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Briefing of KUNA main news for Saturday until 00:00 GMT

KUWAIT – His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah came back from a private visit to the friendly Republic of Italy.

KUWAIT – Kuwait Embassy in Russia appealed for its nationals to be vigilant about their safety, and abide by instructions of the Russian authorities.

KUWAIT – Kuwait University said the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2023 raised its rating to 201-250 from 250-300 category last year.

CAIRO – Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Egypt’s largest religious institution, condemned strongly tearing up and burning of copies of the Holy Quran by the Israeli settlers in southern Nablus, and attacks on innocent Palestinians in other parts of the occupied West Bank.

GAZA – Zakah Daraj, a Palestinian charity, distributed 210 coupons funded by Kuwait’s International Islamic Charity Organization to the Palestinians affected by the recent Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip.

RABAT – Kuwaiti athlete Essa Al-Zenkawi has grabbed the gold medal of the discus-throwing contest in the Arab Athletics Championship.

BERLIN – Kuwaiti athletes added eight medals to their tally in the Special Olympics World Games currently held in Berlin.

MOSCOW – Head of the Russian private military company Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin accepted a Belarusian proposal to de-escalate the acute situation in Russia and return Wagner fighters to their bases, announced Belarussian President Aleksandr Lukashenko.

RAMALLAH – A Palestinian man succumbed to his injury one day after being shot in the abdomen by Israeli forces during their incursion into the West Bank of town of Nablus.

Source: Kuwait News Agency