Gulf authorities say the Saudi man who blew himself up in a Kuwaiti mosque last week arrived on a flight from the island nation of Bahrain and had no background suggesting he planned to carry out a terrorist attack. The details released by Saudi and Bahraini authorities paint a fuller picture of the bomber in Friday's attack that killed 27 Shiite worshippers. Kuwaiti officials have identified him as Fahad Suleiman Abdulmohsen al-Gabbaa. Bahrain's Interior Ministry said Monday that al-Gabbaa Read more [...]

Following the deadly bombing by the Islamic State at a Shia mosque in Kuwait during the Friday prayers last week, Bahrain's foreign minister has called for common mosques for Shias and Sunnis to ward off militant attacks.   Isis has carried out several bombings at Shia mosques in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait over recent weeks, as the Sunni militants consider Shia Muslims Read more [...]

Ithmaar Bank, which achieved 94.5 per cent efficiency in the execution of electronic payments during 2014, received the Straight Through Processing (STP) Excellence Award at a ceremony held at the Bank’s Seef Headquarters. The Award was presented to the Ithmaar Bank General Manager, Head of Banking Operations, Information Technology and Administration, Abdulrahman Al Shaikh, by the Standard Chartered Director of Financial Institutions – Transaction Banking, Hassan Qambar. Qambar congratulated Read more [...]