Kuwait
Kuwait's parliament last week passed a $104bn four-year development plan, the first for decades, proposed by the government....
Increasing tensions between the West and Iran increases the risk of Iranian attacks against Western interests in the GCC....
Plans by the Kuwaiti government to introduce tough penalties against journalists will lead to an increased threat of civil unrest and will further strain relations with the parliament....
The Kuwaiti parliament unanimously passed the first reading of the Capital Market bill that calls for stringent supervision and regulation of the Kuwait Stock Market....
A leading Kuwaiti daily reported government sources as saying that there is an increased Al Qaeda threat in the Gulf, in view of the ongoing Yemen war....
The Kuwaiti parliament has passed a law effectively cancelling interest repayment on and rescheduling of debt by Kuwaiti citizens. The government has expressed strong opposition against the law....
Racial tensions rise in Kuwait as an independent TV channel is put off after broadcasting racial remarks....
Should the situation between the parliament and government deteriorate further, a suspension of the constitution and parliamentary life - although a serious issue, may be more palatable by the public....
Tensions between the Kuwaiti parliament and government have escalated. This raises the possibility of dissolution of parliament and a temporary suspension of the constitution....
The Kuwaiti opposition has announced plans to grill the prime-minister in parliament and the interior minister refers himself to the ministers’ tribunal....
Kuwait’s parliament started its new term with serious areas of conflict resurfacing between the parliament and the government. A further point of contention are plans to redraw the electoral map....
There is increasing pressure for the interior minister to resign due to allegations that he misled parliament as well the issues of calls to bail-out Kuwaiti citizens affected by the economic crisis....
The Popular Action Bloc decided to delay their threat to grill the prime-minister to a later, unspecified date....
Over 700 expatriate workers held a sit-in outside the Ministries' Complex in downtown Kuwait in protest against their 'inhumane' living conditions and delayed salary payment for three months....
GCC states announced plans for a new US $2 billion agricultural fund in coming months to secure food supplies by buying stakes in existing agricultural firms....
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Kuwait is considering investments in Iraq as a way of resolving a dispute over billions of dollars of war reparations owed by Baghdad for its 1990 invasion, according to the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister....
The announcement that the GCC-wide rail like will start operating in 2017 is a welcome move for all GCC states....
Tensions are rising between the Kuwaiti parliament and government as opposition MP’s accuse government ministers of an inadequate response to the Mishref sewage environmental disaster....
Kuwait signed a contract to build the Subiyya power plant, which is expected to generate 2,000 megawatts of electricity by 2012. This will help alleviate severe power shortages....