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More than 2,200 Filipino citizens in Kuwait seek repatriation: Official
Feb 12, 2018 10:47The Philippine labor minister says over 2,200 Filipinos are ready to take up an offer by President Rodrigo Duterte to repatriate workers from Kuwait amid reports of abuse.
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Kuwait slaps blogger who insulted Saudi Arabia with ten-year sentence
Jan 27, 2018 03:10Kuwait’s Criminal Court has sentenced Kuwaiti blogger and activist Abdullah Mohammed al-Saleh to ten years in prison for allegedly insulting Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in the wake of the ongoing Saudi-led diplomatic and trade boycott against energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom of Qatar.
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Jailed activists in Kuwait announce formation of new political party
Jan 04, 2018 03:47A group of imprisoned activists in Kuwait have announced the formation of a new political party despite Kuwait’s general ban on such moves.
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Kuwait jails MPs, dissidents over 2011 parliament raid
Nov 27, 2017 11:53A court in Kuwait has sentenced to jail three members of the emirate’s parliament, the country’s most prominent opposition leader as well as 63 other activists over a raid five years ago that was aimed at forcing the cabinet to resign.
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Kuwaiti lawmaker tells Israeli delegation to leave IPU conference
Oct 19, 2017 04:30A high-ranking Kuwaiti lawmaker has furiously told an Israeli delegation to immediately leave a conference in Russia.
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Four Arab states reject progress in Kuwait mediation efforts with Qatar
Sep 08, 2017 08:50The Saudi-led bloc of four Arab countries which recently severed ties with Qatar have denied statements by the Kuwaiti emir about signs of progress in his mediation efforts to help resolve the diplomatic crisis with Doha.
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Environmentalists censure Kuwait media blackout on oil spill
Aug 14, 2017 02:03Kuwait has been criticized for its cover-up of an oil spill in the Persian Gulf waters as an environmental campaigning group says authorities did not issue proper warning about the disaster which now threatens human life on the beaches.
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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.