KUWAIT - His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chaired the 129th meeting (2026/1) of the Supreme Petroleum Council at Bayan Palace.
KUWAIT - Representative of His Highness the Prime Minister, Minister of Information, Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi inaugurated the 31st edition of the Qurain Cultural Festival.
KUWAIT - Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Office reiterated Kuwait's commitment to implementing international recommendations on involving civil society organizations in preparing national human rights reports.
BAGHDAD - Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq Hassan Zaman met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem Al-Araji to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries.
KUWAIT - Kuwait's Information Minister Abdularahman Al-Mutairi announced the winners of an annual award recognizing standout talent in the national media industry.
KUWAIT - Armenia's First Deputy Minister of High-Tech Industry Gevorg Mantashyan affirmed Armenia's keenness to deepen economic cooperation with Kuwait and build sustainable partnerships.
KUWAIT - The Ministry of Interior, represented by the General Directorate of Coast Guard, announced the seizure of a speedboat carrying three Iranian nationals involved in armed robbery and maritime piracy.
KUWAIT - Kuwait has succeeded in stopping active transmission of measles and rubella for 12 consecutive months, in line with a World Health Organization (WHO) announcement, due to high vaccine coverage and stronger disease surveillance, Minister of Health said.
KUWAIT - The Executive Office of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced the appointment of President of the Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Vice President of its Council for the West Asia region.
BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Europe cannot defend itself without the United States.
BEIRUT - Lebanon lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General over Israeli occupation's violations of the Lebanese sovereignty in the past few months.
BEIJING - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi stressed China's commitment to building a security partnership with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to help promote political solutions to regional crises.
KUALA LUMPUR - At least18 people were killed and 24 others remain missing after a passenger ferry carrying more than 350 people sank off the country's southern coast. (end) ibi