Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Kuwait ruler appoints new cabinet with new oil, finance and defense ministers

Kuwait City - Muslimchronicle

The Kuwaiti ruler swore in a new government on Monday, handing the defense ministry to his eldest son and appointing new oil and finance ministers. The move comes weeks after the previous government, which had been formed a year ago, resigned following a dispute with members of parliament who filed a no-confidence motion against a senior minister. Emir Sheikh SabahRead more

Saudi king absent from Gulf summit attended by Qatar rival

Kuwait City - Muslimchronicle

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday sent his foreign minister to lead the kingdom's delegation to a Gulf summit in Kuwait attended by the ruler of rival Qatar, official media reported. State television showed Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah receiving Saudi Arabia's top diplomat Adel al-Jubeir at the airport as the head of the kingdom's delegation. The summit comes six months after Saudi Arabia,Read more

Saudi king absent from Gulf summit attended by Qatar rival

Kuwait City - Muslimchronicle

Erdogan in Kuwait for 'cooperation' talks

Kuwait City - Muslimchronicle

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with Kuwait's emir on Tuesday, state media reported, as a crisis that has split Qatar from its Gulf neighbours enters its sixth month. Erdogan and Kuwaiti ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah discussed "regional and international developments," the government-run KUNA news agency said. A group of nations led by Saudi Arabia and including Bahrain,Read more

Organizers of Qatar, Global Security & Stability Conference praise efforts to resolve crisis

Doha - Muslimchronicle

The Organizers of Qatar, Global Security & Stability Conference, which is set to be held on September 14, 2017, in London, expressed their great appreciation for the strenuous efforts exerted by His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait, and his diplomatic efforts to resolve Qatar crisis. In a statement to the press released on Friday, the organizers commendedRead more

Kuwaiti opposition leader freed

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Prominent Kuwaiti opposition leader Mussallam Al-Barrak was released from prison Friday after serving a two-year sentence for insulting the emir in public. Barrak, 61, walked out of Kuwait’s central prison to a frenzied reception by hundreds of his relatives and supporters who broke through tight fences and surrounded his vehicle. The former lawmaker, who served six consecutive terms from 1999Read more

Kuwait to restore citizenship of opposition figures

Kuwait City - Arab Today

Kuwait will restore the citizenship of opposition figures and dozens of their relatives nearly three years after revoking it in a crackdown on dissent, lawmakers said Monday. “Our thanks to the emir for his generous gesture of restoring the revoked citizenships,” hard-liner opposition MP Mohammad Al-Dallal tweeted after a meeting with Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Several of the 14Read more