KUWAIT -- Kuwait cracks down on a gang of residency brokers of two Arab nationalities, along with several companies, on charges of residency malpractices, the country's Ministry of Interior (MoI) says.

RAMALLAH -- At least five Palestinians fell martyrs and several others were wounded in separate attacks launched by the Israeli occupation on the Gaza Strip, Palestine's news agency (WAFA) reports.

BRUSSELS -- The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize to the Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo.

BEIRUT -- Two more soldiers of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were injured in an attack by Israeli occupying forces on Friday, according to local media reports. (end) mt