16Photo1Video© hindustantimes.comKuwait's emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah dies at 86
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The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died on Saturday, the royal court said, after three years in power. He was 86.
"With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn... the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait," said a statement aired on Kuwaiti state television.
State television had cut its regular programming and switched to a broadcast of Koranic recital before the announcement.
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