Kuwait has approved a tax treaty with Iraq to avoid double taxation and curb tax evasion on income and capital taxes.
A senior Iranian military official on September 10 called on the oil and foreign ministries to push for Iran's right to develop a disputed gas field in the Persian Gulf.
Power grids across the Middle East have faced unprecedented strain this summer, according to new data from the region on September 6.
Basra is expected to be the hottest region, nearly reaching 50 degrees Celsius as temperatures across the region break records this week.
Kuwait experienced a record-high electrical load of 17,360 megawatts (MW) at 2 p.m. local time on July 13.