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2025 in Kuwait

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Events in the year 2025 in Kuwait.

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Events

January

  • 20 January – Kuwait Oil Company announces the discovery of significant commercial quantities of hydrocarbon resources in the Al-Julai'a offshore field within Kuwaiti territorial waters, marking the second discovery of its kind in Kuwait's offshore area.[3][4]

February

March

  • 8 March – All flights to and from Kuwait are briefly suspended for undisclosed reasons.[7]
  • 12 March – Six Americans held in Kuwait on drugs-related charges are released and returned to the United States following a visit by US special envoy Adam Boehler.[8]
  • 16 March – Kuwait abolishes Article 153, ending reduced penalties for "honor killings," and raised the legal marriage age to 18 for both genders.[9]
  • 24 March – A major sweepstakes scandal reveals rigged draws, pre-selected winners, and a lack of transparency. The Ministry of Interior announces the arrest of the main perpetrators, including the raffle director at the Ministry of Commerce, the fictitious winner, and her husband.[10]

April

  • 16 April – Kuwait hosts the third Central AsiaGulf Cooperation Council ministerial meeting.[11]
  • 22 April – Kuwait enforces a new traffic law.[12]
  • 30 April – Ten Americans held in Kuwait on various charges are released and returned to the United States.[13]

June

  • 1 June – Five people are killed in a fire at an apartment block in Riggae.[14]

Deaths

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