KUWAIT CITY: Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the emir of oil-rich Kuwait, died on Saturday after three years in power, the royal court said. He was 86.

"With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn... the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, emir of the State of Kuwait," said a statement aired on Kuwaiti state television.

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