Kuwait Minister Accused by US of Terrorism Funding Quits

Kuwait's justice and Islamic affairs minister has resigned, the local news service al-Rai said on Monday, after a senior U.S. official said he had called for jihad in Syria and promoted the funding of terrorism.   Last month Nayef al-Ajmi rejected the comments made in March by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen as “groundless and baseless,” and was backed by the Cabinet.   But on Monday, Ajmi said the Gulf state's ruler had accepted his resignation, al-Rai said....

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