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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was bestowed with Kuwait’s highest honour, the 'Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer,' on Sunday for his efforts in enhancing Indo-Kuwaiti relations. The prestigious award was conferred by Kuwait's Amir, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, during Modi’s historic visit to Kuwait — the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 43 years. During his visit, …

The last month has seen several twists in a fascinating decade-long legal case that pitted the Malaysian government against the heirs of a long-vanished Southeast Asian sultanate. On June 12, Malaysia’s government obtained a stay order against the enforcement of a French court ruling ordering it to pay an eye-watering $14.9 billion to the legal descendants of Jamalul Kiram II, …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait has temporarily handed its crown prince some of the ruling emir’s constitutional duties, the royal family’s secretariat announced on Monday, without explaining why the transfer was necessary. The brief statement published by the state-run KUNA news agency said only that the government had issued an order for the crown prince to assume some duties …