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Reuters
| over 1 year ago
Analysis & Opinion Protesters force open the door of the National Assembly Debate hall during a demonstration in Kuwait City November 16, 2011. Kuwait's emir ordered security forces to take all necessary measures to safeguard ''public order'' after...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
HH the Amir yesterday said he will not dissolve the National Assembly despite the storming of the parliament last week by anti-government protesters and opposition MPs. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, in a meeting with editors-in-chief of local...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
The interior minister has beefed up security preparations by mobilising almost all its forces as the opposition's and prime minister's supporters plan to stage rallies opposite the National Assembly at the same time today. There were reports earlier...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
The Ministry of Information is a coordination department, and not an authority tasked with imposing censorship and restrictions on freedoms of the press and media, said Minister of Information Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah. During a reception of...
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Indian Express
| over 1 year ago
The bittersweet promise of the Arab Spring knocked on the doors of Kuwaiti parliament. The parliaments doors were flung open by demonstrators, who chanted the now popular slogan, The people want to bring down the head (of government). The chant...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
President of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah yesterday toured and inspected sports stadiums in Incheon city, South Korea, in preparation for the 17th Asian games, to be held in 2014. Sheikh Ahmad toured the city of...
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India Abroad
| over 1 year ago
Prasun Sonwalkar in London G rowing population levels and rising urbanisation will triple the spending on infrastructure in emerging markets such as India over the next two decades to $20 trillion, a University of Cambridge report says. The report, '...
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Qatar English Daily
| over 1 year ago
Quote of the day Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Friday, 18 November 2011 06:29 Kuwait is in the eye of a storm yet again. Opposition lawmakers warned of a growing political crisis after dozens of anti-government protesters muscled their...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Text Size Dozens of anti-government protesters stormed Kuwait's parliament as hundreds of activists protested outside demanding the resignation of the prime minister and dissolution of the legislature on Wednesday. According to witnesses, five...
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Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait Tightens Security After Protest in Parliament Published: November 17, 2011 Stung by a surprise burst into Parliament by protesters, Kuwait's ruler ordered tighter security in the building on Thursday and vowed that his oil-rich country, which...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait Tightens Security After Protest in Parliament Published: November 17, 2011 Stung by a surprise burst into Parliament by protesters, Kuwait's ruler ordered tighter security in the building on Thursday and vowed that his oil-rich country, which...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
With pressure growing in the government in Kuwait, the government described Wednesday's parliamentary disturbances as irresponsible. Anti-government protesters managed to storm the Kuwaiti Parliament during debates over whether to question the...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday ordered the National Guard and the Interior Ministry forces to take all "necessary measures" to establish law and order in the country and end chaos following the unprecedented storming...
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Arab News
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait's ruler ordered authorities Thursday to tighten security measures in the Gulf nation and conduct possible arrests after parliament was stormed by an anti-government mob angered by high-level corruption allegations. The steps by the emir, Sheik...
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International Business Times
| over 1 year ago
Articles "The people want to bring down the head (of government)," the crowds chanted, according to Reuters. They also sang the national anthem before leaving the building and joining hundreds more protestors outside. Recently protests have been...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
It poses a threat to the security, the stability and the public order in the country and there is no way such an act can be tolerated or disregarded in any way," the emir said, according to the news agency. Accusing the protesters of putting the...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Protesters stand on the table of the Speaker of Parliament after storming into Kuwait's parliament in Kuwait City November 16, 2011. Kuwait's emir ordered security forces to take all necessary measures to safeguard "public order" after protesters...
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Canada.com
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait's emir on Thursday ordered the national guard and security forces to take all "necessary" measures to maintain security after angry protesters stormed the oil-rich Gulf state's parliament. Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah issued the order in a...
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NOW Lebanon
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, on Thursday ordered the national guard and security forces to take all "necessary" measures to maintain security in the Gulf state. The order was issued in a statement by the cabinet which held an...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
An opposition Kuwaiti lawmaker who had participated in the storming of the parliament building on Thursday threatened more protests if the government and the assembly were not dissolved. "We are now waiting for the dissolution of government and the...
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The Daily Star
| over 1 year ago
Dozens of Kuwaitis briefly stormed Kuwait's parliament building as hundreds of others protested outside in Kuwait City late Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. Kuwaiti leaders held crisis talks Thursday after protesters demanding the resignation of the prime...
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Jerusalem Post
| over 1 year ago
Britain, France, Germany and Arab states will call for UN General Assembly vote soon to censure Damascus, says German official. Britain, France, Germany and several Arab states will call for a UN General Assembly vote soon to condemn Syria for nine...
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CNN
| over 1 year ago
Protesters break into Kuwaiti Parliament From Rima Maktabi, CNN updated 7:55 PM EST, Wed November 16, 2011 Protesters break open the gate as they storm the Kuwaiti National Assembly in Kuwait City on Wednesday. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) --...
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Israel National News
| over 1 year ago
Hundreds of additional demonstrators gathered outside the building. The demonstrators accused the prime minister of corruption and called for his resignation. One of the protesters said that the people demand further reforms and recent government...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Opposition lawmakers are warning of a growing political crisis in Kuwait.
Local media are reporting dozens of anti-government protesters have muscled their way into parliament during debate over efforts to call the prime minister for...
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Qatar English Daily
| over 1 year ago
The United States should consider increasing its military presence in Kuwait to counter growing Iranian assertiveness in Iraq and the Gulf region, the top US military officer told lawmakers yesterday. Army General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
Kuwait has donated $250,000 to the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies for aiding the federation humanitarian projects in Somalia and its relief agencies, said Kuwait's permanent delegate at the UN in Geneva...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
The plan to build separate hospitals for expatriates in Kuwait has drawn flak from both expatriates and citizens. "Are they building a new hospital because the diagnosis of lung cancer is done differently for expats and locals?," a visibly annoyed...
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Kuwait Times
| over 1 year ago
The Technical Advisory Committee for health legislation at the Council of Arab Ministers of Health began here yesterday a two-day meeting, focusing on issues related to regulating the medical profession. Kuwait Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
Kuwaitis sit and demonstrate at Kuwait's National Assembly in Kuwait City. (Yasser Al-Zayyat/AFP/Getty Images) In the tumultuous Arab Spring, little has been heard from the oil-rich state of Kuwait, though protests have flared up in pockets since...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| over 1 year ago
Story continues below The police had used batons to prevent protesters from marching to the residence of Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, a senior member of the ruling family, after staging a rally outside parliament.
