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KUNA main news for Thursday, October 26, 2017

Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

Local:

KUWAIT -- Kuwait's Al-Salam society for humanitarian and charity work is offering further aid and support to the Rohingya Muslims who are bitterly suffering from ethnic cleansing and mass displacement, it said on Thursday. (Issued at 04:24 p.m. local-time 13:24 GMT)

KUWAIT -- The State of Kuwait is ready to occupy its non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in January for two years, said Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain. (Issued at 03:08 p.m. local-time 12:08 GMT)

International:

BRUSSELS -- The European Parliament announced Thursday that its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought has been awarded to Venezuela's Democratic Opposition. (Issued at 03:57 p.m. local-time 10:57 GMT)

RIYADH -- Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said that Russia would join the gigantic investors from all around the world and do its part in NEOM Project. (Issued at 15:26 p.m. local-time 12:26 GMT)

ANKARA -- Turkey and Iraq agreed to open the Ovakoy Border Gate, a statement by a media source said Thursday. (Issued at 12:43 p.m. local-time 09:43 GMT)

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