Three US F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of Operation Epic Fury went down over Kuwait due to an apparent friendly fire incident, the US Central Command (Centcom) said in a X message.
Arab countries secured 146 foreign maritime transport projects worth nearly $4 billion over the past 23 years, with five countries - Egypt, UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Mauritania - accounting for 114 projects, according to a report by Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corp (Dhaman).
Jazeera Airways has strengthened connectivity between Kuwait and Egypt, with flights operating to four Egyptian cities — Alexandria, Cairo, Assiut, and Luxor — supporting essential travel during the current regional situation and local airport closures.
Kuwait has reported significant progress in its projects for February, with infrastructure and building works advancing at a rapid pace across several housing cities including Al Mutlaa City (where 170 buildings are under construction) and South Sabah Al Ahmad City (where key roads works are underway).
Leading Kuwaiti low-cost carrier Jazeera Airways has marked another major milestone by simultaneously relaunching flights to six Indian cities from Kuwait via Qaisumah Airport (AQI) in Hafar Al Batin, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under Project Vande Bharat during these challenging times.
Alghanim Industries (Kutayba Alghanim Group) has announced the official launch of Starlink services in Kuwait through its technology venture Sama X, bringing SpaceX’s satellite internet network and the world’s largest constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to customers across the country.
Kuwait-based Heavy Engineering Industries and Shipbuilding Company (Heisco) and Shanghai Electric Group are the sole bidders for the Al Subiya Power Generation and Water Distillation Station upgradation project work with the Chinese group emerging as the lowest bidder.
Saudi Arabia has curtailed its crude oil production by an estimated 2 million to 2.5 million barrels per day, while the UAE has reduced output by approximately 500,000 to 800,000 barrels daily, Bloomberg reported.
The Pentagon said Tuesday about 140 US service members have been wounded in the conflict with Iran giving the first insight into the broader toll of injuries sustained by US troops after a barrage of retaliatory rocket and drone strikes from Iran that also killed seven soldiers in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Kuwait's real estate sector has recorded solid growth in FY 2025 with the Q4 property sales reaching record levels, supported by a significant increase in residential sales and robust commercial sales. For the full year, the sales came in at KD4.4 billion ($14.3 billion), said a report.
