Kuwait's minority Shia MPs have lost more than half of their seats in the second parliamentary election in less than a year, official results show. Shia candidates won eight seats in the 50-member parliament, compared with a record 17 in the ballot in December. Liberal and tribal groups have emerged the main winners. Voter turnout was an estimated ...

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait (AP) Kuwaiti voters braved searing heat in the middle of the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast to cast ballots Saturday in parliamentary elections that leaders in the oil-rich Gulf nation hope can restore some stability after years of escalating confrontations between its Western-backed rulers and an Islamist-led opposition. The outcome ...

KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- From boycotting ballots to storming parliament, each time Kuwait heads into parliamentary elections the backstory seems to overshadow the vote. Yet the revolving-door series of elections could have an impact not only on this tiny, oil-rich state, but also on fellow nations in the Gulf and the rest of the region. For the election ...