KUWAIT (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2 billion in damages to Dow Chemical Co <DOW.N> over a scrapped plastics joint venture. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - A ruling by Kuwait's top court next month could end a period of relative political stability, jeopardizing government plans to push ahead with long-delayed economic projects. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait's state-owned Kuwait Airways <KA.UL> has picked Airbus <EAD.PA> to provide new jets because their bid was the best value for money, the country's transport minister was quoted as saying. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Some members of Kuwait's cabinet have offered to resign, state news agency KUNA reported, citing the speaker of parliament. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti lawmakers said on Monday they wanted to question the oil and interior ministers in parliament, a move that could rekindle political tensions in the Gulf Arab state after several months of relative stability. Full story
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwait is studying plans by its airline to buy 25 Airbus jets, a source with knowledge of the matter said, in the most sweeping overhaul since part of its fleet was seized after Iraq invaded the Gulf state in 1990. Full story
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends the opening of the 14th session of Parliament in Kuwait City in this December 16, 2012 file photo. One of the world's richest countries per capita, Kuwait has struggled for years to get big infrastructure projects off the ground because of bureaucratic re
Three men watch a screen of the stock exchange at Kuwait Bourse in this Decembber 3, 2012 file photo. One of the world's richest countries per capita, Kuwait has struggled for years to get big infrastructure projects off the ground because of bureaucratic red tape and political turmoil. A parliamen
A general view of Kuwait City in this November 10, 2012 file photo. One of the world's richest countries per capita, Kuwait has struggled for years to get big infrastructure projects off the ground because of bureaucratic red tape and political turmoil. A parliamentary election in December 2012 was
USM Alger's Noureddine Daham celebrates scoring against Kuwait's Al-Arabi during the Union of Arab Football Associations final soccer match in Algiers May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
USM Alger's Abdelkader laifaoui holds up the trophy after his team won the Union of Arab Football Associations final soccer match against Kuwait's Al-Arabi in Algiers May 14, 2013. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi (ALGERIA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)
Kuwait Minister for Cabinet and Municipal Affairs Sheikh Mohammad al-Mubarak Al-Sabah speaks in his office in Kuwait City April 9, 2013. Dozens of activists and political figures have been charged since late last year with insulting Kuwait's 83-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, mainly i
