KUWAIT, April 24 (KUNA) -- 1967 -- The weekly "Al-Yaqatha magazine," which covered various issues, hit the stands.
1972 -- Kuwait joins an international agreement to save astronauts and send them back to their own countries.
1972 -- Kuwait joins the International Treaty on Barring Illegal Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
1983 -- The Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah issues a decree defining governors' jurisdictions and establishing the Governorates' Affairs Council.
1991 -- International observers are deployed along the Kuwaiti-Iraqi borders in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 689.
2010 -- Kuwait wins three gold medals in Geneva 38th Scientific Inventors Exhibition.
2012 -- Kuwaiti police team wins bronze in 50-meter rifle competition for men during the Arab shooting championship in the UAE city of Al-Ain.
2014 -- Three MPs file a grilling motion against the Prime Minister, but it is turned down upon his request for unconstitutional considerations.
2018 -- Kuwait's permanent delegate at the UN hands Kuwait's endorsement of Paris Climate Change Agreement.
2018 -- Kuwait Oil Tanker Company signs a contract with the Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard for building and taking delivery of four oil tankers worth a total USD 167.6 million.
2018 -- Kuwait Municipality wins the Special Achievement in GIS (SAG) award, offered by Environmental System Research Institute (Esri) for its GIS development project. (end) mt