Al Kuwait - The Kuwait National Petroleum Company on Sunday signed contracts worth $12 billion (nine billion euros) with three international consortia to upgrade two refineries and invited bids to build a new multi-billion-dollar refinery.

Al Kuwait - Kuwaiti Oil Minister Ali al-Omair said Monday that current oil prices are "fair" despite strong geopolitical factors impacting the region.OPEC member Kuwait is the world's fourth-largest oil exporter, pumping around 3.

Al Kuwait - Arab leaders on Wednesday called for a political solution to the conflict in Syria, although the Syrian opposition had asked for "sophisticated" arms to tip the balance of power."We call for a political solution to the crisis in Syria based on the Gene...

Al Kuwait - Syria's opposition chief urged Arab leaders Tuesday to pressure the international community to supply rebels with "sophisticated" weapons that would tip the balance of power on the ground.Addressing the Arab summit in Kuwait, National Coalition chief A...

Al Kuwait - The Syrian conflict takes centre stage at an Arab summit starting Tuesday in Kuwait, where a regional rift over Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has been kept off the agenda.The dispute which broke out in the runup to the summit pits Qatar against Egypt, Sau...

Kuwait - The Arab League is holding its 25th annual summit in Kuwait beginning on the 25th of March. New divisions within the 22 member League may derail any progress in dealing with pressing issues.

The proposed budget cuts by the Secretary of Defense are nothing more than a red herring from an administration with out of control spending habits, desperate to make the Affordable Care Act work, and a habit of targeting the military.

Al Kuwait - Loss-making state-owned Kuwait Airways Co signed contracts with Airbus Wednesday to buy 25 planes, its first order for new aircraft in more than 20 years, the official KUNA news agency reported.Under the deals, KAC will buy 15 A320neo and 10 A350-900 a...

Al Kuwait - Fearful of Arab Spring-inspired unrest, Gulf monarchies have stepped up efforts to monitor and control the media, particularly online, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday.Saudi Arabia, which is on the group's "Enemies of the Internet" list a...

Al Kuwait - Egypt's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in comments published in a Kuwait paper Thursday he has decided to run in the presidential election scheduled for April.

Al Kuwait - Donor governments pledged Wednesday less than half the money the United Nations had been seeking to alleviate a worsening crisis in Syria, where it says nearly half the population is in urgent need.

Kuwait - The Kuwait Constitutional Court has dissolved the Kuwaiti parliament and ordered new elections. At the same time the court rejected a case launched by the opposition challenging the ruling Emir's change in the electoral system.

A Kuwait woman has been sentenced to 11 years in jail for insulting her sheikdom's emir and calling for regime change on Twitter.

Police in Kuwait have fired tear gas in order to disperse thousands of people protesting against the conviction of a prominent opposition politician who was arrested for insulting the country's emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah.

Kuwait - The cabinet of Kuwait has approved a new media law that severely restricts freedom of the press and free speech; including bloggers and people using FaceBook, Twitter or other social media.

Oz The Great and Powerful has taken over box offices around the globe by storm. But after the transformations am I the only one thinking what's with Mila Kunis's makeup?

Bin Laden's son-in-law Suleiman Abu Ghaith, who once served as an al Qaeda spokesman, was in US custody on Thursday following a secret operation involving Jordanian intelligence services, the CIA and the FBI.

Kuwait - Table tennis is not necessarily known for making the highlight reel on sports television, but video of a shot made by Quentin Robinot during a tournament has begun to go viral.

A Kuwait court sentenced to two years of prison an online journalist for posting insults about the Kuwait government and the emir Sheikh Sabah on Twitter.

Kuwait - While many countries face budget deficits, Kuwait has over a $50 billion surplus for just seven months of the year. Kuwait had actually projected a $26 billion dollar deficit for 2012-2013 fiscal year which began on April 1.