KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's Cabinet has resigned and the emir has accepted the resignation, the parliament speaker said on Sunday.

''As far as I know, the resignation has been submitted to the emir, and it has been accepted,'' Jassem al-Kharafi told reporters. He said he believes the ruler, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, will ask the prime minister, Sheik Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah, to form a new Cabinet.

The move had been widely expected to pre-empt a vote of no-confidence in the health minister, who is a member of the ruling family.—AP