Bahrain sentences 3 to life in prison for attack on policeBahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced three unnamed defendants to life imprisonment on charges of attempting to murder policemen with an improvised bomb, state news agency BNA reported on Thursday. More… |
GEMS Education students create largest human sentenceMore than 6,900 GEMS Education students from 35 schools across UAE came together to mark the UAE's 44th National Day by forming the 'World's Largest Human Sentence.' Validated by Guinness World More… |
Egyptian court sentences Al Jazeera journalists to 3 years in jailAn Egyptian court has sentenced three Al Jazeera TV journalists to three years in prison for operating without a press license and broadcasting material harmful to Egypt, a case that has triggered an international outcry. More… |
Bollywood star's jail term deferred pending appealAn Indian court postponed a five-year prison sentence handed down to Bollywood star Salman Khan on Friday pending an appeal, two days after a criminal court convicted him of killing a man in a hit-and-run accident 13 years ago. Th More… |
Death sentence for murder blast three in BahrainA Bahrain court has handed out death penalties to three men for forming a terrorist group that detonated a bomb, killing three policemen. Ali Al Singace, 20, Sami Mushaima, 41, and Abbas Al Samee'a, 25, were found guilty of ru More… |
Bahraini sentenced to death for policeman's murderA Bahraini has been sentenced to death for murdering a policeman by shooting him with a flare gun from close range. Maher Abbas Al Khabaz, 27, was yesterday convicted of premeditated murder and attempted murder by the High Crimina More… |
Bombers jailed for 30 years in BahrainFive men found guilty of detonating bombs in Manama have each been sentenced to 30 years behind bars. The Bahrainis were convicted of receiving militia training and making and detonating homemade bombs by the High Criminal Court y More… |
Five sentenced to death for Saudi diplomat killingA Bangladeshi court sentenced five members of a gang to death on Sunday for killing a Saudi Arabian diplomat in the capital Dhaka last March, court officials said. Khalaf Ali, 45, a second secre More… |
Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 yearsA Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the "Arab Spring". Ben Ali, who has been in Saudi Arabia since More… |
Pakistani sentenced to death for Mumbai attacksAn Indian court sentenced a Pakistani man to death on Thursday over a three-day rampage through Mumbai in 2008 that killed 166 people and strained ties between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours. Mohammad Ajmal Kasab, 22, was the onl More… |