Around $2.1 million raised by the Kuwaiti embassy in Washington will help build 60 schools and educate 20,000 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan, an activist has said. The amount, collected by the embassy at its annual gala “Journey for Peace” held last week in cooperation with the Kuwait-America Foundation will be used by the...
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Abdullah Al Durazi, the activist who resigned from his position as secretary general of a society following row with members over a press statement, is back at the helm of Bahrain’s oldest human rights organisation. With the deadline for the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) board elections ending on Saturday evening, and no candidate...
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A move by four Kuwaiti women to open a diwaniya (open house) for men and women in Al Jahra has sparked a negative reaction among Kuwaitis who said that they were disturbed by the idea. In announcing the opening of the diwaniya on Sunday evening, the four women said that it would be used...
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The education ministers of Bahrain and Kuwait have called for prolonging the school day to help improve learning standards. In Kuwait, Moodhi Al Humood said that extending the day would help students gain greater insights into the curriculum and hone their learning skills. “One of the solutions to help enhance students’ aptitudes is to...
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More than 22,000 foreigners have been arrested in Algeria in the last four years, an average of 15 per day, security officials have said. Forgery, use of bogus documents, counterfeit money, swindling and drugs are among the most common causes for the arrest, the police said in its annual report. Most of those arrested...
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A Bahraini minister has denied involvement in a money-laundering scheme, saying that reports of his arrest and interrogation were not true and lacked credibility. Addressing visitors to his weekly majlis (open house), Mansoor Bin Rajab, a state minister without portfolio, said that he had been called in by the interior ministry to answer questions...
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Stunned Bahrainis were on Friday seeking information and answers in the aftermath of the arrest of a sitting minister, the first since Bahrain became independent in 1971. Still reeling under the dramatic developments around Al Wefaq and the ire it drew from some MPs and media people for its perceived faux-pas at its annual...
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A Bahraini minister has been arrested on charges of alleged money-laundering, making him the first minister to be detained by Bahrain since it became independent in 1971. The minister who was not named but referred to as “an official” by the interior ministry was arrested on Thursday evening following months of investigations and close...
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US General David Petraeus has charged that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fomenting anti-American sentiment and limiting America’s strategic partnerships with Arab governments due to the perception of US favoritism towards Israel, US and Israeli media have said. “The enduring hostilities between Israel and some of its neighbours present distinct challenges to our ability to...
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Kuwait has approved the nomination of Mohammad Husain Mohammad Bahr Al Uloom as Iraq’s ambassador, diplomats said on Wednesday. “We have endorsed his appointment and he is welcome here any time he wants to come,” the unnamed sources were quoted as telling Al Anba daily. Initial news of his appointment last month were warmly...
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