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Kuwait closes Shia TV as crackdown widens
Jul 29, 2017 01:33Kuwait has shut down a Shia satellite television channel, accusing one of its owners of having links to Iran and Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah.
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Kuwait's extremist lawmaker proposes jail terms for Hezbollah backers
Jul 25, 2017 01:12A member of Kuwaiti parliament has proposed legislation calling for supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement to be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail.
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Kuwait shuts Iran cultural mission, expels diplomats: KUNA
Jul 20, 2017 09:12Kuwait has reportedly told the Iranian Embassy to reduce its diplomatic staff in the Persian Gulf state and close down some of its technical offices following a court ruling last year that implicated some Iranians in a spying case.
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Kuwait: Qatar dispute may have undesirable consequences
Jun 13, 2017 02:18Kuwait’s emir has warned that the dispute between Qatar and several other Persian Gulf states could lead to "undesirable consequences."
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Kuwait says Qatar ready for talks as Bahrain moves to freeze assets
Jun 12, 2017 00:38The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry says Qatar is prepared to enter negotiations aimed at solving the diplomatic row with Arab countries as Bahrain’s central bank has issued orders freezing assets and bank accounts of Qatar-linked entities.
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Kuwaiti emir trying to mediate row between Persian Gulf Arab states
Jun 07, 2017 04:17The Kuwaiti emir has engaged in shuttle diplomacy to help mediate a solution to the dispute between Qatar on the one side and Saudi Arabia and its allies on the other, the biggest diplomatic crisis to hit the Persian Gulf region in years.
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Kuwait hopeful of imminent Iran-Arab dialog
Mar 27, 2017 08:29Kuwait has expressed optimism about the potential launch of talks between the Persian Gulf Arab states and Iran, after the emirate and Tehran took a number of goodwill steps in that direction.
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Zarif holds talks with Qatari emir on bilateral ties, Mideast issues
Mar 08, 2017 13:44Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met and held talks with the Qatari emir on bilateral relations as well as regional developments.
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President Rouhani to discuss Persian Gulf states' message in Oman, Kuwait
Feb 15, 2017 10:47President Hassan Rouhani says his talks in Oman and Kuwait will focus, among other issues, on a message recently relayed to Tehran by Kuwait City on relations between the Islamic Republic and the Persian Gulf Arab countries.
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Kuwait sends forces to Iraq border amid tensions
Feb 11, 2017 06:14Kuwait has deployed military forces to its border with Iraq amid tensions over Baghdad’s handover of a waterway’s sovereignty to Kuwait city.