Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, ruler of oil-rich Kuwait, dead at 86
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Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, the ruling Emir of Kuwait, has died aged, 86 just over three years after assuming power. Kuwait has the seventh largest oil reserves in the world.
The small Mideast nation, which is the holder of the world's seventh-largest oil reserve, borders Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south, has seen internal power struggles behind palace doors. Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a somber official made the announcement.
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