Kuwait’s Court of Appeals on Monday postponed the trial of an alleged pro-Iran espionage ring to March 5. The seven defendants were charged with spying for Iran and of passing on information on the Kuwaiti and US military in Kuwait to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
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A police patrol in Kuwait had to step in to stop a brother from completely shaving off his sister’s hair after he suspected her of receiving flirty messages. The brother reportedly had doubts that his sister was getting love expressions on her mobile and managed to sift through the content of her inbox.
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A Bahraini court on Monday postponed the trial of a suspect terror cell to January 25. The high criminal court would use the time to look into requests made by the defense team. According to the case papers, the alleged cell had plotted to target the Saudi embassy in Manama, the building of the...
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Bahrain’s Cassation Court on Monday overturned the Court of Appeals ruling condemning two Bahrainis to death and five others to life in prison for their alleged role in the killing of two policemen in March. The Court of Appeals will now have to look again at the case and issue a new verdict. The...
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A Bahraini lawmaker has urged the health ministry and surgical centres to provide information whether Bahrain women had breast implants made by French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) amid increasing global concerns that the products could rupture and leak cheap silicone into the body.
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Drivers in Qatar have been urged to be extra cautious amid warnings that the heavy fog that has caused dozens of accidents will linger until Friday. Traffic police records showed that 350 accidents occurred on Sunday, mainly as a result of the heavy fog that enveloped large parts of the country, local Arabic dailyAl...
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Hamas has denied reports that it planned to open an office in Tunis. “The movement has no intention to set up an office in Tunis,” Salah Al Bardwell, a Hamas leader, said. “There has never been talk within the movement about this issue,” he said.
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Bahrain is planning to review its school curricula to boost critical thinking and argument aptitudes. Meeting education experts, Majed Al Nuaimi, the education minister, on Sunday called for the formation of an ad-hoc commission that will reassess all school courses to promote critical thinking, tolerance, dialogue capabilities, problem-solving and respect for other opinions.
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Fights and altercations make up around half of the cases involving juveniles, the head of outreach and media at Qatar’s interior ministry juvenile department has said. “Based on our statistics, crimes against persons (fights), represent 46 per cent of the number of cases that reach the Department,” Banna Al Khailifi said. “Theft is second at...
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Iraq has no intention to postpone the Arab summit scheduled to take place in Baghdad in March, the Iraqi foreign minister has said.
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