KUWAIT, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Kuwait has appointed interior minister Sheikh Talal Khalid al-Ahmad as caretaker defence minister, the government media office said on Monday.
Sheikh Talal will have the job while Defence Minister Sheikh Abdullah Ali Abdullah Al-Sabah is on leave, the media office said without elaborating. Local media on Sunday said Sheikh Abdullah has resigned from his position.
The decision came a few days after the Gulf state’s…