Bank and Gulf Air sign agreement
MANAMA -Khaleeji Commercial Bank (KHCB) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gulf Air which entitles KHCB’s credit card holders to discounts on online ticket purchases. In line with the agreement, all KHCB credit card holders will receive 15 per cent and 10pc discounts on Gulf Air... read more »
6 injured in explosion at Bangkok protest site
BANGKOK -Police say six street cleaners have been wounded by a small explosion at an anti-government protest site in Thailand´s capital. Police Maj. Nopparuj Jitman says the explosion in central Bangkok was caused by an improvised bomb or a giant firecracker. He says the cleaners from the city... read more »
Gunmen kills 8 in Pakistan’s Karachi
Karachi — Gunmen on motorcycles Sunday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer’s house in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police and doctors said. At least 12 others were also wounded in the shooting at Baldia Town, a low-income Karachi... read more »
Winter Olympics begins
SOCHI, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Sochi Winter Games officially open yesterday at a high-octane opening ceremony before 40,000 spectators at the gleaming new Fisht Stadium. Putin and leaders from China, Japan and about 40 other countries clapped as athletes emerged from... read more »
