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

KUWAIT - Kuwait is considering building a new world-class mega airport to meet the rapid growth in air traffic, Directorate General of the Civil Aviation chief Sheikh Salman has revealed.

KUWAIT - His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah sponsored a ceremony on the "new Kuwait campaign" to review the national development plan.

KUWAIT - Preliminary studies indicate that a national plan to develop Kuwaiti islands could help provide more than 200,000 jobs and generate an annual revenue of more than USD 35 billion, a senior Kuwaiti official said.

WASHINGTON - Kuwait's Embassy to the US warned their nationals enrolled in universities across southern states and other hurricane and thunderstorm-prone areas to be alert.

BRUSSELS - Kuwait has pledged a "significant amount" at a pledging conference on the Gaza Central Desalination Plant & Associated Works Project in Brussels.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump praised relations with Saudi Arabia, saying "we really have a great friendship" and described it as a "great friend."

CAIRO - Two Kuwaitis were handed youth leadership awards by the Arab Youth Council for Integrated Development for their contributions to power conservation and community support.

MOSCOW - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said Syrian regime forces have controled 65 percent of territories of Eastern Ghouta. (end) ibi