Kuwait, Iran Discuss Maritime Border Demarcation

Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi and his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri in Tehran on Monday (KUNA)
Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi and his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri in Tehran on Monday (KUNA)
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Kuwait, Iran Discuss Maritime Border Demarcation

Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi and his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri in Tehran on Monday (KUNA)
Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi and his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri in Tehran on Monday (KUNA)

Kuwaiti and Iranian officials held joint talks early this week in the Iranian capital, Tehran, regarding the demarcation of their maritime borders.

The official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) said the discussions came during a meeting of the legal committee of the two countries.

Moreover, Kuwait’s Deputy Foreign Minister Mansour Al-Otaibi, on an official visit to Tehran, held talks on Monday with his Iranian counterpart Dr. Ali Bagheri.

KUNA said the meeting tackled the friendly relations and ways to enhance cooperation between the two countries in various fields.

On Monday, the joint Kuwaiti-Iranian legal committee met in Tehran. Al-Otaib led the Kuwaiti side and Najafi led the Iranian side.

The meeting focused on the demarcation of the maritime boundaries between the two countries.

Both sides stressed the need to settle the matter in consistency with the rules of international law.



7 Dead, Dozens Injured after Commercial Bus Overturns in Mississippi

A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
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7 Dead, Dozens Injured after Commercial Bus Overturns in Mississippi

A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)
A tractor trailer dangles from a bridge on Interstate 75 near Tampa, Fla., early Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. (Florida Highway Patrol via AP)

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The two young victims were siblings, Reuters quoted the coroner as saying.
The Mississippi Highway Patrol said the incident took place around 12:40 a.m. on Interstate 20 near Bovina in Warren County when a 2018 Volvo commercial passenger bus traveling westbound left the roadway and overturned.
Thirty-seven passengers were transported to different hospitals with unknown injuries, the agency said. It said the co-driver was not transported.
"Anytime you have people injured or killed, it's tragic but when you have a situation like this where you have multiple fatalities and multiple injuries, it makes it even worse," Warren County Sheriff Martin Pace told an ABC affiliate.
Huskey said most of the passengers on the bus were Latin American.