:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/thenational/TICMQUUJMTWCGXGBGN7NUJLM7U.jpg "Kuwait elections: 376 candidates seek votes for 50-seat parliament")
The 10-day registration period for Kuwaiti citizens who intend to stand in this month's parliamentary elections ended on Wednesday, with 376 candidates in the running — 349 men and 27 women
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Marzouq Al Ghanim, the speaker of Kuwait’s recently dissolved parliament, announced that he will not run in the upcoming elections scheduled this month, but said that his decision does not mean that he will be “stepping away from the political scene”
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Kuwait will hold a parliamentary election on Thursday, September 29, state news agency Kuna reported. This comes after the Gulf state's crown prince moved to dissolve Parliament in an attempt to resolve a political stand-off between the government and the elected legislature
Kuwait named the emir's son as prime minister on Sunday, replacing caretaker premier Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid who faced a combative parliament amid a feud between the government and elected assembly that has hindered fiscal reform
"How many Palestinians have given up their Israeli citizenship in favor of a Palestinian one since Oslo? Not even one," Sa’ad Bin Tefla Al-’Ajmi writes
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Kuwait is planning to appoint an ambassador to Yemen, The National was told on Thursday
Jordan’s Prince Hamzah Bin al-Hussein is relinquishing his title of prince, he said in a statement
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Six firefighting teams in Kuwait are putting out a fire at Kuwait International Airport's new T2 project, the Kuwait Fire Force said on Twitter
Kuwaiti commentators call for peace, despite 450,000 Palestinians living in their country, comes as Israeli President Herzog makes splashy first visit to the UAE
The government had previously been locked in a standoff with opposition lawmakers who have insisted on questioning Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid Al Sabah in the elected parliament.
