Kuwaiti emir sets parliamentary election for Feb. 2

The emir of Kuwait issued a decree on Sunday setting the parliamentary election for Feb. 2, al-Rai television reported. 

The emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, dissolved parliament nearly two weeks ago following the resignation of  the government last month in one of the deepest political crises in the oil-exporting state. He had set no date for a new election.