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Kuwait announces temporary power cuts in parts of the country during peak consumption hours, saying that the country is struggling to meet increased demand caused by extreme summer heat.
2024-06-20

The Kuwaiti Ministers of Defense and the Interior, both members of the ruling Al-Sabah family, resign. The resignations are accepted by the Emir, who appoints a different member of the Al-Sabah family and Mohammad al-Fares, the current Oil Minister, to their respective posts.
2022-02-17

Israel plans to shut down all of Al Jazeera's operations in the country, alleging support of terrorism.
2017-08-6

Kuwait sentences two people to death for spying for Iran and Hezbollah.
2016-01-12

Protestors breach the walls of the U.S. embassy compound in Sana'a, Yemen. Yemeni police fire warning shots in the air and four people are killed. The Egyptian ministry of health says 224 people are injured in demonstrations around the embassy in Cairo. In Kuwait, 500 people gather and chant near the embassy.
2012-09-13

Protesters are also reported to have stormed Syrian embassies in Kuwait, Egypt, Australia, Germany and Greece.
2012-02-4

Human Rights Watch expresses increased concerns at the continuing targeting by the Egyptian authorities of journalists, human rights defenders, and youth activists, while another Al Jazeera reporter is arrested.
2011-02-6

Al Jazeera's Cairo office is stormed by "gangs of thugs" who ransack it and set it on fire as attacks on foreign journalists continue.
2011-02-4

Two Al Jazeera journalists are attacked on their way from the airport to central Cairo.
2011-02-3