Kuwait's Emir in hospital for medical checks after cold: agency

KUWAIT - 22 Nov 2017: Kuwait's elderly ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah, was admitted to hospital on Wednesday for medical checks after suffering from a cold, the state news agency KUNA reported.

It cited the Emiri Court Affairs Minister Sheikh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah as saying that Sheikh Sabah would undergo "a normal medical checkup after going through a cold".