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

Europe News

Qatar delivers response to Arab nation demands

Qatar's foreign minister has arrived in Kuwait with a handwritten response to demands by four Arab nations

03/07/2017

Qatar

Qatar asks for more time as demand deadline from Gulf neighbours expires

Qatar is given 48-hour extension to a deadline issued by its neighbours linked to terrorism allegations

03/07/2017

Saudi Arabia

Turkey calls for 'mutual dialogue' to resolve Qatar crisis

Both Turkey and the US wade into the Qatar crisis with calls for mutual dialogue and peace in the Gulf region.

07/06/2017

Kuwait

Fight terror with leniency and love: anti-terror TV advert ad goes viral

30/05/2017

Sport

Sheikh Ahmad resigns from football posts

Fifa Council member Sheikh Ahmad strongly denied any wrongdoing after media reports linked him to a bribery claim

30/04/2017

News

Ethiopian maid in Kuwait: I wasn't attempting suicide in cruel employer's viral video

An Ethiopian maid who survived a fall from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait's Sabah el-Salem area while her employer filmed has explained that she wasn't trying to commit suicide.

02/04/2017

Kuwait

Iran looks to improve ties with Gulf neighbours

President Hassan Rouhani has called for greater unity between Shiite and Sunni Muslims during his first official visit to the Arab Gulf since being elected in…

15/02/2017

Kuwait

Eurowings flight makes emergency landing in Kuwait over bomb scare

A Eurowings flight travelling from Salalah in Oman to Cologne has made an emergency landing in Kuwait after a bomb scare.

15/01/2017

Yemen

Yemen peace talks set to start on Thursday

Talks to end the war in Yemen are set to get underway in Kuwait later on Thursday (April 21). The UN-backed talks were supposed to start on Monday

20/04/2016

Business Series

Kuwait oil workers end strike, crude prices fall

Oil prices slipped again on Wednesday as energy workers in Kuwait ended a three-day strike that had cut the country's production of crude by nearly half.

20/04/2016

Business Series

Kuwait oil workers strike buoys crude prices

Oil prices are being supported by a strike by energy workers in Kuwait which has offset an expected price slump following the failure by major oil producers to agree to freeze output levels.

19/04/2016

Saudi Arabia

Why aren't rich Gulf states welcoming Syrian refugees...or are they?

As EU countries try to find the best way to deal with an influx of refugees that is unprecedented in recent years, the Gulf states have come under

30/09/2015

Kuwait

Seven sentenced to death in Kuwait mosque suicide bombing

A court in Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over a suicide bombing in June, the state news agency reports. The attack, at a Shi’ite Muslim

15/09/2015

Kuwait

Kuwait court sentences seven to death over mosque attack

A court in Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over a suicide bombing in June, according to state news agency KUNA. The attack, at a Shi’ite

15/09/2015