A diplomatic crisis emerged between Saudi Arabia, its allies and Lebanon after the airing of comments by then information minister Georges Kordahi criticising a Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
The company says the fire, the second to erupt at the Mina al Ahmadi oil refinery in three months, broke out at a gas liquefaction unit that had been out of service for maintenance work.
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has chosen Haitham al Ghais to become the group's top diplomat, as it navigates a delicate recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
The United Nations has warned that hunger across the Arab world has increased by 91.1 percent over the past two decades.
With several minority groups living in harmony, the Islamic nation is a melting pot of people and cultures.
Oman has maintained its neutrality in the Saudi-Lebanon row, but will that position endanger its relationships in the future?
Baghdad says it will work to pay remaining $629M at beginning of next year.
The decision comes a day after Saudi Arabia ordered the Lebanese ambassador to the kingdom to leave the country over a minister's comments about its war in Yemen.
Voters will elect 30 members of the 45-seat Shura Council on Saturday, while the ruling emir will appoint the remaining 15 members.
The plight of the Bidoon is a six-decade story of a people denied citizenship and stigmatised in one of the world’s wealthiest states.
The UK government could have prevented the abduction of British Airways passengers amidst the Iraqi invasion in Kuwait in 1990. It chose not to do so, a new book claims.
US wants to see what Iran is willing to do and remains "fully prepared" to return to Vienna to continue negotiations, says top US diplomat Antony Blinken in Kuwait.
Subscribe to our Youtube channel for all latest in-depth, on the ground reporting from around the world.
Copyright © 2022 TRT World.