KUWAIT -- Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) says a "limited fire" broke out in a pump at gas unit number 33 in a Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery gas liquefaction plant.

WASHINGTON -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba Russia's latest "unconscionable" strikes against Ukraine as well as the explosion in eastern Poland.

WASHINGTON -- US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek re-election for a leadership post in the new Congress.

MOSCOW -- Russia agrees to extend a deal with Ukraine for the export of grain, mediated by Turkey and the United Nations, for another 120 days at least.

BRUSSELS -- Three of the four men on trial in the Netherlands for shooting down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 have been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison, but the fourth is acquitted on all charges.(end) sd