Kuwait

Green News

Dubai hit by dangerous ‘feels like’ temperature of 62C

This perilously high figure is due to the combination of intense air temperature and high humidity generating a heat index far hotter than the recorded air temperature.

18/07/2024

Kuwait

At least 41 dead in residential building fire in Kuwait

Another fifteen people were injured in the fire in Mangaf city on Wednesday, most of whom were taken to hospital.

12/06/2024

Kuwait

Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at 86

His death comes after was rushed to a hospital for an unspecified illness in late November.

16/12/2023

Culture news

Why has the new Pixar film been banned in so many countries?

Is this the latest battle between national censors and international studios?

13/06/2022

Sport

Kuwaiti Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery

Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah of Kuwait has been found guilty by a Swiss court of forgery.

10/09/2021

Kuwait

Kuwait rushes to vaccinate, but only for locals

They make up 70% of the population of the Gulf sheikhdom - but are last in line for COVID-19 vaccinations.

04/04/2021

Qatar

Saudi Arabia will open land, air borders with Qatar after blockade

It is the first step towards ending a diplomatic crisis that has deeply divided regional allies since 2017.

04/01/2021

World

How are locusts & worms helping with food sustainability in Kuwait?

Since January, many farmers in East Africa have seen their land besieged by swarms of hundreds of billions of locusts.

28/08/2020

World

MSCI delays Kuwait’s emerging market upgrade due to COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted stock markets around the world. Amongst them is one of the oldest indexes in the Middle East, the Kuwait Stock Exchange.

01/05/2020

Kuwait

Kuwaiti artist designs 'Cemetery of Banned Books'

A Kuwaiti artist has created a "Cemetery of Banned Books" to protest the government's ban on thousands of pieces of literature

28/11/2018

World

Meet Sara and Doss: two artists boosting the street dance scene in Kuwait

After quitting dance school in New York due to an injury, Sara Al Homood came back to her hometown of Kuwait only to discover an emerging dance scene.

12/10/2018

World

What’s lined-up for Kuwait’s Smart City transformation?

South Saad Al Abdullah city in Kuwait is billed as the Middle East’s first development to be both green and ‘smart’.

14/09/2018

Kuwait

Actor apologises after outcry over Kuwait 'blackface' comedy show

Hasan al-Ballam took to Instagram to apologise for any offence caused by the episode of comedy show Block Ghashmarah in which actors were “blacked-up” and portrayed Sudanese people to be lazy.

07/06/2018

World News

UN: Kuwait blocks US resolution condemning attacks on Israel

Kuwait says it made the decision in order to allow its own draft resolution on the protection of Gazan civilians to be considered.

30/05/2018

Kuwait

Hundreds of Filipino workers leave Kuwait amid diplomatic row

A Kuwaiti court has sentenced a Lebanese man and his wife to death after they were convicted in absentia of killing a Filipina maid in a case that triggered a crisis between the Philippines and the Gulf Arab state

22/02/2018

Iran

Deadly quake rocks Iran-Iraq border

The death toll rises following powerful earthquake in Iran-Iraq border region.

13/11/2017