Kuwait

Iran conflict widens, triggering instability across the Middle East
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The ancient art of pearl diving music inspires new music
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Two people are shown from behind wearing head coverings and looking up at a screen showing with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Global Politics
Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration with Qatar to ease rift
President Donald Trump points as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden listens during the first presidential debate, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.
Top of The World
Foreign observers see rancorous US debate; Kuwait swears in new emir; UK, Canada impose sanctions on Lukashenko
A hand holds a transgender flag
LGBTQ
This trans woman sparked Kuwait’s biggest LGBTQ movement in history
Military officers in full fatigues are shown wearing face masks and standing outside Duomo cathedral.
Top of The World
Coronavirus continues global spread; ‘America loves India’; Israel strikes sites in Gaza and Syria
An aerial view of Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013.
Global Politics
Middle Eastern rift with Qatar looks set to continue indefinitely
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace
Global Politics
There are 28 other monarchies in the world
Rita
Conflict
After grisly murder, Kuwait and the Philippines face diplomatic crisis over domestic worker abuse
Ugandan teacher Prudence Nandaula sits in an office in Kampala, Uganda.
Jobs
She thought she was going to be a teacher in Kuwait — instead she was trafficked
Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 26, and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Global Politics
Arab countries are underwhelmed by Clinton, but most prefer her to Trump
Displaced person camp in Iraq
Environment
Displaced Iraqis struggle to stay cool during sweltering heat wave
Displaced person camp in Iraq
Environment
Displaced Iraqis struggle to stay cool during sweltering heat wave
Jihadi John
Conflict
Who is Jihadi John — and why will so many people be happy if he is dead?
Camp Bucca
Global Scan
Meet the US prison camp that helped give birth to ISIS
Global Politics
Saudi Arabia, Gulf States Increasingly Skeptical of US Commitment
Global Politics
Qatar’s neighbors are pressuring the small Gulf country to fall in line
The Conflict in Egypt: A Proxy for Competing Ideologies in the Middle East
Arts, Culture & Media
U.S. Extends Closure of Some Embassies & Diplomatic Posts
Conflict & Justice
Osama bin Laden’s relative faces trial in U.S. despite criticism
Global Politics
U.S. agricultural industry hopes immigration reform fixes worker predicament
VIDEO: Protests against the United States spread around Middle East, Africa
Environment
Environmentalist says global climate catastrophe is inevitable without intervention
VIDEO: More than 60 dead as large blasts rock Baghdad
VIDEO: Iraqis, Americans celebrate as last U.S. troops leave the country
Arts, Culture & Media
Remembering an American contrarian: Christopher Hitchens dead of cancer
United States plans’ for leaving Iraq include large military presence in Kuwait
Global Politics
Wives of deported immigrants a growing online community
How was Operation Odyssey Dawn in Libya named?
Arts, Culture & Media
Movies for this weekend — and beyond
Global Politics
Women and politics in the Muslim World
Arts, Culture & Media
Poetry drives the top-rated Arab TV show
Conflict & Justice
Soldier Complains War and Veterans’ Issues Ignored in US Election Campaign
Top of the Hour: Congress Rejects President Obama’s Budget Proposal, Morning Headlines
Top of the Hour: Alleged Afghanistan Shooter in Kuwait, Morning Headlines
Conflict & Justice
Power Shift In Kuwait’s Parliament
Lifestyle & Belief
‘The 99’: Superheroes and comics in the Islamic world
Living on Earth Marks 20 Years On the Air
Government Weighs Opening Strategic Oil Reserves
Oil Fire Conference
A New Environment in Kuwait
Kuwait Cleanup
Kuwait Cleanup
Arts, Culture & Media
Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait remembered 20 years later
Arts, Culture & Media
Kiss at your own risk
Business, Economics and Jobs
A U.S. bailout means loans from China, Japan, U.K., Caribbean and oil exporters
Arts, Culture & Media
Geo answer / Comic books in the Middle East