Kuwait's Amiri Diwan (Emiri Court) announced here today the death of Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait. The Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) reported a statement announced by the Emiri Court saying that: Amiri Diwan announce with utmost sorrow and sadness the death of the late, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, to the Kuwaiti people, the Arab as well as the Islamic nations and the friendly peoples of the world. As the Emir of Kuwait passed away, the statement added, we pray to Allah to bestow upon him His abundant mercy and abode him in His vast paradise. To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return, the statement concluded.