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Kuwait emir tells parliament: reform needed, stop disputes
Middle East

Kuwait emir tells parliament: reform needed, stop disputes

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s ruler told the new parliament, in which opposition candidates made gains, that comprehensive reform was needed…
Kuwait’s new emir meets senior US and Iranian officials
Middle East

Kuwait’s new emir meets senior US and Iranian officials

KUWAIT (Reuters) – Kuwait’s new Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Sunday met senior US, Iranian and Gulf officials who…
Qatar rift overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away
Middle East

Qatar rift overshadows Gulf Arab summit as emir stays away

  RIYADH (Reuters) – A Gulf Arab summit called for regional unity as Bahrain and Qatar traded barbs over the…
Qatar’s emir heads to Turkey for talks with Erdogan
Middle East

Qatar’s emir heads to Turkey for talks with Erdogan

DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar’s emir headed to Turkey on Wednesday for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan who is dealing with…
Newsmaker: Malaysian teacher seen as new ’emir’ of pro-Islamic State militants
Middle East

Newsmaker: Malaysian teacher seen as new ’emir’ of pro-Islamic State militants

 The battlefield deaths of two leaders of an Islamic State alliance in the southern Philippines could thrust a Malaysian who trained…
Kuwait court hands down two years jail sentence for insulting emir
Egypt

Kuwait court hands down two years jail sentence for insulting emir

A Kuwaiti appeals court on Sunday sentenced an opposition politician to two years in jail for insulting the country's ruler,…
Kuwaiti opposition tweeter jailed for emir insult
Egypt

Kuwaiti opposition tweeter jailed for emir insult

Kuwait's lower court on Sunday sentenced opposition tweeter Hamed al-Khaledi to two years in jail on charges of insulting the…
Republican Guard to secure Qatar emir’s visit to Gaza
Egypt

Republican Guard to secure Qatar emir’s visit to Gaza

The Egyptian Republican Guard would be responsible for securing Emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, his wife, and their accompanying…
Qatar emir to be first head of state to visit Gaza
World

Qatar emir to be first head of state to visit Gaza

GAZA ­— The emir of pro-Western Qatar will become the first head of state to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip…
PLO leader blasts Qatar over contentious Al Jazeera leaks
Egypt

PLO leader blasts Qatar over contentious Al Jazeera leaks

Al Jazeera’s leaks on the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations are a political campaign orchestrated by the emir of Qatar, said Yasser Abd…
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