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KUNA main news for Monday, Oct 23, 2017

KUNA main news for Monday, Oct 23, 2017

LOCAL: 

KUWAIT -- Kuwait's National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday will resume the second session of the 15th legislative term to discuss a grilling motion presented against State Minister for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Mohammad Abdallah Al-Sabah as well as other items on the agenda. (Issued).


KUWAIT -- The second legislative term of the National Assembly will open tomorrow, Tuesday, with draft laws on pensions, petrol prices and nationality being on top of the agenda.
Other draft legislations, suggested by lawmakers, deal with good governance, revision of the penal code, the family court, and the government-run universities as well as the file of unaccredited university degrees, scholarships and nominations.(Issued).


INTERNATIONAL: 

COXS BAZAR, Bangladesh -- Bangladesh is becoming the number one destination of Rohingya minorities suffering from racial cleansing. (Report by Arwa Al-Wogayyan).


CHOUF, Mount Lebanon -- Niha Fortress is among world's most beautiful sceneries. (Photo feature by Ayoub Khaddaj) (Issued).


GENEVA -- Opening of the international conference to support Rohingya minorities with participation of Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah.


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