(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:
KUWAIT -- The Manpower and Government Restructuring Program (MGRP) has tasked a consultancy office with preparing the preliminary, and the operational studies of setting up a "business city." (Issued at 16:18 local time or 13:18 GMT)
Economic:
KUWAIT -- National carrier Kuwait Airways took delivery on Sunday of the eighth aircraft of a family of long-range twin-engine jets, known as the Boeing 777-300ER. (Issued at 16:20 local time or 13:20 GMT)
KUWAIT -- Trading at Boursa Kuwait ended Sunday's trading in the red zone with a radical drop in the price index of 150.3 points to settle at 6,612.52 points. (Issued at 13:14 local time or 10:14 GMT)
International:
AMMAN -- The death toll from car explosions that ripped through Damascus on Sunday has risen to 21 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said. (Issued at 14:50 local time or 11:50 GMT)
KUALA LUMPUR -- More than 400,000 people were evacuated from southern the Philippines' Marawi after fighting with the so-called Islamic State (IS) militants erupted in the city. (Issued at 11:42 local time or 08:42 GMT)
ISTANBUL -- A local official of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party was kidnapped and shot dead on Saturday by PKK fighters, the party's province chair Zahir Soganda told Turkish Anadolu Agency. (Issued at 11:11 local time or 08:11 GMT)
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