Kuwait News

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...

London - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell announced on Monday the sale of stakes in Australian natural gas assets for more than one billion US dollars to a Kuwaiti state company.Shell said it had agreed to sell its 8.

Paris - The European Eurofighter consortium has signed a draft agreement to sell 28 of its fighter planes to Kuwait, online French newspaper La Tribune reported on Thursday.

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.

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.

A flight was forced to make an emergency landing this week after an Egyptian cobra was discovered aboard the plane. The snake had bitten one person before it escaped in the cabin.

Kuwait - In Kuwait's parliamentary election the Shia minority made gains, mostly because the Sunni-dominated opposition called for a boycott of the elections.