RIYADH, Jan 2, (Agencies): Somalia’s Islamist militant group al Shebab has released a recruitment film in the form of a documentary about racial injustice in …
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South India temples bar jean-wearing devotees
NEW DELHI, Jan 2, (AFP): Hindu temples in southern India began turning away devotees wearing western clothes Friday after a court order banning jeans and …
Read More »‘No Kuwaiti soldier killed in Yemen’ – Saudi says 3 civilians killed in missile fire
KUWAIT CITY, Jan 1, (Agencies): The Kuwaiti Defense Ministry has denied reports that a Kuwaiti soldier participating in the Operation Renewal of Hope was killed …
Read More »Hacker attack blacks out BBC’s ‘websites’
LONDON, Jan 1, (AFP): Hackers brought down the BBC’s websites for several hours on Thursday in a large-scale hacking attack, the British public broadcaster reported. …
Read More »Bahrain sentences man to death, jails 22 others from terrorist group – 23 convicts’ citizenship revoked, two fined BD 200,000
DUBAI, Jan 1, (Agencies): A Bahraini court sentenced a Shiite citizen to death and jailed 22 others for life Thursday for forming a “terrorist group” …
Read More »Dubai skyscraper fire smolders into 2016 – Kuwaitis safe
DUBAI, UAE, Jan 1, (Agencies): A towering inferno that engulfed a 63-story luxury hotel in Dubai on New Year’s Eve still smoldered through the first …
Read More »Couple found guilty of plotting UK attack
LONDON, Dec 30, (AFP): A British court on Tuesday convicted a husband and wife of planning a major terror attack to mark the 10th anniversary …
Read More »Bahrain F-16 crashes in Saudi
RIYADH, Dec 30, (AFP): A Bahraini fighter jet taking part in the Saudi-led coalition battling rebel forces in Yemen crashed Wednesday in Saudi Arabia due …
Read More »Oman to raise taxes
MUSCAT, Dec 30, (KUNA): The Sultanate of Oman has decided to raise the rate of tax on company profits and some government services in addition …
Read More »Al-Habtoor receives Lord Ahmed of Rotherham
DUBAI, UAE, Dec 30: Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group, held talks with Lord Ahmed of Rotherham at the Al Habtoor …
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