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Kuwait is voting for its National Assembly, the first election since the death of its ruling emir as it faces economic problems amid the coronavirus.
Dec. 5, 2020
Kuwait’s democracy died on July 3 last year, but there has been hardly a whimper of protest.
Feb. 15, 1987
Soccer
FIFA scrapped plans to expand the 2022 Qatar World Cup to 48 nations, deciding Wednesday to stick with 32 countries due to the political and logistical complexities of using another Persian Gulf nation.
May 22, 2019
Sheik Saad Al Abdullah Al Sabah, 78, a former Kuwaiti emir who ruled the small oil-rich kingdom for nine days in 2006 before being removed because of ill health, died Tuesday in Kuwait City, state television reported.
May 19, 2008
Gulf: The emirate expects reprisal from Iraq for any U.S. strike. Still, there is a desire to topple the ‘evil cancer,’ Hussein.
Sept. 30, 2002
Obituaries
Kuwaiti ruler Sheik Sabah al Ahmad al Jabbar al Sabah, who pushed for closer ties with Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion, has died, state media say.
Sept. 29, 2020
Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruling emir left Thursday morning for the United States to seek further medical care after recently undergoing surgery.
July 23, 2020
Knots of angry, anguished Kuwaitis parade through the streets of Persian Gulf states, European capitals and American cities bearing placard portraits of a smiling man in a flowing white headdress held firm by a doubled black cord.
Sept. 7, 1990
Sports
A top Kuwaiti sports official said his country will be suspended by the International Olympic Committee but expressed hope the matter can be resolved before the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
Oct. 27, 2015
Two ministers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries indicated Wednesday that the 13-nation group’s oil price and production policies could be changed at its next full conference scheduled to be held in December.
Oct. 8, 1987