KUWAIT -- Minister of Social, Family and Childhood Affairs Dr. Amthal Al-Howailah decrees disbanding 15 charities and public interest orgs, mainly due to irregularities.
KUWAIT -- Al-Ghazali Road will be closed to traffic for four hours a day between 1:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m., from Friday until Monday.
GAZA -- The death toll rises to 47 from Israeli occupation bombardment on a school-turned shelter to the west of Gaza City.
BEIRUT -- The UNIFIL reports that five peacekeepers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on their convoy near Sidon.
WASHINGTON -- The Fed's Federal Open Market Committee lowers the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/2 to 4-3/4 percent.
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden vows a peaceful transfer on January 20, the inauguration day of President-elect Donald Trump. (end) gb