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The cuts, totalling 1.15 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year, could raise prices worldwide. Saudi described the move as a ‘precautionary measure’ aimed at stabilising the oil market. Source link

The amphetamine-type stimulant has been sweeping the Middle East for years. The pills had been hidden in apple crates, the Iraqi border authority said, and the lorry driver had been arrested. Source link

High-resolution images show seven methane clouds over a 20-day period in October that appear to be from a burn pit linked to Kuwait’s Burgan oilfield. Source link

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions service said, as the first executions since 2017 went ahead despite appeals from a prominent rights group. One Ethiopian woman and one Kuwaiti woman were among those hanged, along with three Kuwaiti men, a Syrian …

The group, calling itself Al-Waretheen, put out an online statement claiming that on August 12 it targeted Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base. ‘No such attack occurred,’ the US Air Force said. Source link

The appointment comes more than six years since Kuwait recalled its top envoy to Tehran in solidarity with Saudi Arabia after it severed ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016. Source link

Narendra Modi stopped off at Abu Dhabi airport on his way home from G7 summit to meet UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; it follows a diplomatic storm after spokespersons for Modi’s party were accused of insulting the prophet Mohammed. Source link

Kuwait suspended flights to Iraq for a week starting Sunday citing security fears after a rocket attack targeted Baghdad international airport. Iraqi authorities, meanwhile, announced an attacker had been apprehended.Kuwait Airways, the country’s main carrier, said in a statement on Saturday that flights to Iraq were temporarily suspended based on …

People across countries in the Middle East have started a social media campaign to boycott Indian products to protest the Assam police’s brutality against Muslims during an eviction drive earlier in September. The incident drew wide condemnation after a video of Indian police shooting a Muslim man went viral. The …

DUBAI: Kuwait has suspended flights, and barred entry to travellers, from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka until further notice, state news agency KUNA said on Monday, to try to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The decision by the Gulf state’s cabinet did not include cargo flights. To enter …