Sources: Reuters
The Kuwaiti defense ministry says that the military intercepted seven Iranian ballistic missiles fired at the country. 2026-06-6
The U.S., Bahraini, and Kuwaiti militaries intercept ballistic missiles and drones fired by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps at U.S. military bases in Bahrain and Kuwait after a U.S. "self-defense" strike on Iran's Qeshm Island. 2026-06-2
Kuwait's interior ministry reports fires at several oil facilities, power plants, and desalination plants after an Iranian drone attack. 2026-04-8
Kuwait will require incoming travellers who fully vaccinated against COVID-19 more than nine months ago to receive booster dose beginning from January 2 and also requires them to self-isolate for 10 days unless they received a negative PCR test within 72 hours of their arrival beginning from December 26. 2021-12-20
Kuwait reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a fully vaccinated European citizen who travelled from an African country. 2021-12-8
Kuwait, where citizens make up around 30 percent of the emirate's 4.4 million population, votes in a snap election following parliament's dissolution on 16 October amid the impact of falling oil prices. This is the first election the opposition has not boycotted in nearly four years. 2016-11-26
Kuwait declares a day of mourning for the victims of the bombing of a Shia mosque yesterday. 2015-06-27
Kuwaiti opposition leader Musallam Al-Barrak is given a five-year prison sentence for insulting Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. 2013-04-15
Two Iranian Revolutionary Guard fighter jets fire on an unmanned American General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drone in international airspace near Kuwait. 2012-11-9
Kuwait and Jordan provide logistics, and Turkey adds five ships and a submarine to the military intervention in Libya. 2011-03-23