No morning assemblies at schools due to chill

KUWAIT: Minister of Education Dr Badr Al-Essa announced canceling the morning assembly at all schools today due to the sharp decrease in temperatures. The Kuwait Meteorological Center at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has predicted ‘extreme cold’ weather today, with cold winds and a minimum temperature of 2 degrees C. Kuwait is experiencing a cold wave described as the most extreme in years, with subzero temperatures resulting in frost in some areas. — KUNA

AYVACIK, Turkey: A Turkish paramilitary police officer holds the dead body of a migrant boy from the shoreline near this Aegean town yesterday. — AP