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Turkey’s prime minister visited Iraq on Thursday and Kuwait promised to name its first ambassador in two decades, diplomatic victories for a fragile country that seeks fuller ties and clout with once-skeptical and suspicious neighbors.Prime Minister...
A Kuwaiti oil official says a small explosion at one of the country’s oil refineries has killed one worker and injured another. Production was not affected.
Kuwait’s foreign minister says Iran’s renewed threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf amount to a “punishment” of its Arab neighbors.
Kuwait’s official news agency says the tiny Gulf country has named an ambassador to Iraq for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War.Thursday’s report quotes the Kuwaiti foreign minister as saying Ali al-Momen, a former military chief of staff, will...
Kuwait’s official news agency says the tiny Gulf country has named an ambassador to Iraq for the first time since the 1991 Gulf War.Thursday’s report quotes the Kuwaiti foreign minister as saying Ali al-Momen, a former military chief of staff, will...
Kuwait and South Korea have placed separate orders worth a combined $194.5 million with defense contractor Raytheon Co. for its Patriot air defense and missile system, the company said Tuesday.The two deals follow recent orders during the first half of...
The U.S. ambassador to Kuwait said Monday that although Kuwaitis account for only a small percentage of foreign insurgents fighting in Iraq, their funding from the oil-rich country remains a concern that must be addressed.Kuwaitis make up “one percent...
Muslim hardliners in Kuwait’s parliament walked out of the body’s inaugural meeting on Sunday to protest two female Cabinet ministers who were not wearing headscarves.The nine men left just after lawmakers and ministers started taking the oath of...
Official results for Kuwait’s parliamentary elections show strong gains for Muslim hardliners. But women candidates failed to win a single seat.The results show that religious conservatives gained two seats in parliament to hold 24, nearly half of the...
Kuwaiti state television says the country’s former emir, Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, has died.Sheik Saad was Kuwait’s ruler for nine days in January 2006 before being removed by parliament because of his failing health.The station says he died...
Jessica Simpson is going to join the rock act Disturbed and Carlos Mencia, the comedian in the concert for the U.S troops going to be held in Kuwait, next month. The event is scheduled on March 10, and will be broadcast live on MySpace. Simpson...
The conservative country of Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates has passed a new rule related to the sale of lingerie. The new law prohibits men from selling lingerie in shops. All the lingerie outlets have been instructed to employ only women...
Dr. Fatima Al-Abdali, Secretary General of the Arab Women’s Network has been chosen for 2007 award for distinctive public service in appreciation for her contributions in enhancing the image of Arab women at conventions across the globe by the Center...
Like the universal law regarding nationality, Bahraini citizenship too allows father’s nationality to pass on to their children, effectively denying native women married to foreigners this right. The women activists however, are not in favor of this law...
Women Affairs Committee Head MP Saleh Ashor announced that a legislature would be passed concerning women’s civil and social rights.
Therefore, the committee has decided to invite all civil society organizations concerned with women and family to...
In a meeting to observe the Arab-International family day, on ninth of this month, the Minister for Social affairs and Labor, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah stated that their constitution guarantees rights for the native women as well.
Through...
Kawther Al Jawan, Head of the Women Development Institute, Kuwait said that she would go to Bahrain to take the benefit from the native women, as they are more experienced in the field of politics than the women of Kuwait are.
She said that Bahraini...
It has been discovered that hypertension is one of the problem prevalent among most of the children in Kuwait and its co-relation with obesity.
School children between the age of 5 and 13 years, were tested for hypertension by measuring the blood...
Middle Eastern Women have always been a favorite target of western media. The black veil is regarded as the symbol of oppression. In fact the western media never like to look towards the better side of th Islamic society.
Though Kuwait is the most...
In this photo released by the Thai Spokesman Office, Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, right, talks with Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheik Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Klai Kangwol palace in Hua Hin, Prachuab Khirikhant province...
