Kuwait’s emir says he has dissolved parliament and called for new elections.

Kuwait is scrapping a $14 billion project to build a fourth refinery in the oil-rich country, the prime minister said in remarks published Sunday. The announcement was the second cancellation of a major oil project since December amid government corruptio

A Kuwaiti oil official said Tuesday that oil exports were suspended for less than two hours because of sandstorm. The temporary halt did not affect Kuwait’s commitments to its clients.

Iraq took another step toward healing its rift with Kuwait on Thursday as government leaders welcomed the highest-ranking Kuwaiti envoy since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion.

Kuwait’s deputy prime minister visited Iraq on Thursday in the highest-level visit by a Kuwaiti official since Saddam Hussein’s 1990 invasion of the Gulf neighbor.

Lebanese dancers, a Shakespeare production from Kuwait portraying Saddam Hussein as “Richard III” and incredible wedding dresses from the Arab world are showcased in an unprecedented arts festival opening at the Kennedy Center.

The state-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Co. says it has suspended all oil exports for a second time this month because of bad weather.

The American military is shipping battlefield equipment through Jordan and Kuwait, testing possible exit routes in advance of a U.S. withdrawal in Iraq, military officials said.

France is in discussions to sell combat jets, frigates and an anti-missile defense system to Kuwait, the French president said Wednesday, the latest effort to raise his country’s profile in the Middle East.

Kuwait’s new oil minister expects crude prices to tumble further in the coming weeks and perhaps beyond, but he says it’s too early for his country to decide whether to support another OPEC cut.