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MOSCOW -- Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister and presidential envoy to the Middle East and North Africa Mikhail Bogdanov praised on Thursday the development of bilateral relations with Kuwait.

ADEN -- Kuwait's Al-Rahma International Society on Thursday inaugurated the opening of a model school for refugees in the Yemeni Maarib Governorate.

RAMALLAH -- The Palestinians condemned a plan by some 3,000 Israeli settlers to storm Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque next week, slamming the move as an attempt to alter the landscape of the holy compound.

VIENNA -- A new round of negotiations between the P4+1 and Iran on latter's nuclear program will open in Vienna amid modest hopes for breakthrough.

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration will provide funding and easier access to vaccines and treatment for monkey-pox after declaring the virus a "public health emergency" as cases nationwide reached 6,600. (end) mb