KUWAIT -- National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim said His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's opening of the new MPs' building had positive impacts on lawmakers, who adopted a number of important laws today.
KUWAIT -- The parliament approved a bill that determined the number of people to be naturalized.
KUWAIT -- Public Authority for Sports (PAS) announced doubling up athletes' stipends, as an initiative to support sports movement in the country.
BRUSSELS -- EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove praised anti-radicalisation programs in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and UAE.
BEIRUT -- British Minister for Syrian Refugees Richard Harrington affirmed there was no plan by his country or the international community to settle the huge numbers of Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
LONDON -- British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said the Royal Air Force (RAF) has conducted a total of 804 airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria since December. (end) rj.bs