Kuwait

Passengers and crew of a British Airways flight who were taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 have launched legal action against the UK government and the airline, a law firm said Monday. People on BA flight 149 were taken off the Kuala…
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The Arab share of Japan’s oil imports for May, as reported by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, amounted to 62.44 million barrels — 95.3 percent of all the oil Japan imported that month. Imports during the month from the UAE,…
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The fully operational output of Kuwait’s Al-Zour Refinery has reached 615,000 barrels per day, in line with the country’s plan to boost oil refining capacity. The facility’s daily output, which is the cornerstone of the state-run Kuwait…
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The Public Prosecution in Kuwait has ordered the detention of a citizen on charges of joining a group aimed at illegally undermining the country’s basic systems, state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday. The individual is also accused…
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The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has launched an initiative to distribute meat to around 1,500 Lebanese families, as well as Syrian and Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, in celebration of Eid Al-Adha, Kuwait News Agency reported on…
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Kuwait’s fire service said on Thursday that an electrical short circuit caused the blaze that killed 50 people in a building housing foreign workers on Wednesday. The fire broke out around dawn on Wednesday at the base of the block…
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At least 49 people were killed in a fire that engulfed a building housing workers in the city of Mangaf in Kuwait’s southern Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait’s interior ministry said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh…
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A strong stock of government financial assets has cemented Kuwait’s standing as it secures an ‘A+’ rating from Standard & Poor. In its latest report, the global rating agency affirmed Kuwait’s sovereign rating with a stable outlook,…
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Kuwait called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to urge Israel to immediately join the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, state news agency KUNA has reported. In a speech delivered by the Kuwait delegation to the United…
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Trade exchange between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait is set to increase further with the completion of their land customs technical connectivity project. The completion of the project was revealed on Monday during the second meeting of the two…
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