Kuwait

Kuwait

• Kuwait court keeps jail time for Twitter insult

  A Kuwait appeals court says an online activist must serve a jail sentence for Twitter posts deemed offensive to the Gulf nation's ruler, but the ... 

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  Kuwait ex-MP freed to fight emir insult sentence

  A defense lawyer in Kuwait says a former parliament member was granted bail and will remain free while fighting a five-year sentence for a speech ... 

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  Muzzle on dissent in Gulf faces backlash in Kuwait

  Outside a palm-shaded villa in suburban Kuwait City, government security forces are taunted and defied each night by supporters of a former lawmaker ... 

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  Kuwait opposition leader sentenced to 5 years

  A leader of Kuwait's opposition has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of insulting the emir during a political rally last year, ... 

• Kuwait online activist jailed for Twitter posts

  A human rights campaigner in Kuwait says a Twitter user has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the ruler of the Gulf nation. 

• Kuwait jails 2 for offending emir

  Two activists have been jailed in Kuwait for Twitter posts that authorities claimed were offensive to the country's ruler. The sentences are part of ... 

• Iraq resumes flights to Kuwait after 22-year halt

  An Iraqi Airways flight landed in Kuwait on Wednesday for the first time since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the tiny emirate as the neighboring ... 

• Qatar poet remains in prison for 'offensive' verse

  A poet jailed for a verse considered offensive to Qatar's ruler harshly denounced the Gulf nation's legal proceedings on Monday after an appeals court ... 

• Iraq, Kuwait to resume flights after 22-year halt

  Iraq's Transportation Ministry says that country's airline will resume commercial flights to Kuwait for the first time since Saddam Hussein's forces ... 

• Kuwait sentences 3 former MPs for emir insults

  Three former Kuwaiti opposition lawmakers were sentenced to three years hard labor Tuesday for insulting the country's ruler in the latest crackdown ... 

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  Gulf leads UN appeal for major boost in Syrian aid

  An emergency U.N. appeal to raise $1.5 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria exceeded its goal Wednesday at a conference with dire predictions of ... 

• UN Kuwait invasion fund pays out $1.3 billion

  The U.N. panel that settles claims for damages from victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait has paid out another $1.3 billion — bringing the total ... 

• Kuwaiti journalist jailed for Twitter 'insults'

  A Kuwait newspaper says an online journalist has been sentenced to two years in prison for posts deemed "insulting" to the Gulf nation's ruler — the ... 

• Reaction to death of Norman Schwarzkopf

  Reaction to the death Thursday of retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf: ___ "With the passing of Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf, we've lost an American ... 

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  Kuwait's emir digs in against opposition

  Security forces blocked hundreds of protesters from staging a rally outside the parliament building Sunday as Kuwait's emir denounced anti-government ... 

• Pakistan: US drone kills senior al-Qaida leader

  A U.S. drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaida leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials said, in ... 

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  Emir of Kuwait greeted by queen on UK state visit

  The emir of Kuwait is in Britain as an official guest of Queen Elizabeth II. Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah was greeted Tuesday with a military ...