Kuwait’s Emir travels to US for medical checks

Dubai: Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah travelled on Thursday to the US for “routine” medical checks, state news agency KUNA reported without giving further details.

The 83-year-old Emir assumed power in the oil-producing Gulf Arab state last September after the death of his brother Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed.

Sheikh Nawaf had on Tuesday approved a new cabinet at a time when the government is trying to tackle a liquidity crunch caused by low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic.