since 2006 and had been its foreign minister for 40 years has died. He was 91. He is succeeded by his 83-year-old half-brother, Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah. “With great sadness and ...

September 29, 2020

Middle East

Kuwaiti Speaker Expresses Solidarity with Iran over Coronavirus Battle

Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Marzouq al-Ghanim expressed his country’s solidarity with Iran in dealing with the novel coronavirus pandemic. In a telephone conversation with Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday, Ghanim said the Kuwaiti and Iranian nations stand united in the battle with COVID-19, Tasnim news agency ...

April 19, 2020

Middle East

Kuwait Suspends Flights to and from Several States for a Week Over Coronavirus

Kuwait has suspended flights to and from Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Bangladesh, Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka for a week beginning on Saturday, the country’s civil aviation authority said in a tweet. The General Administration of Civil Aviation has issued a circular to the airlines operating at Kuwait International Airport indicating ...

March 7, 2020

Middle East

Kuwait’s Al-Ghanem Throws Trump’s Mideast Plan in “Dustbin of History”

Head of the Kuwaiti Umma Council, Marzouk Al-Ghanem, expressed his firm rejection of the US Mideast plan during an urgent meeting for the Arab Parliamentary Union in Amman on Saturday. Al-Ghanem threw the documents of the so-called “deal of the century” in the dustbin, stressing that the plan’s suitable position ...

February 8, 2020

Middle East

Kuwait Calls for Reactivating Nuclear Agreement: Iran is a Neighbor State

Kuwait’s envoy to the United Nations Mansour Ayyad Al-Otaibi hoped that and agreement to amend the nuclear agreement with Iran in order to reassure the regional countries and the international community that Tehran does not intend to possess military weapons. Al-Otaibi stressed that Kuwait does not support imposing sanctions on Iran, ...

December 13, 2019

Middle East

Kuwait Says conveyed messages from Iran to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain

Kuwait’s deputy foreign minister Khaled al-Jarallah said on Tuesday that Kuwait conveyed messages from Iran to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain regarding the situation in the Gulf region. Reuters news agency quoted the Kuwaiti official as saying that “until now no answers have emerged”. The Iranian Foreign Ministry had said last ...

November 6, 2019

Middle East

Kuwaiti Ports Authority Says Signed Agreement with Navy to Protect Ports

The Kuwaiti Port Authority (KPA) and Defense Ministry signed a cooperation protocol on measures for ensuring nationwide protection of the country’s ports by Navy amid growing escalation in the Persian Gulf, the KPA Director General Yusuf Abdullah Sabah said on Saturday. On Thursday, US Army Gen. Mark Milley said the ...

July 14, 2019