Kuwait

Kuwait executed seven people at its central prison on Wednesday, including a member of the ruling Al-Sabah family.

Interior ministry says soldier used his personal gun

The parents were charged with murder after police found burn marks on the toddler's body

The government's overwhelming control in the previous assembly has been reduced to a fragile majority

Finance minister says country will issue bonds of up to $9.6b

Sheikh Malek Humoud Al-Sabah was among 71 hopefuls who filed to stand for election

Kuwaiti authorities announced in July they had dismantled three IS cells plotting attacks

PSO will also ask Gulf state to extend the time frame for oil import credit facility

Taiwan ranked friendliest

The Kuwaiti embassy wants to ensure travelers phones contain no material that might be seen as linked to Islamic State

Kuwait was suspended last year over laws which have increased government powers over Kuwait's sports bodies

Kuwait's army will use 24 of the helicopters mainly for search and rescue missions and for transport purposes

Pakistan and Kuwait had signed an agreement for holders of diplomatic, special and official passports in November 2013

A decree issued by Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah set the minimum wage at 60 dinars ($200) a month

Exploding gas cylinder caused fire that also left 12 injured

Dherar al-Asoussi says he petitioned court to also convict men of using social media to insult ruling Al-Sabah family

Workers protest proposed overhaul of public sector payroll system that will set uniform standards for salaries

Authorities deported 14,400 expats, compared with 26,600 in the whole of 2015

Both deals have been stalled amid concerns raised by Israel

Unions have not said how long the walkout will last

The strike comes as world oil producers gather in Qatar to negotiate an output freeze to boost prices.

Several Gulf Arab states including Kuwait also provide varying kinds of support to a US-led coalition

The Iranian was on trial along with 25 Kuwaiti Shias

Move comes after the UN Security Council strongly condemned the attack

The action comes after Gulf Arab allies Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed relations with Tehran

Female physician is sentenced to jail for torturing her household worker who became partially blind as a result

An IS-affiliated group calling itself Najd Province claimed responsibility for the Kuwait City bombing

Minister of state for cabinet affairs confirmed that government sent a request for a special budget

Under Kuwaiti law, commercial licences of companies with losses worth over 75 percent of their capital are cancelled

Gulf Arab state's defence ministry says no injuries reported

Kuwait was expected to announce an order for 28 of the fighter jets worth over $3 billion

Three of those convicted are Kuwaiti citizens while two are foreigners

Oil income accounted for about 94 percent of Kuwait's revenues during the past 16 years

The Gulf state has deported thousands of foreigners so far this year for a variety of reasons

Human rights group calls policy "flagrant violation of human rights"; says it strengthens racial discrimination

Judicial source says judge Mohammad al-Duaij ordered four to pay bail of $1,650 each

Venezuela is trying to persuade oil producers to cut production to boost oil prices which plunged about 60 percent

Among those sentenced were one, convicted of driving the bomber to the mosque and a second described as the leader

The men were also charged with "carrying out acts that would undermine the unity and territorial integrity" of Kuwait

Kuwait parliament's Hamad al-Harashani said 'Iran is seeking to spread chaos and undermine the ruling regimes'

A travel ban, however, remains in place on the freed defendants, including two women

Tells the first hearing he joined IS a day before June 26 suicide bombing that killed 26 people and wounded hundreds

The network included five Kuwaitis

The legislation calls on the interior ministry to establish a database on all Kuwait's 1.3 million citizens

3 Pakistanis among the 29 charged by the prosecution