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Kuwait blacklists eight Lebanon hospitals over alleged Hezbollah ties: What to know

The affected hospitals, located in areas where Hezbollah has a heavy presence, are believed to be run by Hezbollah-affiliated institutions.

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Kuwait to open offshore oil, gas fields to foreign firms: What to know

The Gulf country and OPEC member has made significant oil and gas discoveries since 2023.

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Meet Kuwait’s newest ministers in latest government shake-up

Kuwait’s latest cabinet reshuffle brings on several new ministers with professional experience in their respective fields.

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From Egypt to Lebanon: What’s at stake for regional states on Trump’s visa ban list?

Analysis

How Trump’s Venezuela oil grab could test OPEC’s power, Mideast energy models

A pump jack stands near an oil spill at a facility in Venezuela.

Samuel Wendel

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

Analysis

Venezuelan crisis unlikely to impact MENA crude exporters in short term

The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Fortune is docked at the El Palito refinery after its arrival to Puerto Cabello in the northern state of Carabobo, Venezuela, on May 25, 2020.

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

Gulf accounted for 43% of global sovereign wealth fund investment in 2025

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, head of the Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's influential sovereign wealth fund, addresses the opening ceremony of the Future Investment Initiative, in Riyadh, on Oct. 28, 2025.

Jonathan Fenton-Harvey

In London, reporting on North Africa and Gulf politics

Karen Young

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional energy

This picture taken on Oct. 9, 2021, shows a view of a phone displaying the Kuwaiti Health Ministry's registration page for a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine booster.

Kuwait detects first case of omicron variant

Kuwait's announcement follows the detection of cases in Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

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Kuwait's aging ruler hands some duties to crown prince

No reason was given for 84-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah temporarily relinquishing his duties.

Passengers wait at the departure gate at Kuwait international airport, after a 12-day closure to stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Kuwait City, Kuwait, Jan. 3, 2021.

Kuwait bans unvaccinated citizens from traveling overseas

Exceptions to the travel ban will be made for children under 16, pregnant women and certain adults with prior approval.

Travelers arrive at Kuwait International Airport, in Farwaniya, about 15 kilometers south of Kuwait City, on Aug. 1, 2020. Commercial flights resumed at Kuwait International Airport today after months of shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kuwait to allow vaccinated travelers entry beginning August 1

The Gulf country also loosened travel restrictions on Kuwaiti citizens.

Kuwaiti women raise placards during a rally to denounce violence against women, outside the National Assembly in the capital, Kuwait City, on April 22, 2021. The women demonstrated after Farah Hamaza, a 32-year-old Kuwaiti woman, was recently killed by a young man despite her filing several complaints against him.

Murder in Kuwait stirs outrage over violence against women

Farah Akbar was killed this week by a man who was arrested but released on bail after threatening to kill her.

Filipinos who availed general amnesty granted by the Kuwaiti government are pictured gathering at the Kuwait International Airport Terminal 4, on their way home to Manila amid the coronavirus pandemic, April 3, 2020.

Breakthrough in domestic workers' return to Kuwait

Kuwaitis are eager to welcome back domestic workers as some coronavirus restrictions are lifted.

Kuwaiti members of parliament attend a special session following-up on measures undertaken by the government of limit the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus disease, at the National Assembly headquarters in Kuwait City on February 16, 2021. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Kuwait’s new government takes charge following latest showdown with parliament

A new Cabinet is sworn in to address economic and COVID-related challenges.

A Kuwaiti trader wearing a protective mask follows the market at the Boursa Kuwait stock exchange in Kuwait City on March 1, 2020. - Boursa Kuwait decided to close the main trading hall due to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease developments. Stock markets in the oil-rich Gulf states plunged on March 1 over fears of the impact of the coronavirus, which also battered global bourses last week. All of the seven exchanges in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which were closed the previous two days for the Muslim

GCC states race for foreign investment

Despite the Saudi-led effort to bury the hatchet with Qatar, unified economic policies are coming up against by GCC countries’ needs to win foreign investment post-COVID.

Kuwait's prime minister submits Cabinet's resignation

Ministers handed in their resignations Tuesday amid a standoff with parliament.

Journalists watch the arrival of the Qatar envoy ahead of the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in the city of al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia on January 5, 2021. - Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar, US and Kuwaiti officials said, a major step towards ending a diplomatic rift that has seen Riyadh lead an alliance isolating Doha. The bombshell announcement came on the eve of GCC annual summit in the northwestern Saudi Arabian city of Al-Ula, where the dispute was already

Gulf unity deal further isolates Iran

Healing the Gulf Cooperation Council rift is a parting gift for Trump and a welcome gift for Biden in dealing with the Islamic Republic.

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 20: President Donald Trump (R) holds up a chart of military hardware sales as he meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office at the White House on March 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)

Trump administration pushes last-minute arms deals to Middle East

The move to go forward with a proposed $290 million sale of precision-guided bombs for Saudi Arabia comes just weeks before the Biden administration arrives.

A worker inspects bottles of milk on on the producion line at a dairy factory at Baladna farm in the city of al-Khor, 60 kilometers north of the Qatari capital on October 26, 2019. - The cows of Qatar's Baladna farm, housed in climate-controlled farms in the desert, exemplify the lengths to which Qatar has gone to resist what it calls an economic "blockade" enforced by its Saudi-led neighbours. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Gulf economies face major challenges in post-COVID 19 world

Signals indicate the embargo imposed on Qatar could come to an end, but can the Gulf Cooperation Council play a coordinating role vital to diversify Gulf economies post-pandemic?