(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:
KUWAIT -- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani who handed His Highness a message from Qatari Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (Issued at 14:53 local time or 11:53 GMT)
RIYADH -- A Kuwaiti aid campaign on Monday distributed 6,209 food baskets to more than 43,000 people in Yemen, which capped off an aid package for the war-torn nation. (Issued at 16:19 local time or 13:19 GMT)
Economic:
BRUSSELS -- The unemployment rate in the European Union (EU) was 7.8% in May, stable compared to April and down from 8.7% in May 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU since December 2008. (Issued at 16:19 local time or 13:19 GMT)
VIENNA -- OPEC daily basket price stood at USD 45.63 per barrel (pb) on Friday after climbing 27 cents, compared with USD 44.36 pb last Wednesday, said the international organization Monday. (Issued at 13:11 local time or 10:11 GMT)
International:
BERLIN -- Germany supports His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's efforts as the main mediator in the Gulf crisis, Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday. (Issued at 15:06 local time or 12:06 GMT)
BERLIN -- Eighteen people who are unaccounted for in a bus crash in southern Germany are believed to have died as fire engulfed the vehicle, the police said. (Issued at 15:59 local time or 12:59 GMT)
PARIS -- French security services have arrested a 23-year-old man linked with extreme-right, neo-fascist groups and have charged him in a suspected plot to assassinate France's president Emmanuel Macron, media said on Monday. (Issued at 14:34 local time or 11:34 GMT)
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump spoke separately late Sunday with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi, the Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, the White House announced. (Issued at 09:35 local time or 06:35 GMT)
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