BEIRUT - Kuwait's banking sector has been sustainable for 80 years, Secretary General of Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) Dr. Hamad Al-Hasawi said.

KUWAIT - Wife of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Sheikha Basmah Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hosted female ambassadors and heads of missions in Kuwait for a luncheon at Al-Rimiya Farm in Al-Abdali area.

RIAYDH- The fourth commerce and investment dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the United States was held at the GCC headquarters' in Riyadh, said the secretariat.

BRUSSELS - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called for accelerating member states' ratification of Finland and Sweden's bids for NATO membership.

ISLAMABAD - A suicide blast that took place in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province killed the governor of Balkh along with two civilians. (end) ibi