ABUJA: At least eight worshippers were killed and 16 others injured early Wednesday morning after a man attacked a mosque with a locally made explosive in northern Nigeria’s Kano state, resulting in a fire outbreak, the police said. The suspect, a 38-year-old local resident, confessed that he attacked the mosque in Kano’s remote Gadan village “purely in hostility following (a)
LONDON: An Afghan asylum-seeker in the UK has been left wearing an ankle tag months after the pilot scheme he was part of was ended for being unlawful. The man, identified as MM, revealed he has been made to wear the tag monitoring his location for 20 months and has been given no explanation why, which has left him in a state of “constant stress.” The GPS tag, part of a Home
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index rose on Thursday, gaining 95.24 points, or 0.79 percent, to close at 12,198.44. The total trading turnover of the benchmark index was SR7.15 billion ($1.9 billion) as 81 stocks advanced, while 144 retreated. Similarly, the MSCI Tadawul Index increased by 17.75 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at 1,530.05. However, the Kingdom’s
RIYADH: Saudi scouts are being taught how to use digital technology and quick-response codes on their smartphones to better help Hajj pilgrims with guidance, on-site navigation and route planning at the Kingdom’s holy sites. The course, run by the Ministry of Education through the Saudi Arabian Scouts Association, began a 10-day training program in Makkah on Wednesday for
European countries should strengthen relations with Taiwan if they want continued Taiwanese investment in semiconductor production, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said during a visit to Europe last week. Overseas investments by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, need government approval, including for a potential factory in