Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, on Sunday dissolved parliament, the official KUNA news agency announced, following tensions between the Gulf state’s legislature and government. “Due to the delicate regional developments and the need to face the dangers of security challenges, it became necessary to go back to the people… ...
The Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted Kuwaiti MP Abdulhamid Dashti in absentia and sentenced him to 14 years in prison for “defaming Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.” The Public Prosecution had charged him with “discrediting Saudi Arabia” and filed three lawsuits against him, reported local Arabic daily Al-Qabas. It is worth ...