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Houthis Kuwait red sea Saudi Arabia This is Beirut
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait on Wednesday stressed the importance of preserving "the security and stability of the Red Sea and respecting the right to maritime navigation there, in order to safeguard the interests of the entire world.” Riyadh and Kuwait called for "restraint and de-escalation, in the shadow of events in the region", read a ...
par This Is Beirut, 04/04 14:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
élections Gulf Kuwait monarchy Parliament This is Beirut
Kuwaitis are voting on Thursday to elect the first parliament of Emir Sheikh Mechaal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah's reign, in the third parliamentary elections in three years in this rich Gulf oil state mired in repeated political crises. Some 835,000 voters were called upon to choose 50 deputies from 200 candidates, including 13 women, after the ...
par This Is Beirut, 05/04 14:01 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
élections Gulf Kuwait Kuwaiti Politics Parliamentary elections
Kuwait's opposition retains a majority in parliament, according to the results of parliamentary elections published on Friday in this Gulf country. Opposition lawmakers maintained a majority in Kuwait's parliament, results showed on Friday, after the Gulf state's third parliamentary vote in as many years held just months into the new emir's ...
par This Is Beirut, 12/05 23:09 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
dissolution Gulf countries Kuwait Kuwaiti Politics Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah
Kuwait's emir approved a new cabinet Sunday two days after he dissolved the parliament elected only weeks earlier, and he and the new government assumed some of the assembly's powers. Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Friday dissolved the most powerful elected legislature in the Gulf and suspended articles of the constitution, citing ...
par This Is Beirut, 22/06 00:03 - Reading : less than a minute
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kuwait reiterated its call “for all esteemed citizens to refrain from traveling to the Republic of Lebanon at this time, due to the ongoing security developments in the region.” In a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs late on Friday, the ministry urged all esteemed citizens currently in the ...
