Kuwaitis go to the polls today to elect 50 representatives to the National Assembly. The vote which will usher in the country’s 14th parliament is to be held across five redrawn electoral constituencies. Polling will start at 8am and end at 8pm, with initial results expected to stream in by midnight, local time.
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Kuwait sought on Wednesday to put out the fires of acrimony fuelled by unprecedented violent incidents that marred the end of the electoral campaigns. A large rally scheduled by a candidate, Ali Al Rashed, to bring together various forces on the eve of the elections was cancelled after the interior ministry told him it...
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Around 20 people and security men were injured in clashes late on Tuesday after tribesmen stormed Al Watan television station in Kuwait City. The protestors were reportedly angry with the broadcasting of an interview with a pro-government candidate, Nabeel Al Fadhl.
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Kuwait’s urgent matters court on Wednesday refused to bar controversial candidate Mohammad Al Juwaihal from running in the parliamentary elections, Al Watan reported on its website. A case had been filed by Mohammad Munawar, a lawyer, against the candidate whose “derogatory” remarks against another candidate and his tribe on Monday evening resulted in clashes...
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A move to launch the world’s first female falconry association at a press conference in Qatar is being resisted by Qatari social media users, a local daily has reported. On Tuesday, reports emerged in the Qatari capital, Doha, that Qatar’s cultural village “Katara” would announce the inauguration of the world’s first female falconry association...
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A clash between the education minister and lawmakers over extending the school day by 45 minutes has overshadowed the parliament session. Several MPs pushed to make Majid Al Nuaimi postpone the application of a new rule that extends the end of schools hours from 1:30pm to 2:15pm, arguing that more time was needed to...
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Kuwait’s Emiri Court on Tuesday afternoon urged all Kuwaitis to commit themselves to the law and to distance themselves from anything that fanned sectarianism, tribalism and elitism, ahead of parliamentary polls on Thursday. In a statement issued hours after angry protesters torched the tent headquarters of a controversial candidate who reportedly denigrated a fellow...
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