After Standoff: Kuwait Reappoints PM to Form New Cabinet

Kuwait's emir has reappointed Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah as prime minister, after the cabinet resigned last week in a standoff with parliament over its vote to question the premier, the state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday.

The prime minister and the cabinet had been acting in a caretaker role since the resignation.

The emir tasked the prime minister with nominating a new cabinet.

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