Two US envoys have arrived in the Gulf to begin a five-day tour aimed at ending the now two-month long Saudi-led Qatar blockade. Two US envoys have arrived in Kuwait at the start of a [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will begin his two-day tour to the Gulf on Sunday as part of his efforts to resolve the ongoing diplomatic crisis in the region, according to the presidential press office. [ More … ]
Kuwait has expelled Iranian diplomats and closed military, culture and trade missions on its soil following the conviction of ‘terror cell’ allegedly linked to Tehran. Kuwait ordered the expulsion of around 15 Iranian diplomats on [ More … ]
Boris Johnson arrived in Kuwait on Saturday, to meet representatives from Gulf nations involved in the ongoing Qatar blockade, after visiting Saudi Arabia a day earlier. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson landed in Kuwait on [ More … ]
A Kuwaiti news agency has reported details of Qatar’s response to the demands made by the “embargo countries”. The details were handed to the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, by Foreign Minister [ More … ]
Saudi Arabia and allies boycotting Qatar have issued a list of demands that includes shutting down the Doha-based al Jazeera channel and cutting diplomatic ties to Iran. Kuwait has given Qatar a list of demands [ More … ]
Iraqi Prime Minister, Haidar Al-Abadi, said on Saturday that his planned visit to Kuwait aims at boosting relations between the two countries. Speaking at a press conference, Al-Abadi stressed that his country’s relations with the [ More … ]
Kuwait’s highest court on Sunday overturned the death sentence imposed by a lower tribunal against a man convicted of belonging to a group Kuwait said was trying to destabilise the Gulf Arab state on behalf [ More … ]
Kuwait is leading mediation efforts after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar. Kuwait is trying to mediate a Gulf crisis in which Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties with Qatar and [ More … ]
Sudan has called for easing tensions between several Gulf and Arab countries and Qatar, while President Omer al-Bashir backed Kuwaiti efforts to mediate a negotiated settlement to overcome the dispute. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, and [ More … ]
Landmark address over Gulf diplomatic rift delayed to allow Kuwait’s emir time for talks in Riyadh. Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani on Monday night delayed a much-anticipated speech which was expected to address [ More … ]
Sheikh Tamim of Qatar will visit Kuwait in his first official visit since a series of controversial quotes were erroneously attributed to him, sparking turmoil among his regional neighbours. The emir of Qatar will reportedly [ More … ]
Al-Sisi is warming his relations with Gulf countries under U.S blessings. Weeks after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ visit to Egypt, al-Sisi started his Gulf tour amid Trump’s administration’s new agenda to renew its pact with [ More … ]
Turkish President Erdoğan is visiting Kuwait today as the two countries seek ways to strengthen economic ties. Erdoğan will hold official talks with Kuwaiti Emir al-Sabah to discuss economic issues, along with regional ones President [ More … ]
Kuwait has approved a $100 million grant for Iraq to support humanitarian and reconstruction projects in areas retaken from Daesh militants, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday. The grant is the first Kuwaiti financial assistance [ More … ]
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