Tag: Kuwait news
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US tells Gulf allies to brace for Iran strikes.
US officials have quietly warned Middle East allies to prepare for possible new strikes on Iran after the 3 November midterm elections, and for Iranian retaliation that could follow. Read more →
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Basement fall kills Egyptian resident, 55
An Egyptian expatriate, born in 1971, died after falling into the basement of a building in Kuwait City. Police are still looking into how it happened. Read more →
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Kuwait jails man a year, fines him KD 10,000 over TikTok insult
Kuwait's Court of Appeals has sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to one year in prison and fined him KD 10,000 after he insulted Allah and the Quran during a TikTok livestream. Read more →
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Kuwait starts demolishing 263 buildings in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
Kuwait Municipality has begun tearing down 263 violating properties in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, the first of 757 buildings targeted in a phased enforcement drive. Read more →
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Kuwait court sentences 3 to death over plot to kill minister
A Kuwaiti court handed down death sentences to three defendants and five-year jail terms to eight others over a plot to assassinate Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al Yousef. Read more →
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Trump: Iran strike possible ‘tomorrow’, deal still open
Donald Trump says the US could hit Iran as soon as tomorrow, or instead reach a 'big, beautiful' deal, as uncertainty over the unresolved war continues. Read more →
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Kuwait arrests 3 for hiding e-cigarettes in food deliveries to teens
Kuwait's Ministry of Interior arrested three people accused of hiding e-cigarettes inside food orders delivered to high school students, after a tip-off led investigators to a grocery store in the Capital Governorate. Read more →
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Trump threatens new Iran strikes
Donald Trump says the US could launch another military operation against Iran if Tehran refuses to negotiate, reviving fears of a wider Gulf conflict. Read more →
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Two Sri Lankan women found dead, the mysterious case
Kuwaiti authorities are investigating the deaths of two Sri Lankan women found in separate locations, with forensic results expected to clarify how they died. Read more →
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What we know after the Sheikh Jaber Bridge incident
Kuwait Fire Force and marine rescue teams recovered a body from the water near Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Causeway after a report of a person falling from the bridge on Tuesday evening. Read more →