Local:
KUWAIT -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM) accepts Kuwait's 'observer' membership status, which is to be officially announced next November, Director-General William Lacy Swing says to reporters. (Issued at 12:04 local time, 09:04 GMT)
KUWAIT -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) distributes schoolbags to 3,000 impoverished children in Kuwait, just as the new school year gets underway. (Issued at 15:12 local time, 12:12 GMT)
KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Fadhel wins the USA Jet Ski Marathon's Modified and Non-Modified stock category for the third consecutive year at Lake Michigan. (Issued at 12:31 local time, 09:31 GMT)
KUWAIT -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launches four-day fundraising campaign for Myanmar's persecuted Muslim Rohingya minority.(Issued at 11:39 local time, 08:39 GMT)
ANKARA -- A number of prominent Turkish figures pin great hopes on outcomes of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah's prospective visit to Turkey. (Report by Redha Sardar issued at 13:11 local time, 10:11 GMT)
Economic:
KUWAIT -- NBK Capital set to manage a 50 percent offering of Shamal AzZour Al-Oula's shares to the public, expected in first quarter of 2018, Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP) says. (Issued at 15:08 local time, 12:08 GMT)
International:
BRUSSELS -- The European Union appeals to the Myanmar government for a de-escalation of the tensions in that country. (Issued at 15:11 local time, 12:11 GMT)
GENEVA -- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ibn Al-Hussein calls the Myanmar government's raids on Rohingya Muslims a "brutal security operation" that is "clearly disproportionate." (Issued at 13:43 local time, 10:43 GMT)
KUALA LUMPUR -- Indonesia expresses keenness to represent Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member nations in mediating the crisis in Myanmar regarding its Muslim Rohingya minority, Vice President Jusuf Kalla says. (Issued at 12:09 local time, 09:09 GMT)
TOKYO -- North Korea warns it will inflict the "greatest pain and suffering" on the US if Washington pushes for new and tighter UN sanctions over its sixth nuclear test. (Issued at 09:15 local time, 06:15 GMT)
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