NEW YORK - Kuwait urges UN Assistance Mission in Iraq to press the Iraqi government to account for the Kuwaiti prisoners and missing persons.
BEIRUT - Israeli Air Force launches two strikes on a Lebanese-Syrian border area.
NEW YORK - US President warned that America would have to "totally destroy North Korea" if the latter persisted in nuclear and missile tests.
WASHINGTON - At least 42 people are killed in South-Central Mexico after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit the area. (end) gb