KUWAIT - Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Dr. Ali Al-Omair says the construction projects cost up to KD 3.7 billion.
GENEVA - Staffan de Mistura, the Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Syria, announces three-week halt to the indirect talks between the Syrian regime and opposition.
NEW YORK - The Arab group of states says the planned reforms of the UN Security Council must ensure a broader and equal representation based on the new realties.
RAMALLAH - Three Palestinians are killed in an Israeli attack in the Old City of Jerusalem.
WASHINGTON - In an address to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, US President Barack Obama says Americans recently have heard "inexcusable political rhetoric against Muslim Americans." (end) gb