KUWAIT - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praised National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanim for his pro-Palestinian stance at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH - Egypt's South Sinai Peninsula Governorate has named a main street in the Red Sea Resort of Sharm El-Sheikh after His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized what he described "anti-Russia hysteria" in the US, stressing that problems in relations between the two countries are solvable.
IRBIL - The United Nations in Iraq expressed concern at reports about destroying and ransacking houses and stores in the city and region of Kirkuk.
BAGHDAD - Iraq's oil ministry cautioned oil companies against signing contracts with Kurdish entities. (end) ibi