Kuwait has entered the crucial phase of electoral silence as it prepares for the upcoming parliamentary elections. The polls are scheduled for the 17th legislative term of the National Assembly and are slated to take place on Tuesday. The elections will be held across 759 polling stations in five electoral districts, with a total of 793,646 registered voters who will elect 50 deputies.
Iran will reportedly reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia’s capital on Tuesday, a diplomat in Riyadh said, months after Tehran and Riyadh agreed to restore diplomatic ties. Saudi Arabia severed relations with Iran in 2016, after its embassy in Tehran and consulate in the northwestern city of Mashhad were attacked. "The opening of the Iranian embassy will take place Tuesday at 6:00 pm local time (1500 GMT) with the presence of the newly appointed Iranian ambassador" to Saudi Arabia, a diplomatic source in Riyadh told AFP on Monday.
The Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Studies Unit at the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies held the third lecture of its monthly series on Tuesday 2 May 2023, hosting Ghanim Alnajjar, Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Kuwait University, to present "The Political Economy of Land in the Gulf: Land Acquisition Policy in Kuwait”
Isolated for over three years, Qatar is now seeing a chance to shake hands again with its former four Arab friends, which jointly cut ties with the small but wealthy Gulf state in 2017.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt have imposed a diplomatic and economic blockade on Qatar since June 2017, accusing the gas-rich state of supporting terrorism and extremism, as well as interfering in their domestic affairs. Qatar has repeatedly denied the charges.
However, the signs of a thaw emerged recently after the multipartite efforts, made especially by Kuwait and the United States, to end the Gulf crisis and restore Arab unity in order to confront Iran.
2020-12-12 16:35:24 GMT2020-12-13 00:35:24(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
CAIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) Isolated for over three years, Qatar is now seeing a chance to shake hands again with its former four Arab friends, which jointly cut ties with the small but wealthy Gulf state in 2017.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt have imposed a diplomatic and economic blockade on Qatar since June 2017, accusing the gas-rich state of supporting terrorism and extremism, as well as interfering in their domestic affairs. Qatar has repeatedly denied the charges.
However, the signs of a thaw emerged recently after the multipartite efforts, made especially by Kuwait and the United States, to end the Gulf crisis and restore Arab unity in order to confront Iran.