Online

Sandstorm halts Kuwait oil exports

State-owned Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) has temporarily halted oil exports because of a sandstorm that has been sweeping the desert country.

Dust storm: Kuwaiti flags fly on a bridge engulfed by a sandstorm
Dust storm: Kuwaiti flags fly on a bridge engulfed by a sandstorm
  • News wires
Published 11 February 2009, 14:08Updated 9 July 2012, 08:50
Middle EastNorth Africa