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The Saudi-led military coalition and the Houthi Movement swapped prisoners on Monday ahead of the scheduled ceasefire on April 10 and the peace talks to commence eight days later in Kuwait. It is the second prisoner exchange of the month Read more
A ceasefire is expected to be implemented in Yemen on April 10 ahead of the peace talks scheduled to take place on April 18 in Kuwait with the UN special envoy Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed saying that “this is really Read more
Positive developments could be made in the Yemeni war after UN special envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed announced a meeting of the warring parties will be held in Kuwait by the end of the month. He said the Read more
Kuwait’s acting Finance minister Anas Khalid Al Saleh announced that the cabinet has agreed on a string of reforms by approving the introduction of a proposed 10% corporate tax on profits and privatizing some government services and facilities amongst them Read more
Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) namely Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have labelled the Lebanese-based Hezbollah as a terrorist organization a day after Nasrallah lambasted Riyadh for its actions against Lebanon because Read more
Politicians in Lebanon are in disarray following the $3million military aid suspension to the Lebanese army by Riyadh that was followed few days after by travel warnings from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait to the country. The decision is believed Read more
Khalil Abudllah, a member of the Kuwaiti parliament, urged the Government to adopt knowledge economy strategies pledging that the parliament will support such efforts. Addressing a two-day international forum held in Kuwait, the MP said the Government possesses the apparatuses Read more
Talks between the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on the possibility to build a regional missile defense system are progressing. The announcement was made by Commander Hamad Al Khalifah of the Royal Bahraini Air Force on the sidelines Read more
Shia members of the Kuwaiti parliament apparently boycotted Wednesday sessions to protest a court ruling which found 21 Kuwaiti Shias and an Iranian citizen guilty of spying for Iran and planning attacks against the country. One of the defendants and Read more
As tensions continue to rise in Iraq over the execution of Shia cleric sheikh al-Nimr by Saudi, the oil-rich diplomatic mission in Baghdad which opened its doors last week after 24years increased security around its premises as a precautionary measure Read more