BRUSSELS - The European Union will co-host the upcoming Pledging Conference on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis, with the State of Kuwait, in Geneva on October 23, along with the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
LONDON - The British-Kuwaiti Friendship Society holds its' annual Book Prize Award for the best scholarly books on Middle Eastern studies, written in English. The Award is sponsored by the Abdullah Al-Mubarak Foundation.
KUWAIT - Palestinian Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub says the speech by National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim, at the 137th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Saint Petersburg, Russia, represents the conscious of all Arab countries.
WASHINGTON - A "full investigation" is under way in the deaths of four US service members this month in a deadly ambush in Niger, Defense Secretary James Mattis says. (end) gta