KUWAIT - His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah directed improving government bodies performance, urging the ministers to hold the negligent accountable.
KUWAIT - A decree was issued accepting resignation of the Kuwaiti Minister of Finance Nayef Al-Hajraf.
AMMAN - Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Al-Razaz has reshuffled his cabinet covering various portfolios, the official news agency PETRA said.
WASHINGTON - Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva warned that the global debt has reached "an all-time high" with the public debt in advanced economies hitting "levels not seen" since World War II.
ANKARA - At least 30,000 Syrian refugees have returned to their homes at Ras Al-Ayn, north Syria, after cleansing the area from the militants during the Turkish military operation there, Turkish authorities said. (end) ibi