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 »
Hyundai registers record sales in Middle East
MANAMA: Hyundai Motor Company has announced record sales across the Middle East region last year, for the second year in succession. The world’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer said it registered a 7.5 per cent increase compared to 2012, with total sales of 328,856 units. Saudi Arabia... read more »
