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(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) KUWAIT -- Signing an agreement to boost their ongoing Strategic Dialogue and others in defence, security and economic affairs will be on the agenda of US State Secretary Mike Pompeo's visit to Kuwait on Tuesday, a Kuwaiti official said.

PARIS -- Four people, including two firefighters, were killed, in addition to 37 injured; eight critically, due to the major Parisian bakery explosion, French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said.

PARIS -- Kuwait's Ambassador in Paris Sami Al-Sulaiman confirmed that there were no Kuwaiti nationals among the injured in the explosion at a bakery in the center of the capital.

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said he has "plan" to end the partial government shutdown provided that it meets his presidential campaign promise of "safety and security" including the US-Mexico wall.

DUBAI -- Kuwait's Yusuf Al-Abdelrazzaq, the world's top seed, secured the first position in the first race of the 2019 UAE Aquabike Championship held at Mercato Beach in Jumeirah resort in collaboration with the Union Internationale Motonautique (UIM).

LONDON -- Thousands of people staged an anti-austerity march at Trafalgar Square near the parliament building in solidarity with the French 'yellow vest' protesters and in protest against the stalemate in the Brexit talks with the European Union.

PARIS -- About 84,000 people took part in the yellow vest protests staged across France, said ministry of interior (MoI).

KHARTOUM -- The number of fatalities caused by protests in Sudan has risen to 24, the country's Public Prosecutor said. (end) bs.gb

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