Kuwaiti court acquits detained U.S. Kuwaiti journalist of all charges, lawyers say

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A Kuwaiti American journalist has been acquitted in Kuwait of all charges after nearly two months in detention during a crackdown on press freedom and social media posts on military activity in the Middle East amid Iran's war with the U.S. and Israel.