Local:
BEIRUT -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) has launched a new phase of aid for Syrian displaced people through its various projects in Lebanon. (Issued 09:59 a.m. local-time 06:59 GMT)
IRBIL -- Kuwait distributed 75 tons of food and drinking water for displaced Iraqis in Mosul and Dahuk governorate on Friday. (Issued 13:03 a.m. local-time 10:03 GMT)
International:
BRUSSELS -- The European Union will organise a second conference in Brussels on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region in spring of 2018. (Issued 14:21 a.m. local-time 02:21 GMT)
AMMAN -- Recent explosions near Damascus airport seems to have resulted from Israeli warplanes targeting Hezbollah ammunition warehouses, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights Friday. (Issued 14:12 a.m. local-time 02:12 GMT)
TOKYO -- Japan will maintain a high level of vigilance to deal with North Korea's possible hydrogen bomb test in the Pacific Ocean, a top government spokesman said Friday. (Issued 11:30 a.m. local-time 08:30 GMT)
TOKYO -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has responded to US Donald Trump's recent UN address, threatening to take the "highest level action," the North's state media reported Friday. (Issued 10:02 a.m. local-time 07:02 GMT)
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