BREAKING NEWS: Just got this message from Kuwait.me that His Highness the Amir has accepted the resignation of the government and reappointed Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah as prime minister.  There is no reference I can link to this except for the Kuwait.me discussion board going on.
UPDATE: Link to article on Al-Arabiya

The terrorist attack in Mumbai ended yesterday, Saturday the 29th of November 2008.  So far the count is 195 dead and almost 300 injured. After three days of fighting, the final battle was at the Taj Mahal hotel.  Imagine three days of non-stop fighting in this 105 year old hotel! There were bodies everywhere, and [...]

After KSE opened its doors yesterday, some changes were witnessed, some positive and some negative.  Today most stocks are green!  NBK looks like they are coming back but you never know what could happen with this market.  I was thinking I should have bought NBK shares, but it still doesn’t look stable enough to invest [...]

What the hell are these idiots thinking hijacking a vessel three times the size of an aircraft carrier?  Somali pirates seized control of a Saudi tanker, called the “Sirius Star”, off the African coast on its way to the United States carrying more than a quarter of Saudi’s daily exports… 200 million barrels of oil [...]

Congratulations to Barack Obama for being elected as the new United States president!!! With this, Obama goes into history as being the first African-American president in the history of the United States. Latest I heard was that he won 297 electoral when he needed 270 to win the race. {Read more} and watch video of [...]

To get Gulf Bank out of its slump, Central bank offered to grant them a KD400 million in return for CBK being given the right to choose its board of directors.  This loan tenor will be 6 months, and naturally renewed if necessary, which will happen for sure.
Looking at the KSE site, a lot of [...]

Thousands of people are being evacuated from high-rise towers in Dubai after an earthquake tremor hit Dubai today. These tremors are from a 6.2 quake that hit Iran and spread to Dubai. The aftershock measured 4.8 on the Richter scale. Buildings all along Sheikh Zayed Road were evacuated after the tremor struck [...]

A little over an hour ago, there was an explosion in Mina Abdullah oil refinery plant, the second largest in the country. Reasons still unknown {Read more}
Thanks Maya
Update: The explosion was not in the refinery itself, but a facility nearby to it which could affect production at the refinery - thanks 9k2or for clearing [...]

After Nabih Berri presented his “gift” of dismantling all tents in downtown beirut, the people in Lebanon, and outside, were all congratulating one another.  Within an hour, pickup trucks were removing all tents and supplies from the area.  What a beautiful site that was!
Under the agreement the opposition would get 11 seats in the Cabinet, while 16 seats [...]