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The last U.S. combat troops are leaving Iraq in a convoy to Kuwait, more than seven years after a U.S.-led invasion toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, NBC News reported on Wednesday.

Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund on Sunday said it has sold a $4.1 billion stake in Citigroup, according to a news report. The Kuwait Investment Authority said it made a profit of $1.1 billion from the sale, or a 36.7% return on the investment, Dow Jones Newswires reported, citing an emailed statement ...

A fire in a wedding party tent that killed 43 women and children in Kuwait was started deliberately by the ex-wife of the groom, a Kuwaiti newspaper reported.

Kuwait said on Tuesday it had foiled an al Qaeda-linked plan to bomb a U.S. Army camp and other "important facilities" in the OPEC oil exporting state.