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Kuwait’s emir, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, has died aged 86, the state news agency reported on Saturday.
Sheikh Nawaf had been admitted to hospital for an emergency health problem in late November, where his condition had been described as stable.
His three-year rule over Kuwait, a US ally in the Gulf, was blighted by ill health. His 83-year-old half brother, the crown prince Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad…