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The emir of Kuwait, one of the Middle East’s elder statesmen, has died aged 91, state television announced on Tuesday.
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, who died in a US hospital after a long illness, had ruled the Gulf state since 2006. Previously foreign minister for almost 40 years, he was a widely respected diplomat on the global stage, helping to mobilise an international coalition against Iraqi…
