Kuwait City: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, will head on Tuesday Kuwait's official delegation participating in the extraordinary Arab summit in Cairo.
According to Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait has urged the UN Human Rights Council to adopt a robust and decisive stance against what it describes as "flagrant human rights violations" by the Israeli occupation authorities in Palestine. Additionally, the International Islamic Charity Organization announced the implementation of two projects aimed at renovating homes for 15 Palestinian families in Jerusalem and providing potable water to 30,000 beneficiaries in Yemen.
In other news, the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior, in collaboration with the General Department of Drug Control in Qatar, successfully thwarted a major smuggling attempt of a substantial shipment of psychotropic drugs, specifically Captagon. Meanwhile, Kuwait's Meteorological Department forecasted varying intensities of rain in some areas starting from Tuesday until Saturday.
In the context of international cooperation, eight OPEC+ countries, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Kuwait, reaffirmed their decision to voluntarily raise their production as of April 1, 2025. Furthermore, Kuwait Airways has been ranked 20th among the best-performing airlines in the world for 2024, according to the annual report by Air Help.
On the domestic front, Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Dr. Khaled Al-Ajmi, stated that the Makshat 3 project has successfully attracted over 250,000 visitors since its launch in November 2024. Lastly, US President Donald Trump has increased the additional tariff on imports from China to 20 percent, citing the Chinese government's failure to act to stop the flow of illicit drugs into the US.