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

KUWAIT -- Kuwait is set to open a commercial mission in Iraq to increase bilateral trade, reveals the Minister of Commerce and Industry.

RIYADH -- The Houthi militia group's claims of carrying out an assault on Kataf, a Yemeni city close to the Saudi borders, are "untrue and misleading," the Saudi-led Coalition in Yemen underlines.

NEW YORK -- Syria's government and opposition constitutional formation talks next month will have separate draft and adoption bodies, including a total 195 people, equally distributed between both sides, the United Nations says.

NEW DELHI -- At least 134 people are killed with hundreds of thousands left affected, as floods and landslides sweep across several Indian states, authorities say.

WASHINGTON -- US airstrikes kill seven Islamic State operatives in southern Libya, according to the Pentagon.

WASHINGTON -- The US sanctions several Russian nationals for allegedly planning to influence the 2018 US midterm elections.

PARIS -- France pledges aid worth EUR 60 million (USD 65 million) to support Sudan's transition process, President Emmanuel Macron announces. (end) sd