The story: Kuwait is gearing up to hold early parliamentary elections next month. While the country held legislative polls last September, the judiciary in March ruled to annul that vote, reinstating the 2020 parliament. The fresh elections have been triggered by the crown prince’s intervention earlier this month to dissolve the 2020 National Assembly. With registration closing, less candidates have signed up compared to the prior two polls.

The coverage: State media reported on May 3 that Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s cabinet approved a draft decree for early elections to be held on June 6.

• The Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on May 7 published statements by the information minister that described the upcoming polls as “correcting the course”—the same slogan used for the Sept. 2022 elections.

• On the same day, Kuwait’s interior ministry—which administers elections—announced that it would replace damaged or lost nationality documents because “no candidacy or voting will be permitted unless...