Local:
KUWAIT -- The Kuwaiti Environmental Voluntary Foundation (EVF) and the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) West Asia regional bureau signed Saturday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) within the campaign for Clean Seas, which is a global initiative aimed at decreasing plastic pollutants in the oceans. (Issued at 16:22 local time or 13:22 GMT)
Economic:
KUWAIT -- The price of Kuwait crude oil went down Friday 25 cents to stand at USD 77.08 per barrel (pb) after it was at USD 77.33 pb last Thursday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) on Saturday. (Issued at 09:58 local time or 06:58 GMT)
International:
LONDON -- Thousands of people staged a mass demonstration in central London on Saturday, calling for a referendum on the final Brexit deal. (Issued at 16:20 local time or 13:20 GMT)
KUWAIT -- Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday commended Saudi Arabia for the Gulf kingdom's preliminary investigation into the mysterious disappearance of US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (Issued at 15:43 local time or 12:43 GMT)
ISLAMABAD -- Security has been beefed up across Afghanistan on Saturday as voters cast their ballots in long-delayed parliamentary elections in the country for the third time since the fall of Taliban government in 2001. (Issued at 11:46 local time or 08:46 GMT)
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