KUWAIT -- Minister of Finance says the executive procedures are finalized to enforce the bill granting Kuwaiti pensioners KD 3,000 each.

KUWAIT -- Kuwait hands over to Egypt five Pharaonic artefacts intercepted at Kuwait airport in 2019.

BEIRUT -- UN Resident Coordinator in Lebanon warns that 2.2 million people in the country are in need of urgent assistance.

BRUSSELS -- The finance ministers of the 19-member Eurogroup recommend that Croatia become the 20th member of the group.

NEW DELHI -- Indian police say that three unidentified militants were killed in two separate encounters in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir. (end) gb