Kuwait emir to travel to US for medical treatment

Kuwait’s 91-year-old ruler Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah will travel to the United States to complete medical treatment a few days after he underwent successful surgery, his office announced Wednesday. “The emir will depart the country at dawn on Thursday to the United States based on the advice of his medical team to complete treatment following the successful surgery,” the emir’s court said in a statement cited by state news agency KUNA. The…