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Prosecution detains ex-candidate
KUWAIT: The public prosecution on Thursday ordered the detention of former candidate in the April National Assembly elections Musaed Al-Qraifa for 21 days pending investigation and trial on charges of insulting the political leadership during an election campaign. Qraifa was interrogated for hours by the public prosecution after he was arrested by state security agents, his lawyer Ahmad Al-Mutairi said. Mutairi alleged that the law was not...
KUWAIT: MPs attend a National Assembly session on April 21, 2024. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
40 lawmakers attend ceremonial opening of Assembly session
KUWAIT: Forty lawmakers attended on Sunday a ceremonial opening session of the new National Assembly “in a bid to ward off any constitutional suspicions”, according to MP Saleh Ashour, who chaired the session as one of the oldest MPs. Ashour adjourned the session immediately after he opened it because the government was not present, a precondition for the session to be legal. The government has not yet been formed following the snap polls on...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Prime Minister-designate Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah to take the oath as the Deputy Amir on April 21, 2024. – KUNA photos
PM-designate named Deputy Amir
KUWAIT: Prime Minister-designate Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah on Sunday took the constitutional oath before HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to become the Deputy Amir. HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal earlier signed a decree appointing Sheikh Ahmad as Deputy Amir while he is abroad. The Amiri decree states that this designation would remain valid until the naming of a Crown Prince, and that the prime minister should comply with...
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Curbs on overseas hiring eased
KUWAIT: The Public Authority of Manpower announced on Thursday the reopening of recruitment of expat manpower from outside the country from June 1 in a move aimed at reducing the cost of labor in the domestic market and fighting trafficking in persons. The authority said the decision was taken during a meeting headed by Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister and acting Interior minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, who also chairs the...
Aerial View of Kuwait Parliament Building during Day
Assembly ‘opener’ on April 21
KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour, the second oldest lawmaker in the National Assembly who will chair the house’s opening session, invited lawmakers on Tuesday to attend the new Assembly’s opener on Sunday, April 21. Ashour said the Assembly’s secretariat contacted former speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun, who is the oldest member at 90 years old, to chair the opening session, but he apologized because he plans to run for the speaker’s post. As a result,...
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Amir names Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah as new premier
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Monday appointed Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah as the new prime minister and asked him to form the new Cabinet. The US-educated Sheikh Ahmad, a veteran member of the Cabinet in the past, replaces HH Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who reportedly declined an offer to form the next Cabinet after barely three months in his post. HH Sheikh Mohammad resigned after the snap...
Aerial View of Kuwait Parliament Building during Day
41 MPs agree on key issues during informal meeting
KUWAIT: As many as 41 of the 50 new MPs held an informal meeting on Sunday and agreed in principle on a number of key issues that must be approved in the shortened term, MP Saud Al-Asfour said. Asfour said five more lawmakers said they couldn’t attend the meeting because they were outside the country. Asfour said that lawmakers agreed to tackle during the shortened term issues like raising the cost of living allowance for Kuwaitis, amending the...
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Amir delays National Assembly opening session until May 14
KUWAIT: Just a few days after snap parliamentary polls, Kuwait plunged into a political crisis on Monday over the new National Assembly’s opening session, which was scheduled to be held on April 17. An Amiri decree was issued late Monday postponing the opening session until May 14, following media reports that caretaker Prime Minister HH Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah declined to form the new Cabinet. The new Amiri decree eclipses...
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Amir sends Eid congratulations
KUWAIT: The Amiri Diwan conveyed on Monday the warmest congratulations of HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to citizens and residents in Kuwait on the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, and prayed they would continue to live in love and harmony. The Amiri Diwan, on this occasion, congratulated HH the Amir and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. It also congratulated the Kuwaiti people and all residents in...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun (left) and Marzouq Al-Ghanem (right) as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet on April 7, 2024. - KUNA photos
Amir receives former speakers
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday former National Assembly speakers Ahmad Al-Saadoun and Marzouq Al-Ghanem as part of consultations ahead of forming a new Cabinet. HH the Amir earlier on Sunday accepted the resignation of the government, which quit in accordance with the law after the parliamentary elections. An Amiri decree asked HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and other...
KUWAIT: The Cabinet holds an extraordinary meeting chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Dr Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace on April 6, 2024. — KUNA
Cabinet resigns after election
KUWAIT: The government on Saturday submitted its resignation to HH the Amir as required by the constitution following parliamentary elections. After accepting the resignation, HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is expected to start customary consultations early next week with former prime ministers and Assembly speakers before naming a prime minister, who could be the present one or a new figure. Under Kuwaiti law, the new...
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KUWAIT HAS SPOKEN
KUWAIT: Kuwaitis have voted back a majority of members of the dissolved parliament in crucial snap polls, the fourth in Kuwait during the past 40 months. HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Friday a cable of congratulations to the winners of the National Assembly elections. HH the Amir expressed sincere sentiments to all MPs for the trust placed in them by citizens in this election, wishing them success in their duties...
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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah donates blood at the Central Blood Bank on June 17, 2025. —KUNA
Kuwait beefs up readiness
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GAZA: Palestinians injured in Zionist fire as they gathered near a food aid centre receive care at Khan Yunis' Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2025. - AFP
Zionists kill 59 Gazans trying to get food aid
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TEHRAN: Smoke from an explosion move over southwest Tehran. Iran’s state broadcaster was briefly knocked off air by a Zionist airstrike and explosions rang out across Tehran.- AFP
Zionist air terror reigns over Iran
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HAIFA: A Zionist woman carries a baby next to a girl in front of a building hit during an Iranian missile strike on June 17, 2025. - AFP
Trump threatens Khamenei as Zionist-Iran air war rages
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KUWAIT: A Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is seen in Kuwait in this photo captured by Omar Al-Shaheen.
Rare Himalayan vulture spotted in Kuwait for first time