Topic: Ahmad al-Sabah

Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Kuwait's emir since 2006, has died at 91, officials said Tuesday.

President Donald Trump and Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah were scheduled to hold a joint press conference Thursday afternoon at the White House.

On Jan. 29, 1979, Deng Xiaoping, deputy premier of China, and U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed accords reversing decades of U.S. opposition to the People's Republic of China.

Kuwait hanged seven prisoners Wednesday, including a member of the royal family, according to state-run Kuna News Agency.

Disputes over fuel price increases in oil-rich Kuwait have prompted that country's emir to dissolve its parliament.

International pledges for humanitarian aid to Syria exceed $2.4 billion, a Kuwaiti official said at the close of a donor conference Wednesday in Kuwait City.

President Obama welcomes Kuwaiti Emir Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to the White House Friday, the daily schedule indicated.

The arrest of an alleged al-Qaida cell in the United Arab Emirates and of 94 citizens accused of "security offenses" illustrates the alarm sweeping the Persian Gulf monarchies as the wave of Arab pro-democracy uprisings reaches their door.

Opposition protesters in Kuwait City said they held a sleep-in at an alternative location after the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry blocked off Al-Erada Square.

The emir of Kuwait Wednesday dissolved the National Assembly and called for new elections.