KUWAIT -- Kuwait Oil Co says that it has put out a "limited fire" which broke out on a gas pipeline in Burgan oilfield in southeastern Kuwait.
JEDDAH -- Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, in a royal decree, forms a new security body tasked with matters related to state security, which will be headed by Abdulaziz Al-Huwairni and linked to the prime minister.
AMMAN -- The Syrian parliament issues a resolution discharging its speaker Hadyiah Abbas, with a majority of votes.
RAMALLAH -- Nearly 78 Palestinians are wounded in clashes with Israeli police in eastern Jerusalem, Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says.
NEW DELHI -- Indian election authorities announce that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate 71-years-old Ram Nath Kovind is elected as the 14th President of the country. (end) mt