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KUWAIT - Kuwait has set Sunday (February 18) as a public holiday marking the Muslim occasion of Al-Israa wal Miraaj (Prophet's Ascension).
KUWAIT - Kuwait's Supreme Committee for Organizing Sports Championships confirmed its full readiness to hist the French Super Cup on Thursday at Jaber International Stadium.
KHARTOUM - Kuwait's Patients Helping Fund Society has launched a surgical camp in Sudan's Khartoum and Kassala states, aiming to perform around 250 specialized operations.
KUWAIT - The Embassy of Japan in the State of Kuwait announced that the Government of Japan is offering a scholarship for Kuwaiti teachers wishing to conduct research in school education.
CAIRO - Egypt and Saudi Arabia emphasized the need for peaceful solutions to regional crises in a way that preserves the unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, particularly in Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and the Gaza Strip.
NEW YORK - In his first court appearance in New York, the former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told the judge that he is still the president of his country and he had been kidnapped from his home in Caracas.
BEIJING - China and Pakistan called for a comprehensive, permanent and unconditioned ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
LONDON - UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said that only Greenland and Denmark should decide the future of Greenland.
TOKYO - North Korea conducted a hypersonic missile launching drill with the missiles hitting targets 1,000 km away in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). (end)
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