Qatar’s Emir Shaikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani has pardoned an undisclosed number of people accused of plotting a state coup in 1996, the Qatari News Agency (QNA) reported on Tuesday evening. “His Highness the Amir has pardoned a number of people who were held in relation with the failed coup to undermine security...
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Archive for May 25th, 2010
Qatar’s Emir responds to Saudi wish and pardons people imprisoned for plotting state coup in 1996
Bahrain launches Easy Exit scheme to allow illegal residents to go home without paying fines
Foreigners staying illegally in Bahrain have been given a grace period to leave the country without paying their accumulated fines and penalties, the interior ministry has said. The “Easy Exit” opportunity covering all expatriates who did not renew their residence permits and wanted to go home voluntarily, started on Tuesday, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Isa...
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Bahrain and Rotana deny report Shaikh Nasser produced a CD containing Shiite liturgical lyrics and chants.
Bahrain and Arabic music giant Rotana have rejected a media report claiming that one of the king’s sons has produced a CD containing Shiite liturgical lyrics and chants. Kuwaiti daily Al Dar on Tuesday reported in an article on its front page that Shaikh Nasser Bin Hamad Al Khalifa produced the CD “Ashoora Miracle”...
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Outstanding Kuwaiti students encouraged to attend German universities
A German school is to be built in Kuwait for the German-speaking community, the Kuwaiti education ministry said. The school is part of an accord between the ministry and the German embassy to boost education cooperation and to help German-speaking children who currently rely on international schools that teach according to the British, American...
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Qatar releases nine Bahraini fishermen amid growing hope for end to standoff
Qatar has allowed nine Bahraini men to go home after they were detained for allegedly entering Qatari waters illegally during a fishing trip. Four of the men were taxi drivers and were fishing amateurs who had strayed into the Qatari waters, Bahraini media said amid hope that their release would ease the escalating tension...
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Bosnia’s Franciscan Church keen on cooperation with Islamic institutions in Kuwait
Bosnia’s Franciscan Church is keen on launching cooperation programmes with Islamic institutions in Kuwait, the church leader has said. Frankica Vuica said that Kuwait was “very well regarded in Bosnia” where its humanitarian role in helping the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the war was appreciated. Vuica told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in...
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Kuwaiti citizen in charge of Al Qaeda operations against Israeli targets
A Kuwaiti citizen is in charge of Al Qaeda operations against Israeli targets for the Palestinian territories, an Israeli daily has said. Sami Al Mutairi, who was convicted in 2003 of killing American computer expert Michael Pouliot, 46, and wounding his driver in Kuwait, has sent about $850,000 to Al Qaeda members in the...
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Arabs’ indifference to Horn of Africa could cost them sovereignty over lands and waters, panelists warn
The indifference of Arabs and Muslims to developments in the Horn of Africa could cost them their sovereignty over their waters and lands, a panel of analysts has warned. “The collapse of federal authority in Somalia opened the door to foreign intervention, resulting in the emergence of extremist militant groups as well as piracy....
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