Kuwait's ruler, 91, admitted to hospital for medical checkup

Kuwait's 91-year-old ruler has been admitted to the hospital for a medical checkup, the oil-rich nation's state-run news agency reported Saturday. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah was in “good health,” the KUNA news agency said, citing a statement from the country's diwan minister. In August 2019, Kuwait acknowledged the emir suffered an unspecified medical “setback" that required him to be hospitalized.