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NAIROBI: Kenya authorities have named one of the gunmen who killed 148 people in a university massacre as an ethnic Somali Kenyan national and law graduate, highlighting the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab's ability to recruit within the country.

DHAKA: Bangladesh's highest court Monday rejected a final appeal by an Islamist leader to overturn his death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 independence war, clearing the last legal hurdle to his execution.

TOKYO: Asian shares rose and the dollar steadied but remained under pressure on Monday, after a dismal U.S. jobs report led investors to pare bets the U.S. Federal Reserve would hike interest rates anytime soon.

TOKYO: The dollar marched higher Wednesday, supported by expectations for a mid-year US rate hike and diverging policy paths between the US Federal Reserve and other major central banks.

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks cast off early losses to close 0.31 percent higher on Wednesday, as a weaker yen overshadowed a sharp fall on Wall Street.

DHAKA: A leader of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party lodged an appeal Thursday in the Supreme Court against his death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 independence war.  

RIYADH : U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met Gulf Arab foreign ministers in Riyadh on Thursday to brief them on progress in the nuclear talks with Iran and offer reassurance that any deal would not damage their interests.

MUMBAI: A fall in oil prices saw Mukesh Ambani cede his status as "India's richest man" on Thursday to pharmaceutical tycoon Dilip Shanghvi, who edged to the top of Forbes' list of billionaires in the country.

TOKYO: Asian stocks slipped on Thursday after Wall Street continued to pull back from record highs ahead of Friday's closely-watched U.S. jobs data, while the nervous euro languished at an 11-year low prior to the European Central Bank's policy meeting.

HONG KONG: Shares in Hong Kong and Shanghai tumbled Thursday after China set its 2015 economic growth target at "approximately seven" percent, which would be its worst performance in a quarter of a century.