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

KUWAIT - Kuwait's Ministry of Interior announced the deportation of several individuals and their sponsors who overstayed their visit visas, failing to comply with the terms agreed upon at entry.

BRUSSELS - Charles Michel, President of the European Council, reaffirmed the EU's willingness to "deepen our cooperation" with Kuwait.

KUWAIT - The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) obtained a new patent in the field of Nano-fluid technology from the US Patent and Trademark Office of the US Department of Commerce.

KUWAIT - Ministry of Defense Undersecretary Sheikh Dr. Abdullah Meshal Al-Sabah commended Kuwait and China's keenness on boosting cooperation and joint work on all fields, especially in military.

KUWAIT - Kuwait National Jet Ski Team members Mohammad Burbayea and Salem Al-Mutawa secured third place in two different categories at the European Jet Ski Championship held in Poland, at the first round of the World Series.

KUWAIT - The Kuwait youth national team for basketball defeated Bahrain 85 to 66 points and Saudi Arabia defeated Oman, as the Kuwait-hosted Asian Youth Cup qualifiers for the Gulf region start with the participation of five countries.

RAMALLAH - The Israeli occupation forces perpetrated three massacres in Gaza claiming 39 martyrs and injuring 92 Gazans, according to the health authorities in the strip.

NEW YORK - The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza described the situation in the war-ravaged enclave as "absolutely catastrophic", with Palestinian civilians enduring a "horrendous maelstrom of human misery."

CAIRO - Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmad Abul-Gheit expressed his concerns of possible escalated military confrontations between Hezbollah and the Israeli occupation in southern Lebanon that might lead to a regional war.

WASHINGTON - The White House ruled out the possibility of a full-scale war between the Lebanese Hezbollah group and the Israeli occupation forces following the weekend deadly rocket attack on the occupied Golan Heights. (end) ibi