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

KUWAIT - His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's health is "noticeably improving," His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said.

KUWAIT - Kuwait government called on the public anew to abide by the health and preventive measures for their own safety and wellbeing.

RIYADH - Saudi custom authorities instructed land border crossings to allow entry of trucks coming from neighboring Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries loaded with goods destined for the Kingdom.

AMMAN - Israel's helicopters fired missiles on some positions in the southern Syrian province of Quneitra, causing material losses, Syrian state news agency SANA said.

CAIRO - Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohammad Abdelati said his country objects to Ethiopia's unilateral move of filling a controversial Nile dam.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump gave go-ahead for Microsoft to pursue an acquisition of TikTok, in his first public comments about the popular Chinese-owned video app after he had threatened to ban it from the US entirely.

WASHINGTON - A wind-driven wildfire in the US state of California has forced thousands out of their homes and spread to over 20,516 acres of land, the fire department said. (end) ibi