NEW YORK -- Kuwait reiterated its strong condemnation and denunciation of the "repeated violations" on Al-Aqsa Mosque, deeming these acts a provocation to the feelings of Muslims worldwide and an explicit threat to the freedom to worship.
KUWAIT -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Kuwait's solidarity with Philippines after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake left several casualties in the northwestern province of Abra earlier.
KUWAIT -- The Central Bank of Kuwait raised the discount rate by a quarter percentage point from 2.25 per cent to 2.50 per cent from Thursday, CBK Governor Basel Al-Haroon said.
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's ministries of foreign affairs and defense renewed calls on citizens to report any information regarding the remains of missing Kuwaitis or Kuwaiti properties.
BAGHDAD -- Hundreds of Iraqi protestors stormed Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, urging the country's political leaders to put aside a sectarian "quota system" in efforts to form a new government.
MOSCOW -- Russia's Gazprom has drastically cut gas deliveries to Europe through the Nord Stream pipeline to about 20 percent of its capacity, the company's Deputy Chief, Vitaly Markelov announced.
WASHINGTON -- The US Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by 0.75 per cent to a range between 2.25 and 2.50 per cent in a move aimed at combatting an "upward pressure on inflation." (end) mb