KUWAIT - Sudanese President will start an official visit to Kuwait on Sunday.
CAIRO - At least 16 Egyptian police officers are killed and 13 others wounded in clashes with "terrorist elements."
MADRID - Spanish Prime Minister dismisses the local administration of Catalonia region.
WASHINGTON - US President says the IS defeat in Raqqah represents "a critical breakthrough."
ISLAMABAD - A suicide bomb attack on a minibus kills 15 Afghan military cadets in west Kabul. (end) gb