Tag: Kuwait
Kuwait orders North Korea’s ambassador to leave within a month
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has ordered North Korea’s ambassador to leave within a month as the Gulf country downgraded diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, a North...
PM Nawaz Sharif completes two-day visit to Kuwait
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif the other day returned here after completing his two-day visit to State of Kuwait.
During his visit, the prime...
Kuwait hangs seven including royal
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Wednesday hanged seven people including a member of the ruling family and a woman who burned dozens of people to...
US soldier commits suicide at Kuwait base: ministry
An American soldier stationed in Kuwait shot and killed himself on Thursday at a US military base in the oil-rich Gulf state, the interior...
FIFA protests seizure of football office in Kuwait
World governing body FIFA has written to the Kuwait Football Association giving a new warning over the “escalation” of a power struggle between the...
Kuwait to invest in solar power projects in Pakistan
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Balochistan government and a Kuwaiti Investor Company "Ener Tech" in Quetta on Thursday. Under the MoU...
Yemen rebels to join delayed peace talks in Kuwait
Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies have agreed to join delayed United Nations (UN)-brokered peace talks in Kuwait, their representatives said on Wednesday.
The rebels...
Kuwait oil workers begin open-ended strike
Thousands of oil workers in Kuwait began an open-ended strike on Sunday to protest against a government proposal to cut their wages, the head...
Amid Saudi-Iran spat, Kuwait recalls ambassador to Tehran
Kuwait says it has recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.
Kuwait's announcement, which was carried on...
Kuwait court jails five over IS fundraising
A lower court in Kuwait on Monday sentenced five men to 10 years in jail each for raising funds for the Islamic State jihadist...
Kuwait says no plan for oil summit to boost prices
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) oil cartel has no plan to participate in an oil producers’ summit proposed by Venezuela to...
4 get death in Kuwait for murdering Pakistani
A Kuwaiti court has sentenced four Egyptian men to death for murdering a Pakistani guard during a robbery at a construction site.
Another three Egyptians...
Kuwait attack shows Gulf vulnerability to Islamic State
By sending a Saudi Arabian suicide bomber to Kuwait and recruiting local members of a stateless underclass to help him attack a Shia Muslim...
Kuwait takes three TV channels off air for speaking against govt
Kuwait’s Ministry of Information has cancelled the licenses of three television channels operated by a media group which also owns a newspaper known for...
Let’s hold these bonds tighter, PM says about Kuwait
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday said Pakistan wishes to further strengthen bilateral ties with Kuwait and increase cooperation in all fields.
He was talking...
Kuwait arrests online activists for criticising deceased Saudi king
Kuwait authorities have detained several online activists allegedly for comments deemed offensive to Saudi Arabia's late King Abdullah, a rights group and activists said...
Pakistani among three hanged in Kuwait
Authorities in Kuwait on Monday hanged three convicted murderers, including a Pakistani, in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the...
