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Bangladesh arrests Islamists for slashing pastor’s throat
DHAKA: Bangladesh police said yesterday they had arrested five Islamists for the attempted murder of a Christian pastor whose throat was slashed in the latest of a string of attacks blamed on religious extremists. The five members of the outlawed Jamayetul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) group have been detained on suspicion of planning or carrying out last week’s attack on Baptist pastor Luke Sarker in the town of Iswardi. One of those arrested...
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, 6th from left, raises hands with the ruling Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas, 5th from left, and his running mate Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, 6th from right, as they announce the senatorial slate for next year’s elections in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines yesterday. — AP
Philippines' turbulent election season kicks off - Mayor of southern island of Mindanao shot dead
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, 6th from left, raises hands with the ruling Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas, 5th from left, and his running mate Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo, 6th from right, as they announce the senatorial slate for next year’s elections in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines yesterday. — AP MANILA: The Philippines' election season kicked off yesterday with politicians registering...
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Missionaries of Charity ends adoption services in India
KOLKATA: The Missionaries of Charity, the Roman Catholic order founded by Mother Teresa, has decided to close its adoption services in India after the country amended its rules to make single parents eligible to adopt. The religious order said that allowing single or divorced parents to adopt goes against its beliefs. India’s Central Adoption Resource Authority reviewed its guidelines in July in an effort to make adoptions more transparent and...
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US to suspend Syrian Rebel Training Program
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Ireland top group but at a heavy cost
LONDON: Ireland beat France 24-9 in a brutal Cardiff encounter to earn a quarter-final meeting with Argentina, leaving the well-beaten French the daunting prospect of facing New Zealand as the Rugby World Cup’s pool phase came to a close on Sunday. In the most eagerly-awaited match outside of Pool A, Ireland overcame their Six Nations rivals for the first time in four World Cup meetings. But the win came at a heavy cost, with the flyhalf Johnny...
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‘The Finisher’ finished? India debate on Dhoni
NEW DELHI: The “helicopter shot” has disappeared, the boundaries are not flowing from his bat and the whisper is now growing louder that Mahendra Singh Dhoni is no more the middle-order finisher who could single-handedly get India over the line. Even for his ardent fans, and he is still the most popular player in the cricket-mad country, it was painful to watch Dhoni struggle in Sunday’s one-day series opener against South Africa. Time and...
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FIFA ethics committee says Platini complaints ‘not valid’
ZURICH: FIFA’s ethics committee has rejected criticism from UEFA president Michel Platini over the manner of his suspension, saying the argument that he was not allowed to defend himself is “not valid.” Platini, the head of European soccer’s governing body, was suspended for 90 days last Thursday along with FIFA president Sepp Blatter pending a full investigation against them. The announcement intensified a scandal around world soccer’s...
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Germany edge Georgia
LEIPZIG: Three-times European champions Germany needed a 79th minute goal from substitute Max Kruse to edge past Georgia 2-1 on Sunday and book their spot at the Euro 2016 finals after another wasteful performance in their final Group D qualifier. World Cup winners Germany, who needed only a draw, squandered over a dozen clear chances in the first half alone before Thomas Mueller’s 50th minute penalty finally put them ahead. Georgia, already...
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Poland defeat Ireland to secure Euro spot
WARSAW: Striker Robert Lewandowski scored the winner to secure Poland a place at Euro 2016 with a 2-1 victory in Warsaw on Sunday that consigned a battling Ireland side to the playoffs. Lewandowski’s header just before halftime in the Group D match was his 15th goal in the last six games for his club Bayern Munich and country. He also equalled Northern Ireland forward David Healy’s scoring record for a Euro qualifying campaign with 13 goals. ...
US-British economist Angus Deaton
Poverty expert Angus Deaton wins Nobel Economics Prize
US-British economist Angus Deaton STOCKHOLM: US-British economist Angus Deaton won the Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for ground-breaking work using household surveys to show how consumers, particularly the poor, decide what to buy and how policymakers can help them. “By emphasising the links between individual consumption decisions and outcomes for the whole economy, his work has helped transform modern microeconomics, macroeconomics and...
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Dell to buy EMC in record $67bn deal - Record tech tie-up to speed up its move into the cloud, mobile market
NEW YORK: Dell said yesterday it was buying EMC, the world’s largest data-storage provider, for $67 billion in a record tech tie-up to accelerate its move into the cloud and mobile market. The mega merger would combine Dell, whose core global personal computer business is facing declining PC demand, with EMC’s strength in enterprise storage. Dell said the acquisition of EMC “will create the world’s largest privately controlled,...
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Oil glut, equity market concerns weigh on oil - NBK ECONOMIC REPORT
KUWAIT: The volatility that characterized oil markets in late August gave way to a more settled period in September, with benchmark crudes, Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI), trading within the $46-49.0 per barrel (bbl) and $44-46.0/bbl ranges, respectively, for most of the month. At September's close, Brent settled at $47.2/bbl while WTI reached $45.1/bbl. Both crudes were still down near six-and-a-half-year lows, however, depressed by...
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KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti jeweler arranges gold items at his shop in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gold prices drop notably
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LOS ANGELES: Protesters hold signs and flags and a large balloon with an image of US President Donald Trump during the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against Trump and his advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in downtown Los Angeles on April 5, 2025. — AFP photos
Americans rally against Trump ‘devastation’
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DHAKA: Garment workers sewing clothes at a Snowtex Group textile factory in Dhamrai, a sub-district in Dhaka. - AFP
US buyers halt orders from major garment producer Bangladesh
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A Palestinian man walks past a closed shop, during a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war, in the old city of Hebron in the Israeli occupied West Bank on April 7, 2025 - AFP
Kuwaiti firms join strike for Gaza
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KUWAIT: Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Abdullatif Al-Meshari, accompanied by senior officials, visits Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh on April 7, 2025.
Labor cities needed to tackle Jleeb challenges