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Briefing of KUNA main news for Friday until 00:00 GMT

KUWAIT - The State of Kuwait welcomed Oman-hosted negotiations held between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran.
KUWAIT - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Kuwait's strong condemnation of the terrorist bombing that targeted a mosque in Islamabad.
KUWAIT - The State of Kuwait welcomed the outcome of the recent United Arab Emirates-hosted negotiations between the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United States.
SHARJAH - Kuwait's Al-Fatat Sport basketball team secured a commanding 85-66 victory over the UAE's Khorfakkan, as part of the eighth Arab Women's Sports Tournament.
SHARJAH - The Kuwaiti Al-Fatat Sports Club volleyball team secured a victory, over the Syrian Taldara Club with a score of 3-0, as part of the eighth Arab Women's Sports Tournament.
GENEVA - The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that recent Israeli settlement expansion plans in the occupied West Bank pose a "serious danger" to establishment of a Palestinian state.
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order (EO) reaffirming a state of national emergency regarding Iran.
GENEVA, Feb 6 (KUNA) -- A senior US. official said on Friday that the New START Treaty suffers from significant shortcomings since it does not include China.
ISLAMABAD - The death toll of the suicide blast targeting a worship place in Pakistan's federal capital Islamabad rise to 31 people while another 169 were injured.
ISLAMABAD - At least 24 militants were killed in two separate engagements in Pakistan's northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province bordering Afghanistan, said military. (end) ibi