Local:
KUWAIT -- Contrary to what has been circulating on social media, there are no military movements in the region heading towards Kuwait, said the Ministry of Defense Saturday. (Issued at 03:33 p.m. local-time 12:33 GMT).
KUWAIT -- Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) will partake in the seventh session of signatory states of the UN Convention against Corruption due in Vienna on Monday. (Issued at 11:35 a.m. local-time 08:35 GMT).
Economic:
KUWAIT -- The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) signed an initial agreement for a polypropylene project in Canada through the Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corporation, said an official Saturday. (Issued at 12:19 p.m. local-time 09:19 GMT).
International:
BEIRUT -- Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Al-Hariri announced his resignation in a televised broadcast on Saturday. (Issued at 02:50 p.m. local-time 11:50 GMT).
JEDDAH -- Saudi Arabia on Saturday reported an earthquake and a chain of tremors in the south of the kingdom. (Issued 01:01 p.m. local-time 10:01 GMT).
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