Kuwait

Two people are shown from behind wearing head coverings and looking up at a screen showing with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration with Qatar to ease rift

Gulf Arab leaders signed a declaration Tuesday in Saudi Arabia to mark a new page in relations following the kingdom's decision to end a 3 1/2-year embargo of Qatar, easing a rift that deeply divided regional US security allies and frayed social ties across the interconnected Arabian Peninsula.

Gulf Arab leaders sign declaration with Qatar to ease rift
President Donald Trump points as Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden listens during the first presidential debate, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Foreign observers see rancorous US debate; Kuwait swears in new emir; UK, Canada impose sanctions on Lukashenko

Foreign observers see rancorous US debate; Kuwait swears in new emir; UK, Canada impose sanctions on Lukashenko
A hand holds a transgender flag

This trans woman sparked Kuwait's biggest LGBTQ movement in history

This trans woman sparked Kuwait's biggest LGBTQ movement in history
Military officers in full fatigues are shown wearing face masks and standing outside Duomo cathedral.

Coronavirus continues global spread; 'America loves India'; Israel strikes sites in Gaza and Syria

Coronavirus continues global spread; 'America loves India'; Israel strikes sites in Gaza and Syria
An aerial view of Doha's diplomatic area March 21, 2013.

Middle Eastern rift with Qatar looks set to continue indefinitely

Middle Eastern rift with Qatar looks set to continue indefinitely
members of a battalion lining up in front of a palace

There are 28 other monarchies in the world

Are you obsessing over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding? Well, to help you get your royal fix, here's some other information about other royal families.

There are 28 other monarchies in the world
Rita

After grisly murder, Kuwait and the Philippines face diplomatic crisis over domestic worker abuse

The Philippines is entangled in a full-scale diplomatic crisis in Kuwait. How did it happen?

After grisly murder, Kuwait and the Philippines face diplomatic crisis over domestic worker abuse
Ugandan teacher Prudence Nandaula sits in an office in Kampala, Uganda.

She thought she was going to be a teacher in Kuwait — instead she was trafficked

When this Ugandan teacher got a new job in Kuwait, she was thrilled. But when she arrived, her passport was taken from her — and she was given a mop.

She thought she was going to be a teacher in Kuwait — instead she was trafficked
Donald Trump, at a campaign event in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Oct. 26, and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, during a campaign rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Arab countries are underwhelmed by Clinton, but most prefer her to Trump

A poll in 18 Middle Eastern and North African countries gave Hillary Clinton a whopping 35-point lead. But 47 percent would pick neither her nor Donald Trump if they had a chance to vote.

Arab countries are underwhelmed by Clinton, but most prefer her to Trump
Displaced person camp in Iraq

Displaced Iraqis struggle to stay cool during sweltering heat wave

Millions of Iraqis in makeshift camps suffer through temperatures regularly topping 100 degrees Farenheit.

Displaced Iraqis struggle to stay cool during sweltering heat wave
Jihadi John

Who is Jihadi John — and why will so many people be happy if he is dead?

The man seen in multiple ISIS beheading videos has been targeted in a US drone strike; authorities are trying to determine if Mohammed Emwazi, a middle-class kid from London, is dead.

Who is Jihadi John — and why will so many people be happy if he is dead?
Camp Bucca

Meet the US prison camp that helped give birth to ISIS

The US has long worried that its attempts to fight terrorism might actually spur more terrorism. We learn that a US detention camp in Iraq seems to have helped incubate ISIS. Meanwhile, it is Election Day in the US and an app lets Americans show their partisan choices as they shop. And an Egyptian bus driver found one heck of a way to fail a drug test. We have those stories and more in today's Global Scan.

Meet the US prison camp that helped give birth to ISIS

Saudi Arabia, Gulf States Increasingly Skeptical of US Commitment

America is nearing a nuclear deal with Iran, leaving traditional allies like Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States nervous about US commitment to their interests. Saudi Arabian columnist and former fighter pilot Turad Al-Amri offers the Saudi perspective, with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States looking to superpowers China and Russia to balance the equation. Produced by Joseph Braude.

Saudi Arabia, Gulf States Increasingly Skeptical of US Commitment

Qatar's neighbors are pressuring the small Gulf country to fall in line

Qatar and its neighbors in the Arabian Gulf aren't getting along too well. Saudi Arabia, along with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, recalled its ambassador recently — just one move in a series of diplomatic measures designed to get the small, but wealthy Gulf country to step in line.

Qatar's neighbors are pressuring the small Gulf country to fall in line

The Conflict in Egypt: A Proxy for Competing Ideologies in the Middle East

The Conflict in Egypt: A Proxy for Competing Ideologies in the Middle East