Kuwaitis are holding their breath as the nation looks forward to the decision of the government regarding the looming no-confidence vote by lawmakers over the minister of information and youth.
Reports in the northern Arabian Gulf country said the government would most likely resign this week to show its unwavering support of Shaikh Salman Al Humood and avoid having himRead more
Kuwait on Wednesday hanged seven people including a member of the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of people to death at a wedding party, the authorities said.
Kuwait made the announcement on Wednesday in a statement on its state-run KUNA news agency.
They included two Kuwaitis, two Egyptians and one each from Bangladesh, the Philippines and Ethiopia,Read more
Kuwaitis planning to run in the parliamentary elections must have a clean criminal and honour record and must not have been sentenced for insulting God, prophets or the country’s emir.
The other four conditions are the Kuwaiti citizenship that must not have been acquired through naturalisation, being at least 30 years old on the day of the elections, a goodRead more
Kuwaitis head to the polls on Saturday to elect their new lawmakers for the next four years amid hopes for an end to the turbulent political decade that saw Kuwaitis cast their ballots for parliament six times since 2006.
None of the six parliaments ran out its term and they were all dissolved either through Emiri decrees following political disputesRead more
Kuwaitis went to the polls on Saturday for the first election in nearly four years contested by the opposition amid fresh disputes over cuts in subsidies due to falling oil revenues.
Besides the Emir, senior members of the ruling Al Sabah family hold all top cabinet posts.
But Kuwait’s elected parliament has the powers to hold ministers to account. ThatRead more
A court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced a couple to death after finding them guilty of torturing their three-year-old daughter until she died, it said in a statement.
The parents, both Kuwaitis, were arrested in May and accused of beating and torturing the girl until she died and then keeping her body in a freezer for a week.
The courtRead more
Kuwaitis have begun voting to pick representatives for the parliament as the small, oil-rich country struggles to cope with a slump in oil prices straining public finances.
Polls opened Saturday morning. It is the OPEC nation’s seventh parliamentary election since 2006, the year the current 87-year old emir ascended to the post.
Kuwait has the most freewheeling political system amongRead more
Kuwaitis went to the polls Saturday for the first election in nearly four years contested by the opposition amid fresh disputes over cuts in subsidies due to falling oil revenues.
Besides the emir, senior members of the ruling Al-Sabah family hold all top cabinet posts.
But unusually for the oil-rich Gulf Arab states, Kuwait has an elected parliament with powersRead more