Local:
KUWAIT -- Hot weather will prevail during the weekend in Kuwait with temperature soaring up to around 51 Degrees Celsius, says Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, weather forecaster at Kuwait Meteorological Center. Issued at 11:40 a.m. (08:40 GMT).
Economic:
KUWAIT -- Boursa Kuwait concludes its weekly trades with slight drop by the benchmark after making up for a large part of the losses it incurred earlier in today's session, settling at 6,762 points. By Mohammad Kamal. Issued at 14:13 p.m. (11:13 GMT)
International:
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi government forces have re-taken Mosul's Al-Nouri Mosque, the caliphate's birthplace of the notorios group, the so-called Islamic State, the Iraqi military announces. Issued at 13:47 p.m. (10:47 GMT).
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