RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heaped praise on Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim for his brave, firm and supportive stance to the Palestinian cause.
AMMAN - Kuwait won two gold medals, two silver and five bronze in the 9th Arab Kickboxing Championship, which was concluded in Amman.
ISLAMABAD - At least 72 people were killed and over 65 others wounded in two separate suicide attacks targeting mosques in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul and Ghor province.
CAIRO - Three Egyptian policemen were killed and eight injured in a fire exchange with terrorists in Giza governorate, south of Cairo, the ministry of interior said. (end) ibi