KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education plans to terminate 512 employees on September 17, 2016, said Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Administrative Affairs Yousuf Al-Najjar. He added that a list containing 85 others whose services were no longer needed was delivered to the Civil Services Commission (CSC). - Al-Rai

False report

A Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry official denied reports published by Gambian media which stated that 320 'highly trained Kuwaiti body guards' will join Gambian President Yahya Jammeh's personal security team. "These reports are false," said Deputy Foreign Minister for Africa's Affairs Hamad Al-Mesh'aan, adding that no discussions on that regard were made during Gambian Foreign Minister's visit to Kuwait last April. - Al-Rai