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Kuwait Emir Accepts PM’s Resignation

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah tendered his resignation to the Emir on Monday. (AFP)
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah tendered his resignation to the Emir on Monday. (AFP)
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Kuwait Emir Accepts PM’s Resignation

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah tendered his resignation to the Emir on Monday. (AFP)
Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah tendered his resignation to the Emir on Monday. (AFP)

Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah tendered on Monday his resignation to Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah, reported the Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA).

The Emir accepted the resignation and ordered that the ministers will now take on a caretaker role until a new cabinet is formed.

The resignation came on the eve of a National Assembly session that was set to discuss a no-confidence vote in Information Minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Mubarak al-Sabah.

The minister was debriefed last Tuesday.

KUNA said that the National Assembly will hold a regular meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday to address a number of articles, most notably the no-confidence vote.

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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
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Small Earthquake Strikes Eastern Saudi Arabia

The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)
The earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail. (SPA)

A 3.35 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Saudi Arabia, 85 kms east of the city of al-Jubail, said the Saudi Geological Survey on Tuesday.

In remarks to local television, Tariq Mansoob, head of the detection center at the survey, said six earthquakes were detected in the Kingdom from March and April.

They were all between the 3.5 and 4.5 range, he added.

The latest quake, which struck at 5:12 pm on Tuesday, has no impact on the Kingdom, he stated.

Activity along the Arabian and Eurasian plates along the Zagros and Makran mountains in Iran and Pakistan led to the quakes, he explained.

The pressure created by this activity resulted in the tremors, he went on to say.

Small quakes are a “good sign,” Mansoob said, because if the pressure continues to build without release, it would have eventually erupt in a major potentially devastating quake.

He reassured the public that the small tremors were not a cause for concern and that the larger ones had taken place closer to Iranian shores.