Despite being the only Gulf Arab state to have an elected government, Kuwait remains mired in political turmoil — YASSER AL-ZAYYAT Kuwait announced a new government on Sunday, its seventh in three ...

Kuwait (CNN) — The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, has died aged 86 after ruling the Gulf state for three years. Kuwait (CNN) — The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruler of Kuwait who drew on his decades as the oil-rich nation’s top diplomat to push for closer ties to Iraq after the 1990 Gulf ...

A Kuwaiti judge and his aides count the ballots at a polling station for parliamentary elections on Kuwait City — Yasser Al-Zayyat Opposition lawmakers won a majority in Kuwait's parliament with only ...

The ruling emir of the oil-rich nation Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died at the age of 86, just over three years after assuming power, Kuwaiti state TV announced. His cause of death has ...

He was defense minister when Iraq invaded his tiny but oil-rich country, and he became ruler in his 80s. By Alan Cowell Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, the emir of Kuwait who took power as ...

Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a somber official made the ...