Kuwait- KUNA main news for Friday, Aug 5, 2016


(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:

KUWAIT -- UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed holds meetings with Yemeni opposition parties in last-ditch bid to jump-start the snagging conciliation process. Moved at 15:24 p.m. (12:24 GMT).

KUWAIT -- Kuwait Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) affirms its computer system up and running after 2-day shutdown. Moved at 15:22 p.m. (12:22 GMT).

International:

NEW DELHI -- Gunmen go on shooting rampage at a busy market in the town of Kokrajhar, northeastern Assam, killing least 12 civilians and wounding scores others, in latest of such random blood-shedding recently witnessed worldwide. Moved at 14:34 p.m. (11:34 GMT).

MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin warns of "terrorism spilling over from the Middle East and Afghanistan."

WASHINGTON -- US President Barack says its is "inevitable" Islamic State in Iraq and Syria will be wiped out. Moved at 09:55 a.m. (07:55 GMT).

ROME -- Reggia di Caserta (The Royal Palace of Caserta) is one of Italy's remarkable architectural structures which gained its fame from being "the swan song of the spectacular art of the Baroque, from which it adopted all the features needed to create the illusions of multidirectional space" according to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photo feature by Mehdi Al-Nemir. Moved at 09:15 (07:15 GMT).

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