Kuwait
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Sheikh Sabah was born in June 1929 in Kuwait, then a British protectorate, the son of the Emir Sheikh Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. He attended school in Kuwait and later worked several government posts. After Kuwait gained independence in 1961, he began a four-decade stint as foreign minister that covered the latter half of the emirate’s…
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When world leaders mount the marble podium during the annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), they often spout a lot of doom and gloom. Not so for Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah. When he entered the global spotlight in October 1963 as foreign minister of a newly independent Kuwait, he gushed with more passion and…
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Flying cars could be taking to the skies of Kuwait by 2021. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) and the Dutch firm Personal Air-Land Vehicle (PAL-V) flying cars company, where KAC will provide maintenance for the vehicles in the Middle East. The PAL-V is a two-seater with a…
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The kingdom of Kuwait and Philippines have had their diplomatic rows over some prominent cases of domestic abuse in the past, with one of the most recent scenarios taking place in 2014, when a Kuwaiti’s pet lion fatally mauled a Filipino maid, and now, both countries are reportedly holding talks after a migrant worker was…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed dissatisfaction on the economic and political sanctions against Qatar, saying his country will grant every necessary support to the gulf state. Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt announced on Monday that they have severed ties with Qatar. Image: Recep Tayyip Erdogan The Maldives, Libya and Yemen later joined…
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Kuwait has followed in Donald Trump’s footsteps after the country announced visa ban on five Muslim-majority countries. Issuing of visas to these countries – Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Syria and Afghanistan, has been suspended. Travelers from the blacklisted countries will have their tourism, trade, and visitor visas canceled or denied, according to an order from the…
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