Local:
DOHA -- Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed on Thursday with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah latest developments regarding the Kuwaiti mediation to resolve the Gulf crisis. (Issued at 02:08 p.m. local-time 11:08 GMT).
Economic:
TOKYO -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan soared 158.5 percent from a year earlier to JPY 50.0 billion (USD 444 million) in September, up for the ninth month on strong exports, the Japanese Finance Ministry said Thursday. (Issued 03:05 p.m. local-time 12:05 GMT).
International:
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's oil ministry on Thursday cautioned oil companies against signing contracts with Kurdish entities. (Issued at 03:10 p.m. local-time 12:10 GMT).
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday that Iraqi federal forces did not withdraw from any city that was recaptured by the Kurdish Peshmerga lately. (Issued 12:35 p.m. local-time 09:35 GMT).
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