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Constitutional Court of Kuwait ruled that the parliamentary elections held on 2 February were void and decided to restore the previous assembly. It attributed its ruling to Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad 261
Read More »A meeting of parliament of Kuwait had to be canceled after the Cabinet boycotted the session after opposition lawmakers sought to question Finance Minister Mustapha Al Shamali over alleged financial i 265
Read More »Opposition MPs accused Finance Minister Mustafa Al Shamali of being responsible for wide-ranging violations that are estimated to have cost the state billions of dollars. 307
Read More »Speaker of the Kuwaiti parliament Jassim Kharafi said in the wake of the court ruling annuling the February elections, the parliament will not be convened but “The issue is in the hands of the emir. 590
Read More »About 100 protesters and 11 police officers were injured as police used tear gas and rubber bullets during clashes with demonstrators. Tens of thousands of people had gathered to march towards the Sei 618
Read More »Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah of Kuwait accepted the resignation Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah. He asked the prime minister and other ministers to continue as a 381
Read More »Thirty people, including seven security personnel, were wounded in clashes between security forces and stateless bidoons demanding citizenship in Jahra, northwest of Kuwait City. About 50 people were 401
Read More »Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah ordered the tightening of measures around parliament after protesters stormed the building the previous day and entered the parliament chamber. Describing the incid 403
Read More »Anti-government protesters briefly stormed the parliament building and demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah. 404
Read More »Kuwaiti daily al-Watan reported that at least three cabinet members, namely, Minister of Justice, Minister of Health and Minister of State for Development Affairs, had resigned because of their unhapp 405
Read More »Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah had resigned along with his government. He was accused of paying bribes to 15 MPs for their support to the government. Sheikh Nasser would remain in c 406
Read More »A large number of bidoon demanding citizenship held protests in Jahra. The following day the protests spread to Sulaibiya, west of the capital. An estimated 105,000 bidoons live in Kuwait. 407
Read More »Around 500 people staged an anti-government protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah and an end to a political crisis in Kuwait. 408
Read More »Inaugurating the fourth session of the 13th National Assembly Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah expressed grave concerns at recent public demonstrations and strikes in Kuwait and descr 409
Read More »Following a cabinet meeting Education and Justice Minister Ahmad al-Mulaifi announced that parliament elections would be held on 2 February 2012 and that about 400,000 Kuwaiti voters are eligible to v 410
Read More »Thousands of Kuwaitis protested against a court ruling that dissolved the parliament elected in February 2012 dominated by opposition Islamists and reinstated the previous that was more friendly towar 411
Read More »The storming of the parliament by protesters the previous day resulted in an emergency meeting of Kuwait leaders. The official KUNA news agency quoted Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah as s 412
Read More »More than 4,000 stateless bidoons demonstrated in Jahra northwest of the capital demanding Kuwaiti citizenship and other human rights. 413
Read More »Promising to resolve the issue of citizenship of bidoons, the Interior Ministry warned that it "will not allow any processions, gatherings or demonstrations (by stateless), regardless of their nature 414
Read More »Following a meeting of the Central Agency for Illegal Residents chaired by Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad al-Humud al-Sabah, Kuwait decided to deport stateless bidoons who took part in protests demand 415
Read More »Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Emit of Kuwait rejected a proposal supported by 31 of the 50 elected members of parliament to amend the constitution to make all legislations comply with Islamic law. 183
Read More »Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait during February 2006 and November 2011, refused to appear before a parliamentary panel probing graft allegations, saying the summons 184
Read More »Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah was questioned by a parliamentary panel probing alleged illegal money transfers by his predecessor Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al Ahmad Al Sabah. 185
Read More »Parliament of Kuwait passed a blasphemy bill stipulating death penalty for Muslims who curse God, Quran, all prophets and the wives of Prophet Mohammad. Second and final reading of the bill was suppor 186
Read More »On the eve of the planned opposition protests the Interior Ministry of Kuwait warned that it would act firmly against any "unlicensed" protests. 451
Read More »Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah refused to sign a bill passed by parliament stipulating the death penalty for major religious offenses and sent the bill back to the parliament. The bill, passed by 204
Read More »Shia Muslim Hamad al-Naqi man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of endangering state security by insulting the Prophet Mohammad and the Sunni Muslim rulers of Saudi Arabia and 212
Read More »Kuwait's Cabinet submitted its resignation to the ruler and this came days after country's high court annulled a February parliamentary election that gave the Islamist-led opposition a majority, rulin 501
Read More »In a statement 35 Kuwaiti MPs called for a "full parliamentary system." 503
Read More »Ahead of the planned questioning of Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al Hamoud Al Sabah, a royal family member, by parliament over citizenship law, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Almad al-Sabha suspende 255
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