Kuwait minister resigns ahead of planned no-confidence vote over IOC ban

Kuwait’s minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote over the nation’s 15-month international sports ban, state news agency KUNA reported. Sheikh Salman Sabah al-Humoud al-Sabah, a member of the ruling family, was due to face the no-confidence vote on Wednesday following several hours of grilling last week in which lawmakers accused him of “complacency and mismanagement”.