Kuwait

Hyderabad International Airport custom officers seized gold weighing over 1 kg, worth Rs 86 lakh from woman passenger. On June 16, a woman from Kuwait traveled to Hyderabad, when Air Intelligence Unit detected and seized the gold, concealed in paste form inside rectum, groin area and socks of the shoe, wrapped in a black plastic covering. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway.

In a surprising development among Gulf Countries, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait ordered Lebanon's ambassadors to leave their countries on October 30. Reportedly, the order came after Lebanon's Information Minister George Kordahi passed ''insulting'' comments about the Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen, which is going on for seven years. ''We'll continue to work to solve what needs to be solved,'' said Prime Minister Najib Mikati of… read-more

Under Operation Samudra Sethu II, Navy’s INS Shardul vessel on May 4 set sail to Kuwait to bring medical oxygen containers. Reportedly, Indian Navy has deployed several ships to supplement the ongoing national mission ‘Oxygen Express’. Earlier, under Operation Samudra Sethu, INS Shardul was also used to bring ex-pats stranded in foreign countries during COVID. First of the Shardul class, INS Shardul is designed to carry tanks, trucks and… read-more

Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah swore in as the new ruling emir of Kuwait on September 30 after the demise of the predecessor and half-brother Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah. Sheikh Nawaf, aged 83, took the oath at the National Assembly and promised to preserve the security of Kuwait. He had become the crown prince under Sheikh Sabah in February 2006.