KUWAIT -- Chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Ali Al-Ghanim said that the privatization of Kuwait stock exchange represents a great success for the private sector and carries a greater national responsibility in providing solid credibility with its efficiency and objectivity.
KUWAIT -- Kuwait SC defeated Al-Qadsia 2-0 in the final showdown of the 57th version of His Highness the Amir Football Cup, thus securing their 14th trophy.
ADEN -- Kuwait's Al-Najah Charity handed out 476 food parcels to internally displaced persons who fled their homes in Ta'iz and Hudaydah governorates to Lahij, south Yemen.
DOHA -- Kuwaiti decathlete Majid Al-Zaid snatched the sliver medal of decathlon competition at the 23rd Asian Athletic Championships currently held in Doha.
VIENNA -- Kuwait's Center for Robotics, a sector at the Ministry of Education, won eight medals in Robot design, build, and programming at International Robotics Tournament known as (INFOMATRIX) held in Bucharest.
TOKYO -- Kuwaiti and Japanese representatives discussed ways to further enhance cooperation and shared information about the electricity and water sector in Kuwait.
PARIS -- Former Prime Minister and presidential candidate in 2017, Francois Fillon, is to stand trial on a battery of fraud and misuse of public funds charges and his wife and some associates are also charged with similar crimes, media and judicial sources reported.
CAIRO -- African leaders meeting in Cairo have agreed to give Sudan's ruling military council three months to hand over power to a transitional government, Egyptian presidency said.
CAIRO -- Egypt's National Elections Authority (NEA) announced 88.8 percent of voters approved constitutional amendments put forward in a referendum, which would primarily increase presidential term to six years from current four.
WASHINGTON -- The office of US Attorney General charged Xiaoqing Zheng, 56, of Niskayuna, New York, and Zhaoxi Zhang, 47, of Liaoning Province, China, with economic espionage and conspiring to steal General Electric's (GE's) trade secrets. (end) bs