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OPEC Secretary General predicted Sunday at an oil and gas conference in Kuwait City that the oil market will stabilize next year as global demand is expected to rise and non-cartel members’ production to flatten. “OPEC is confident that it Read more
Proposals made to Kuwait by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut the 2015 budget deficit estimated at around $23.2 billion was not welcomed by the National Assembly because some of the proposed reforms will hurt the livelihood of the Read more
Judge Mohammad al-Duaij read out his ruling of the 26 June suicide attack at the Imam Sadiq mosque in a packed Kuwaiti courtroom with armored vehicles deployed around its perimeter and helicopters hovering above it. Seven suspects were handed the Read more
The traditionally better ties between Tehran and Kuwait City, compared to other Gulf Arab States, could be on the verge of crumbling as reactions from authorities and officials from both ends begin to harden. Following claims and reports in Kuwait Read more
The fragile diplomatic ties between Tehran and Kuwait City that were marred with tensions last week may reach new levels after Hamad al-Harashani, head of the foreign relations committee at the Kuwaiti parliament, said Iran is the “true enemy” of the Gulf States and it Read more
Kuwait’s parliamentary speaker Marzouq Al Ganem has stressed that the country will not spare any state or individual engaged in aiding and promoting terrorist activities on its territory. Investigations are ongoing after a terrorist cell uncovered last week led to Read more
A group of ISIL militants preparing attacks had been arrested by the Kuwait authorities, KUNA state news agency reported on Thursday. As June 26 bombing crackdown continues, Kuwait security authorities nabbed in separate operations a network of ISIL militants who Read more
Iran’s foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Kuwait on Sunday for his first stop in a three-nation regional tour and held talks with acting Kuwaiti Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on bilateral cooperation, regional Read more
29 suspects many of whom are Kuwaitis will be tried for playing a role in last month’s suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque that killed 27 people and injured more than 200. Charges against them vary from the illegal Read more
Kuwait’s budget for the new fiscal year that began on April 1 has a deficit of around 40% mainly due to lower estimates of oil prices. The huge deficit has raised eyebrows but it is believed that it will be Read more