Sources: IOL
An Iranian attack on a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait kills an Indian worker and damages a building at the site. 2026-03-30
Thirteen people are killed and 50 others become ill, including 21 cases of blindness or impaired vision and some critically, from methanol poisoning in Kuwait. 2025-08-13
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is appointed as Prime Minister of Kuwait. 2024-01-4
The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States. 2020-11-5
Police fire tear gas and stun grenades at an anti-government protest in Kuwait; protesters were demonstrating against changes to voting laws. 2012-10-21
Kuwait and Bahrain recall their ambassadors to Syria in protest of the violence, a day after Saudi Arabia recalled its ambassador. 2011-08-8
Kuwait recalls its ambassador to Iran after it convicted three people on charges of spying for Iran. 2011-03-30
Kuwait and Jordan provide logistics, and Turkey adds five ships and a submarine to the military intervention in Libya. 2011-03-23
Several countries, including Greece, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States, announce plans to evacuate citizens from Egypt. Cairo's U.S. embassy schedules flights to so-called safe haven locations in Europe. 2011-01-30
The United States ends combat operations in Iraq as its last combat brigade departs for Kuwait. 2010-08-18