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August 6, 2023
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Omar Ahmed
In a thought-provoking op-ed published on Friday by Saudi Arabian daily newspaper Okaz, entitled "Friday is a working day," writer Mona Al-Otaibi questions whether the Kingdom's traditional Friday-Saturday weekend...
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Saudi Arabia called on its citizens to quickly leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi embassy in Lebanon said in...
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Iran's Foreign Minister has invited his Kuwaiti counterpart to Tehran, Kuwait said on Thursday, as tensions simmer over the offshore Durra gas field, Reuters reports. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait...
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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have reaffirmed that they have joint sovereignty over the disputed Dorra gas field in the Gulf, the Saudi Press Agency has reported. The claim was...
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Iran is to pursue what it believes are its rights over the disputed Durra/Arash offshore gas field in the Gulf if the other parties fail to cooperate, the country's...
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Kuwait yesterday raised the age of army enlistment to 55, while lifting limits of those wishing to re-volunteer in the military, KUNA reports. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of...
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The Central Bank of Egypt announced yesterday that remittances from Egyptians working abroad have decreased by 26.1 per cent this fiscal year. During the first nine months of the...
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Kuwait has prohibited the use, trade, services and mining of cryptocurrencies within the country, imposing a blanket ban on the decentralised monetary systems. In a directive issued on Monday by...
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has released 15 Iranians from prison, amid the recent warming of relations between Abu Dhabi and Tehran. According to Iran's state-affiliated Fars News Agency,...
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The Finance Minister of Kuwait, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has resigned only three months after his appointment by the Prime Minister, the official KUNA news agency said on Wednesday. According...
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Iran's Foreign Ministry will follow up on the Durra gas field known as Arash in Iran, the country's Oil Minister, Javad Owji, said on Wednesday according to semi-official Tasnim...
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The Kuwaiti government has announced plans to publish 100,000 copies of the Quran in the Swedish language for distribution in the Scandinavian country, in response to the provocative Quran burning...
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Kuwait's draft budget for 2023-2024 estimates a deficit of 6.8 billion dinars ($22.2 billion), hit by lower oil prices and volumes, a local paper reported, citing a Member of...
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Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have "exclusive rights" in the Durra gas field in the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait Oil Minister, Saad Al Barrak, said on Sunday, and he called on...
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Kuwait aims to invest over $300 billion in the energy sector by 2040, the Gulf states' oil minister told the UAE's WAM news agency. Global investment in the energy sector faces...
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Several Arab countries have welcomed the elevation of diplomatic relations between Turkiye and Egypt for the first time in a decade, Anadolu Agency reports. On Tuesday, Ankara and Cairo...
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Saudi Arabia and Kuwait exclusively own natural wealth, including Durra gas field, in the Gulf's maritime "Divided Area", Saudi state news agency, SPA, said on Tuesday citing the Foreign Ministry. The Kingdom also...
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Kuwait renewed its call for Iran, on Monday, to demarcate maritime borders between the two countries, Anadolu Agency reports. The state news agency, KUNA, citing a Foreign Ministry source,...
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The latest statistics published by the international Global Firepower website, which specialises in military affairs, indicate that Egypt continues to lead in the number of warplanes owned, while Saudi...
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The appointment of additional Royals to Kuwait's new cabinet, including a convicted Defence Minister, looks like a push by the ruling family to show unity and reassert power as it...
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The Kuwaiti authorities released a wanted Egyptian opponent of the regime in Cairo hours after his detention and news of a decision to deport him. Human rights organisations and...
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Kuwait formed a new government on Sunday, naming Saad Al Barrak as Oil Minister to replace Bader Al-Mulla and re-appointing Finance Minister, Manaf Abdulaziz Al Hajri, AFP reports. According...
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Kuwait's Crown Prince re-appointed Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as Prime Minister and asked him to name a new Cabinet, state news agency, KUNA, reported on Tuesday, citing an Emiri...
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Kuwait has concluded a contract worth $367 million with Turkish defence firm, Baykar, to buy its TB2 drones through direct negotiations between the two governments, the Kuwaiti army said...
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Kuwaiti TV host Fajr Al-Saeed confirmed that the authorities prevented her from entering Lebanon upon her arrival at Beirut airport on Wednesday evening and that she remained detained until...
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The foreign ministers of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states and US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, stressed in a meeting that there is no military solution to the...
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The UK government has announced major changes to visa requirements for the six countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Jordan. Nationals of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain,...
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Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of antagonism under a Chinese-brokered deal....
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Voters in Kuwait try to break the political deadlock by going to the polls for the 3rd time in as many years. It is the 7th legislative election in just over 10 years, having suffered repeated political crises that have stalled reforms and undermined parliament.
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83-year-old Hollywood star Al Pacino has announced that he is expecting a child with his 29-yera-old Kuwaiti girlfriend Noor Alfallah
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The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been found to have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the world, according to a report yesterday by the Daily...
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A new conflict has occurred between Kuwait and the Philippines over the protection of domestic workers and the rights of Kuwaiti employers after the Gulf state suspended visas for...