Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
FILE - In this July 20, 2016 file photo, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah al-Sabah arrives to attend the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL Meeting, hosted by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Kuwait's justice system is testing government pledges to hold ministers accountable for $790 million gone missing from the Defense Ministry fund years ago. The ministerial court ordered two former ministers and royal family members, Sheikh Jaber al-Mubarak Al Sabah and his ally, former Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid al-Jarrah Al Sabah, detained April 2021 in Kuwait's Central Prison over their suspected misuse of the ministry's funds. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
Ex-premier's graft case a test of justice in oil-rich Kuwait

By Isabel Debre May. 29, 2021 02:11 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2020 file photo, the new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, waves after he was sworn in at the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Kuwait said Thursday, March 4, 2021, that the 83-year-old ruling emir of Kuwait has flown to the United States for medical checks, just months after ascending the throne. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg, File)
Kuwait says its ruling emir flies to US for medical checks

Mar. 04, 2021 08:43 AM EST

FILE - In this July 19, 2020, file photo, people gather at a makeshift memorial near the home of Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in Atlanta. Lewis, who died Friday at age 80, was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists who organized the 1963 March on Washington, and spoke shortly before the group's leader, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to a vast sea of people. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2020

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 07, 2020 12:13 PM EST

A woman casts her vote for parliamentary elections in the town of Hawally, Kuwait, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
Kuwait election sees two-thirds of parliament lose seats

Dec. 06, 2020 08:35 AM EST

A man casts heis vote for parliamentary elections in the town of Hawally, Kuwait, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
Kuwait votes for parliament amid economic, virus challenges

Dec. 05, 2020 12:06 AM EST

FILE- In this April 16, 2009 file photo, the Kuwait city skyline is seen through the haze of a sand storm in Kuwait City. Kuwait, one of the world’s wealthiest countries, is facing a debt crisis. The pandemic has sent the price of oil crashing to all-time lows and pushed Kuwait toward a reckoning with its longtime largesse for its citizens just as a parliamentary election looms in Dec. 2020. It needs the new parliament to approve raising its debt spending and passing the bill will be the first legislative challenge for Kuwait's new emir. (AP Photo, File)
Oil-rich Kuwait faces reckoning as debt crisis looms

By Isabel Debre Nov. 24, 2020 01:07 AM EST

In this photo released by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, talks to Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah, the new Emir of Kuwait, right, in Kuwait, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. The new emir replaced his half-brother, the late ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, seen in portrait, who died in the United States at the age of 91 last month. (KUNA via AP)
Kuwaiti National Guard figure picked as next crown prince

By Isabel Debre Oct. 07, 2020 06:11 AM EDT

The new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, waves after he performed the constitutional oath at the Kuwaiti National Assembly in Kuwait, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Kuwait's Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother after a long career in the security services. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
Kuwait's new emir asks Cabinet to stay on, despite custom

Oct. 06, 2020 06:37 AM EDT

The new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, waves after he performed the constitutional oath at the Kuwaiti National Assembly in Kuwait, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. Kuwait's Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah was sworn in Wednesday as the ruling emir of the tiny oil-rich country, propelled to power by the death of his half-brother after a long career in the security services. (AP Photo/Jaber Abdulkhaleg)
Sheikh Nawaf sworn in as Kuwait's new ruling emir

By Isabel Debre Sep. 30, 2020 08:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019 file photo released by Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, middle, receives by Kuwaiti officials after his arrival from the U.S. in Kuwait. Kuwait state television said Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, the country's 91-year-old ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, had died. ( KUNA via AP, File)
Kuwait ruler, longtime diplomat Sheikh Sabah, dies at age 91

By Jon Gambrell And Adam Schreck Sep. 29, 2020 09:35 AM EDT

In this Dec.10, 2019, file photo, Saudi King Salman talks during the 40th Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom's Royal Court said Monday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests

By Aya Batrawy Jul. 20, 2020 01:57 AM EDT