KUWAIT -- His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah tenders resignation of his cabinet to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council announces that a total 1,648 detained demonstrators have been set free nationwide.
GAZA -- Israeli warplanes hit and demolish a house in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza early on Thursday killing eight Palestinians, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says.
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump dubs his encounter with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as "wonderful and very productive." (end) mt