KUWAIT - Kuwait government formed a committee with a mandate of creating national information technology policy and executive programs to implement it.

KUWAIT - Kuwait's stock exchange (Boursa) has emerged as the fourth best in the world in 2019 in terms of performance, while it has surpassed all others in the Gulf region since the start of this year, according to a local investment firm.

BRUSSELS - Kuwait's world-renowned jetski champion Mohammad Burbayea has won a gold medal in the Jettribe European Jet ski Championship held in Belgium.

MOSCOW - Russia has stated that the onus of preserving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran's nuclear deal, is on all signatories not only Iran.

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump announced in a tweet that the US will "no longer deal" with the British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch.

TEHRAN - The number of those injured in the 5.7-magnitude earthquake in Iran's southwestern Khouzestan province has risen to 40 people, local authorities said. (end) ibi