Local:
LONDON -- Kuwait's Sheikha Intisar Salem Al Ali Al Sabah and veteran singer Nawal have won the Arab Woman Award 2017. (Issued at 16:01 local time or 13:01 GMT)
BEIRUT -- Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced Friday the launch of "warm winter" project to aid 1,000 Syrian refugee families in Lebanon. (Issued at 16:03 local time or 13:03 GMT)
Economic:
TOKYO -- Kuwait's crude oil exports to Japan dropped 16.4 percent in October from a year earlier to 5.54 million barrels, or 179,000 barrels per day (bpd), for the first fall in two months, government data showed. (Issued at 12:39 local time or 09:39 GMT)
KUWAIT -- The price of Kuwaiti crude oil went down 6 cents and settled at USD 59.65 per barrel, compared to USD 59.71 per barrel since last Wednesday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Friday. (Issued at 11:08 local time or 08:08 GMT)
International:
GENEVA -- Some 136 million people across the world need humanitarian aid and protection due to protracted conflicts, natural disasters, epidemics and displacement, shows an annual report by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). (Issued at 14:51 local time or 11:51 GMT)
BRUSSELS -- African and European leaders said Friday that a lasting resolution of the issue of African migrants is closely linked to addressing the root causes of the phenomenon and requires a political solution to the persistent crisis in Libya. (Issued at 13:30 local time or 10:30 GMT)
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