Kuwait’s emir admitted to hospital, condition stable - KUNA

The Kuwaiti national flag flies at half-mast in Kuwait City on September 9, 2022, (AFP)
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Updated 29 November 2023
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Kuwait’s emir admitted to hospital, condition stable - KUNA

DUBAI: Kuwait’s ruling Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was admitted to hospital on Wednesday due to an emergency health problem and his condition is stable, the state news agency KUNA reported. 

“His highness was admitted to hospital this morning due to an emergency health problem that has prompted His Highness to receive the necessary treatment and to seek medical check. He is in stable condition,” said KUNA, citing the Kuwaiti royal court.


‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

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‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent all-out civil war in South Sudan: UN

  • The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there

GENEVA: The UN rights chief voiced alarm Friday at the deteriorating situation in South Sudan, calling for “urgent action” to avert a return to full-scale civil war there.
“Human rights monitoring provides a warning system. That system is flashing red for South Sudan,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
“We need urgent action to preserve the peace agreement and prevent fragmentation and cycles of retaliation that could herald a return to all-out civil war,” he said.