VIENNA -- Kuwait will increase oil output in line with a recent OPEC agreement to open taps for one million barrels per day (bpd), a deal that will have "positive" impacts on markets, Oil Minister Bakheet Al-Rashidi said.
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi jets have launched air strikes against the positions of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in Syria, killing 45 IS militants, including commanders.
RAMALLAH -- Israeli army said three soldiers were injured when they were run over by an alleged Palestinian driver near the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
BAGHDAD -- Iraqi prominent cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr and Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi agreed on creating a coalition to form a new government.
MOSCOW -- Gunmen have attacked Syrian Army troops in southern region of Deraa killing five and wounding 19 others, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. (end) bs