Business
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Energy
9/20/2023 2:48:28 PM
Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) signed an agreement with BG International, a subsidiary of Shell, to acquire 40 percent of Shell Egypt’s Nile Delta offshore block three.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
8/11/2023 12:15:00 PM
Despite regional realignment, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia are squaring off over gas and territory at the northern tip of the Arabian Gulf.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/10/2023 1:32:26 PM
Kuwait has barred the hit film "Barbie" from cinemas over concerns about "public ethics", officials have said, also confirming a separate ban on a horror movie featuring a transgender actor.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
8/7/2023 8:25:32 PM
Kuwait has banned a horror film featuring a transgender actor, authorities told AFP on Monday, despite the movie screening in other parts of the conservative Gulf region.
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World
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Region
8/5/2023 10:33:51 AM
Saudi Arabia advised its citizens to leave Lebanese territory and to avoid approaching areas where there have been armed clashes, the Saudi Press Agency said on Saturday.
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World
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Region
8/4/2023 4:17:52 PM
Kuwait's top diplomat has been invited to visit Iran, state media said, amid a dispute over a gas field to which Kuwait and Saudi Arabia say they have exclusive rights.
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World
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Region
8/3/2023 10:21:00 AM
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait said Thursday they have sole ownership of a disputed gas field also claimed by Iran, in an escalating feud after Tehran threatened to pursue exploration.
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World
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Region
7/31/2023 9:35:28 PM
Iran's oil minister said Sunday Tehran would "pursue its rights" to a disputed gas field also claimed by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait if negotiations fail, the ministry's news agency reported.
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World
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Region
7/30/2023 5:05:31 PM
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrived Sunday in Iraq on an official visit to discuss issues of common interest, including oil, border demarcation, as well as strengthening bilateral relations between Kuwait and Baghdad.
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Business
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Economy
7/26/2023 12:27:46 PM
Kuwait recorded its first surplus in nine years for the 2022-2023 fiscal year which ended in March, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, crediting last year's surge in oil prices.
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World
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Region
7/12/2023 10:09:12 PM
The finance minister of Kuwait, one of the world's biggest oil producers, has resigned only three months after his appointment by the prime minister, state media said on Wednesday.
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World
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Region
7/5/2023 10:38:42 AM
Saudi Arabia has said it enjoys "full rights" along with Kuwait to a disputed gas field in the resource-rich Gulf, pushing back against claims by Iran, state media reported late Tuesday.
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World
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Region
7/3/2023 7:40:33 PM
Kuwait reinvited Iran on Monday to talks on their sea borders after Tehran said it was ready to start drilling in a disputed gas field in the resource-rich Gulf.
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World
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Region
6/22/2023 2:28:20 PM
Iran's foreign minister on Thursday concluded a three-day tour of Gulf Arab neighbors with a visit to the United Arab Emirates where he held talks with the country's president.
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World
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Region
6/21/2023 7:50:39 PM
Iran's top diplomat arrived in Kuwait Wednesday, the third leg of a Gulf tour that saw him hold "constructive" talks with his Omani counterpart in Muscat earlier in the day.
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World
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Region
6/19/2023 2:38:38 PM
Kuwait's fifth government in less than one year took the oath of office Monday after elections returned an opposition-controlled parliament, setting the stage for further political turmoil in the oil-rich emirate.
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World
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Region
6/14/2023 7:32:44 PM
Kuwait reached an agreement worth $367 million with Turkish drone giant Baykar to purchase its increasingly sought-after TB2 combat drones, the Kuwaiti army said.
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World
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Region
6/7/2023 5:20:40 PM
Kuwait's Emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, has accepted the resignation of the Kuwaiti government after opposition lawmakers won a majority in recent parliamentary elections, according to a report by Kuwaiti state news agency "KUNA".
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World
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Region
6/7/2023 1:37:35 PM
Opposition lawmakers won a majority in Kuwait's parliament but with a notable lack of gender diversity, with only one woman elected out of the 50 seats, results showed on Wednesday, after the Gulf state's seventh general election in just over a decade.
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World
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Region
6/6/2023 10:58:47 AM
Voters in Kuwait were casting ballots on Tuesday for a third time in as many years, with little hope of ending a prolonged gridlock between the government and assertive lawmakers after the judiciary dissolved the legislature earlier this year.
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