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As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights

The Kuwaiti government has canceled a women’s yoga retreat this month in the latest flashpoint of a long-running culture war over women’s freedoms in the Gulf Arab sheikhdom

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Kuwait Govt Accepts Resignation of Defense, Interior Ministers

Kuwait’s government said on Thursday that an Emiri decree was issued accepting the resignation of Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al Sabah and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. The state news agency KUNA quoted the government’s spokesperson as saying that another Emiri decree was issued appointing…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Kuwait's interior and defence ministers resign

Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwait said Thursday the interior and defence ministers had resigned, after they protested the manner of parliamentary questioning of ministers in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.

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Kuwait's emir accepts resignations of defence, interior ministers

Kuwait's emir issued a decree on Thursday accepting the resignations of the ministers of interior and defence, the information ministry said on Twitter.

Reuters

Kuwait: Defense, Interior Ministers' Resignation Could Lead to Dissolving the National Assembly

Kuwait's defense and interior ministers submitted their resignations to the prime minister on Wednesday over "abuse of interrogations." Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber al-Ali and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmed Mansour al-Ahmed submitted their resignations to Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah in protest of "the abuse of the use of…

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Kuwait army allows women in combat roles, but without guns

Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwaiti women are angry after the military, having allowed female soldiers in combat roles, decided they need the permission of a male guardian and banned them from carrying weapons.

AFP

Kuwait court overturns law criminalising imitation of opposite sex

Kuwait's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an article of the penal code criminalising the imitation of the opposite sex, in a move welcomed by Amnesty International as a "major breakthrough" for transgender rights in the Gulf Arab region.

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Kuwait Lifts Many COVID Restrictions, Allows Travel Abroad

Kuwait's cabinet has lifted many COVID-19 restrictions including a ban on foreign travel, a move that will also apply to those who are not vaccinated, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah said on Monday. The unvaccinated will still have to get a PCR test 72 hours before boarding a flight…

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Saudi Arabia Urges its Citizens to Leave Ukraine

Saudi Arabia urged on Saturday its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country immediately. The Kingdom's embassy in Kyiv also called on all Saudis to delay travel to Ukraine. It said Saudis in Ukraine must contact it immediately to facilitate their departure. Kuwait on Saturday had called on its citizens…

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Death on the Nile banned in Lebanon and Kuwait over Gal Gadot’s past IDF involvement

Gadot’s ‘Wonder Woman’ was also not released in Lebanon in 2017

The Independent UK

Kuwait Urges Citizens to Leave Ukraine amid Tensions

Kuwait on Saturday urged its citizens in Ukraine to leave the country amid heightened tensions between Kyiv and Moscow. Kuwait's foreign ministry also said citizens should postpone any plans to visit Ukraine. Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops near its border with Ukraine and the United States said on…

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Menzies suitor claims acquisition represents a 'compelling opportunity'

Kuwaiti group argues that post-pandemic state of the industry favours the scale created by a merger

Insider UK

Iraq pays last chunk of $52.4 billion Gulf War reparations - UN

Iraq has completed payment of $52.4 billion to compensate individuals, companies and governments who proved damages due to its 1990 invasion and occupation of Kuwait, the United Nations reparations body said on Wednesday.

Reuters

UN panel wraps up after Iraq pays $52.4 bn for Kuwait invasion

Geneva (AFP) - A UN commission set up to obtain reparations from Iraq over the country's 1990 invasion of Kuwait submitted its final report in Geneva on Wednesday after paying out $52.4 billion to the small Gulf state.

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Aviation firm John Menzies rejects takeover bid by Kuwaiti rival

Shares rise after company rebuffs ‘opportunistic’ proposal that ‘undervalues Menzies and its future prospects’

The Independent UK

John Menzies sees shares take off after rejecting £469m bid approach

The group said it rebuffed a ‘highly opportunistic’ 510p-a-share proposal from Kuwait-based National Aviation Services.

The Independent UK

Kuwaiti women protest against suspension of ‘indecent’ yoga retreat

A Conservative lawmaker had asked the government to stop the women-only yoga event in the desert

AFP

Kuwaiti women protest against ban on 'indecent' yoga retreat

Kuwait City (AFP) - Dozens of Kuwaiti women staged a protest Monday against the suspension of a women's yoga retreat deemed "indecent" by conservatives -- a move that sparked controversy in the small emirate.

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The Independent UK

Women-only yoga trip in Kuwait slammed as ‘danger’ to society by MP

Lawmwaker Hamdad Al-Azmi has asked the Kuwaiti government to stop the female yoga event in the desert

Asharq Al-Awsat

Lebanon Paper Dodges Hezbollah Role, Resolutions 1559, 1701

The proposals exchanged by Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib and his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah, reveal Beirut’s disregard for the role played by Hezbollah and the items linked to the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions 1559 and 1701. Kuwait’s proposal includes 12-confidence building measures to…

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All Measures Will Be Taken to 'Kuwaitize' Oil Sector, Says Minister

Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil, Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy Dr. Mohammad Al-Fares, said that "Kuwaitization" as a policy is approved by the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and all necessary measures will be taken to "Kuwaitize" the oil sector. In response to a parliamentary question about the…

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Algerian FM: Palestinian Reconciliation Process Has Begun

A process to reconcile the Palestinian factions has begun, said Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra. Last month, Algeria said that it would host the inter-Palestinian talks. "The journey to Palestinian reconciliation has started and Algeria has a long experience in bringing the Palestinians together," he told a news conference in…

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Egyptian, Lebanese FMs Hold Talks on Sidelines of Arab Ministerial Meeting

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry discussed on Sunday with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib bilateral relations and ways to bolster Egyptian and Arab efforts to support Lebanon. During talks held on the sidelines of the consultative meeting of the Arab foreign ministers, currently hosted by Kuwait, the two officials…

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Kuwait FM Says Studying Lebanese Response to Gulf Initiative

Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah announced on Sunday that his country had received the Lebanese response to the Gulf initiative aimed at mending Beirut's ties with the Gulf. The minister had traveled to Beirut a week earlier to deliver the 12-point proposal that covers confidence-building measures to…

AFP

Gulf states review Lebanon response to proposal to ease row

Kuwait City (AFP) - Kuwait said Sunday that a Lebanese response to a list of suggested measures to ease a diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries is currently under review.

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