(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Local:
KUWAIT -- Kuwaiti cabinet holds its customary weekly meeting.
KUWAIT -- Palestinian teachers are set to return to Kuwait, ending an absence that spanned over a quarter of a century, to join their counterparts from Kuwait and other nationalities to contribute to the development of education. (Issued at 10:10 local time or 07:10 GMT)
Economic:
KUWAIT -- Kuwait Bourse ended Monday's trading session in the green with the three main indices up. (Issued at 13:05 local time or 10:05 GMT)
TOKYO -- Tokyo stocks extended their losing streak for a fourth straight session on Monday, with a key index ending at a fresh 3.5-month low on concern over tensions between North Korea and the US. (Issued at 11:39 local time or 08:39 GMT)
International:
MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his visiting Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry on Monday agreed to work together in order to create a weapons of mass destruction (WMD)-free Middle East. (Issued at 15:53 local time or 12:53 GMT)
IRBIL -- Iraqi government forces gained control of a tunnel network belonging to the so-called Islamic State (IS) western Tal Afar, as part of the second day of "We Are Coming Tal Afar" military operation. (Issued at 13:35 local time or 10:35 GMT)
WASHINGTON -- Some 10 US Navy service members have been reported missing after their guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship east of Singapore, CNN cited from a Navy statement late Sunday. (Issued at 09:42 local time or 06:42 GMT)
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