Kuwait Housing Update: The Public Authority for Housing Welfare (PAHW) will require applicants for government-owned rental housing to update their documents and personal data within 90 days of notification, or their applications will be cancelled and removed from records without prior warning, under a new ministerial decree adding Article 96-bis to the Housing Welfare Regulations. Kuwait Court Crackdown: A Criminal Court sentenced a PACI employee to five years with hard labor and KD 340 in fines for bribery and forgery of official and electronic documents used to change expatriates’ residential addresses, while a middleman and three expatriates received prison terms and deportation orders for the expatriates. Public Services Push: Kuwait inaugurated a Citizen Service Center at Al-Khairan Mall to streamline procedures and expand services, and PAAET launched electronic graduation certificates via the Sahel government e-services app. Regional Security & Hormuz: CENTCOM hosted a 12-nation regional security dialogue in Bahrain with Kuwait among participants, while Iran’s foreign minister attacked the move and the UN Security Council heard renewed US accusations over attacks affecting Gulf shipping and civilian infrastructure. US-Iran Diplomacy: US and Iran indirect talks in Doha wrapped with mediators citing “positive progress,” as Washington signals it rejects any status-quo changes in the Strait of Hormuz and points to July 18 for the next round.