Kuwait City

Kuwait City

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  Kuwait launches sports clubs for women

  Muneera al-Shatti has loved playing basketball since she was a child but it wasn't until Thursday that she had chance to show off her skills at a ... 

• 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 studies possible retreat from media law

  Kuwait put proposals to impose tough new media laws on hold Thursday after the country's prime minister suggested that objections from press groups ... 

• Press watchdog urges Kuwait to rethink media laws

  An international press freedom group is urging Kuwait to abandon proposals to tighten media laws that could bring fines of nearly $1 million for ... 

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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, ... 

• Report: Kuwait proposes $1M fine for emir insults

  Kuwait's information minister is defending a proposed media law that reports say could bring fines of about $1 million for insulting the Gulf nation's ... 

• 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 ... 

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

  Kuwait's civil aviation chief says Iraqi Airways will resume commercial flights to the Gulf nation for the first time since the invasion of Saddam ... 

• 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 ... 

• Kuwait lawmakers clear airline privatization plan

  Kuwait's parliament has approved a privatization plan for the struggling flagship carrier Kuwait Airways that includes a special government-appointed ... 

• 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 ... 

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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 ... 

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  Kuwait names new government with no major changes

  Kuwait's ruler has named a new Cabinet that makes no major changes in membership and reinstates the finance minister who resigned earlier this year ... 

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  Panetta says Syria chemical threat has slowed

  The Syrian government seems to have slowed preparations for the possible use of chemical weapons against rebel targets, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon ... 

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  Kuwait Cabinet resigns in post-election formality

  Kuwait's Cabinet has resigned in a procedural move following last week's parliamentary elections. The move was required to form a new government after ... 

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  Kuwait boycott bloc hails lower voter turnout

  Opposition groups in Kuwait hailed their election boycott as a success Sunday after officials said voter turnout on Saturday was sharply lower than ... 

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  Kuwait election boycott shifts drama to streets

  The drama of Kuwait's parliamentary elections has nothing to do with the ballot count. It's what may come afterward that has the country on edge as ... 

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  Divided Kuwait limps toward boycott-hit elections

  The message from Kuwait's emir is blunt heading into this week's parliamentary elections: Opposition factions should express dissent in the ...