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KUWAIT - An Amiri decree-law No. 59 of 2025 on combating drugs and psychotropic substances and regulating their use and trafficking has been issued, to be implemented and enforced two weeks after publication in the Official Gazette, comprising 84 articles divided across 13 chapters.
CAIRO - Kuwait's Minister of Information, Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdurrahman Al-Mutairi called for unified efforts and stronger partnerships to develop a responsible Arab media discourse capable of keeping pace with rapid changes.
KUWAIT - Kuwait Municipality announced the nomination of Bader Al-Ajeel as Secretary-General of the Arab Towns Organization (ATO), following the approval of representatives of Arab cities participating in the organization's extraordinary Executive Council meeting held via videoconference at the request of Kuwait Municipality, the permanent host country.
CAIRO - The Council of Arab Information Ministers elected uncontested the State of Kuwait as Chair of the Executive Office for the coming two years' mandate.
KUWAIT - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shereedah Al-Mousherji chaired a meeting of the committee tasked with verifying academic certificates of citizens and residents working in public and private sectors, attended by Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Nader Al-Jalal.
CAIRO - Kuwait Television and Kuwait's Ministry of Information's Development Sector won the Arab League's Media Excellence Award for the best works nominated from Arab countries in the audio-visual and print media fields.
KUWAIT - Kuwait's central bank chief Basel Al-Haroun underlined the "vital" role of credit information firms towards luring foreign investment and bolstering economic growth, saying that their activities contribute to higher productivity and more job gains.
LONDON - The Middle East Centre at St Antony's College, University of Oxford has organized a seminar chaired by the Center director Professor Eugene Rogan about a book written by the Former Kuwaiti Ambassador Nabeelah Al-Mullah tilted "Breaking New Ground on the Global Stage: Memoirs of Kuwait's First Woman Ambassador".
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said two National Guards were "critically wounded" in downtown D.C., as the White House is "actively monitoring the situation," according to a Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt. (end)
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