Fiona Macdonald Bloomberg

Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer.

As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its doors to evacuees, fast establishing itself as the West's main line of communication.

A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.

On a day that Saudi Arabia jolted the oil market with an output cut it called a "gesture of goodwill," the kingdom's de-facto ruler took center stage in a mirrored concert hall, ready to resolve a different crisis.

Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.

Once overshadowed by its bigger neighbors in the Gulf, Kuwait's market has emerged as the new darling of global investors

Kuwait's gross domestic product, adjusted for exchange rates, was almost $70,000 in 2017.

Efforts to resolve the standoff between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance have reached an impasse, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter, amid signs the bloc wants to extract more concessions from Doha.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expected to relay to mediators what they want Qatar do to in return for ending their isolation of the tiny Gulf nation, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter.

Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer.

As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its doors to evacuees, fast establishing itself as the West's main line of communication.

A $600 billion sovereign wealth fund is caught in the crosshairs of a political power struggle that's roiling one of the world's richest countries.

On a day that Saudi Arabia jolted the oil market with an output cut it called a "gesture of goodwill," the kingdom's de-facto ruler took center stage in a mirrored concert hall, ready to resolve a different crisis.

Kuwait's Prime Minister has said the country's expatriate population should be more than halved to 30% of the total, as the coronavirus pandemic and a slump in oil prices send shudders through Gulf economies.

Once overshadowed by its bigger neighbors in the Gulf, Kuwait's market has emerged as the new darling of global investors

Kuwait's gross domestic product, adjusted for exchange rates, was almost $70,000 in 2017.

Efforts to resolve the standoff between Qatar and a Saudi-led alliance have reached an impasse, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter, amid signs the bloc wants to extract more concessions from Doha.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are expected to relay to mediators what they want Qatar do to in return for ending their isolation of the tiny Gulf nation, according to a Gulf official with direct knowledge of the matter.