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Kuwait public prosecutor starts investigation into building blaze

Kuwait's public prosecutor has started an investigation into a fire that tore through a building housing foreign workers in the southern Mangaf area, leaving at least 49 people dead and dozens of others injured. The probe aims to uncover the circumstances behind the incident and what might have triggered the deadly inferno, the public prosecutor said on a social media platform. Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya and Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi visited Al-A...

July 27, 2023 6:38 PM

Kuwait executes five people convicted of involvement in 2015 Islamic State group suicide bombing

Kuwait executed five people today including a man convicted of involvement in a 2015 Islamic State group suicide bombing that killed 26 people. The Public Prosecutor oversaw the implementation of the death sentence in Kuwait's Central Prison against five people, most of them accused of murder. The multiple executions in the Gulf emirate are the first since seven people were put to death in November last year. Those put to death today include Abdulrahman Sabah Saud, the main convict in t...