KUWAIT - Kuwait said 851 people were tested positive for coronavirus with six related deaths reported taking the total cases up to 176,903 as deaths rose to 998 respectively, according to the health ministry.

WASHINGTON - The US Senate voted acquitting former President Donald Trump from inciting the January 6 Capitol riot.

RIYADH - The Saudi-led coalition to support legitimacy in Yemen had intercepted and destroyed a bomb-laden Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operated by the Houthi militias with the aim of attacking Saudi Arabia.

RIYADH - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) condemned the Houthi militia's continued "deliberate" targetted drone attacks on civilian-populated areas in Saudi Arabia, most recently Abha airport. (end) ibi