Category Archives: Kuwait

FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al-Sabah arrives to attend the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting, hosted by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. A Kuwaiti court on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, acquitted two former ministers and their co-defendants of the corruption charges they faced in an explosive case that tarnished the government and was widely seen as a test of accountability. The charges against Kuwait's former Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, former Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, along with other officials, concerned the embezzlement of $790 million that had gone missing from a military aid fund years ago
Kuwait’s ex-premier, officials acquitted in corruption case

Originally posted to AP News website, 8 March 2022 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — [...]

09
Mar
Mesaed al-Mesaileem and Sheikha Moneera Fahad al-Sabah. The couple have been publicly critical of the Kuwait state on social media
Interpol arrest warrant allegedly targeting Kuwaiti princess and partner ‘on political grounds’

Originally posted to the Guardian website, 3 March 2022 Dissident couple say their lives would [...]

03
Mar
Kuwait paper says drones infiltrated Iran’s airspace to spy on nuclear power plant

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 6 December 2021 A Kuwaiti newspaper has [...]

07
Dec
Kuwait bans entry of ships carrying goods to and from Israel

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 5 December 2021  Kuwait has issued a [...]

06
Dec
Call to British Airways might have averted 1990 Kuwait hostage crisis

Originally posted to The Guardian website, 23 November 2021 Hundreds of British passengers might have [...]

24
Nov
Kuwait probes theft of US military watchtower

Originally posted to The Middle East Monitor website, 24 November 2021 Kuwait has launched an [...]

24
Nov