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Egypt and Saudi Arabia have opened their borders to Qatari citizens, Kuwait has announced that both countries as well Bahrain, UAE agree to end more than three years of diplomatic feud. Saudi Arabia according to the Kuwaiti foreign minister Sheikh Read more
A Kuwaiti court Monday handed multiple prison sentences to several state officials charged for embezzling public funds, reports say. A criminal court in the Gulf country, The New Arab reports citing local Al Rai, sentenced two former ministry of health Read more
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have submitted investment offers for two projects at Cairo and Sphinx international airports. The offers have been proposed for cargo villages and logistics areas at both airports. The Egyptian ministry of Civil aviation is expanding Sphinx Read more
The opposition in Kuwait won Sunday 24 seats of the 50-member parliament following Saturday elections. The electoral committee released the results of the polls that took place in the five districts of the Gulf country. Political parties are banned in Read more
French insurance giant AXA Group announced it has relinquished its Gulf region operations to GIC Gulf Insurance for $290 million as it moves to slim its activities. The transaction will enable GIC Gulf Insurance to take control of Axa Gulf Read more
Kuwaiti authorities have closed eight shops including one selling Israeli goods, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports. The ministry of commerce and industry also said its inspection team seized products made in Israel banned in the local markets according to the Read more
Kuwait has handed over to Egypt three Egyptian residents allegedly members of Muslim Brotherhood, an organization designated criminal in the North African Arab country. The three men, reports say, had been detained and had been charged for “launching an intense Read more
The Kuwaiti parliament today Thursday in unison rubber-stamped the choice of the deputy head of the National Guard Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad as crown prince chosen by new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, reports say. Sheikh Nawaf named Sheikh Meshal Wednesday Read more
Kuwait’s new ruler Sunday pledged to remain constant with the country’s alignment with Palestinian cause amid decay in support for the Arab League member. Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, reports say, made the remark, during a meeting with Read more
Bahrain has temporarily suspended flights to a number of destinations judged risky as part of the Gulf country’s efforts to stem the spread of covid-19 pandemic. The Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Telecommunications Mohammed Thamer Al-Kaabi, Read more