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

KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for Development and International Cooperation, Ambassador Hamad Al-Mashaan will head to New York tomorrow to meet with Ombudsman Richard Malangum to discuss lifting some Kuwaiti citizens from the Security Council's lists concerned with combating terrorism.

KUWAIT -- President of Kuwait Olympic Committee Sheikh Fahad Nasser Sabah Al-Sabah extolled Gulf sports media coverage of the 3rd GGCC Games that contributed to the success of the event.

KUWAIT -- UAE President Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan discussed with Jordanian and Egyptian prime ministers the integrated industrial partnership for sustainable development.

BERLIN -- Germany and France urged Russia to start "serious and direct" talks with Ukraine in a bid to end the conflict, the latest effort in a diplomatic push by European Union (EU) member states aiming to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

ALGIERS -- The 16th African Union Extraordinary Summit opened in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, under the theme of "Terrorism and Unconstitutional Changes of Government (UCCG)." (end) mb