Kuwait’s Emir travels to the US for usual medical check-up

Kuwait’s Emir travels to the US for usual medical check-up

DUBAI: Kuwait's Emir Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has headed to the United States for some usual medical check-ups, state news agency KUNA reported.

He succeeded to the throne on September 30, 2020 after the death of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

Arab League ministers reaffirm UAE sovereignty over 3 Iran-occupied islands

The UAE took its claim to the UN but the Security Council has deferred action

Updated 04 March 2021

Arab News

March 04, 2021 10:19

DUBAI: Foreign ministers of the Arab League have reaffirmed the UAE's sovereignty over three islands that were occupied by Iran in the 1970s.

In a resolution adopted during their meeting in Cairo, the top envoys denounced the Iranian government's continued occupation of Abu Mousa, Lesser Tunb and Greater Tunb and what they described as its violation of the UAE's sovereignty in a way that destabilizes the region and threatens international peace and security, state news agency WAM reported.

The league's council likewise condemned the Iranian government's establishment of residential units for Iranian people in the Emirati islands, and requested Tehran "to stop such provocative acts which are considered interferences in the internal affairs of an independent, sovereign state in a way that threatens regional stability and endangers the safety of maritime navigation