<!----> UK-based defence giant BAE Systems has announced the appointment of Mark Simpkins as its new vice president, Middle East, with responsibility for regional operations. Moving to Bahrain after three years running BAE Systems in New Delhi, Simpkins is charged with evolving the company's business in the Middle East with customers and partners. The appointment comes amid a slowdown in defence spending in the Middle East as low oil prices are eating into budgets in the Gulf region, one of Read more [...]

<!----> SaudiGulf Airlines was doing more than just showing off its new Airbus A320 aircraft at the Bahrain International Airshow. The new carrier’s presence was the surest sign yet that Saudi Arabia’s domestic aviation market is finally about to take off. The privately-owned airline and soon-to-be rival Al Maha Airways, a subsidiary of Qatar Airways, have been awaiting final approval and their operating licences from the kingdom’s regulator, General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) Read more [...]

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Bussell, of Virginia, died in the Bahraini capital of Manama on Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Defense said Bussell died of non-combat related causes, but provided no further details about the circumstances of the man's death. Bussell was assigned to Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center Detachment Bahrain at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. He was working in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, which is the name for the U.S. military operation against the Islamic State (ISIS) group Read more [...]

The escalating crisis in Saudi Arabian-Iranian relations is going to impact many countries in numerous ways. For years Saudi Arabia and Iran's geopolitical rivalry has fuelled bloodshed in many corners of the Islamic world from Lebanon to Afghanistan. However, Riyadh's decision to execute Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr at the start of this month, the Iranian response, and the political fallout have raised the Middle East's sectarian temperatures to the highest level since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s. Knowing Read more [...]

Dubai, Jan. 29 (BNA): HM the King’s Personal Representative for Charity Work and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sport President, Bahrain Olympic Committee President and Captain of the Bahrain Endurance Team 13 Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa clinched the fourth place in the opening race of the Nasser bin Hamad Triple Crown, held here, with the participation of 1,200 athletes from all over Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 29 (BNA): Bahrain has strongly condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a mosque in Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia, killing and injuring innocent people. "Bahrain extends its condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims and wishes speedy recovery to the wounded in this despicable crime which is alien to religion and contrary to all moral and human values," the Ministry of Foreign Read more [...]

Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry

A group of Navy sailors, including Emma Whitty from Portsmouth, ran the Bahrain half marathon in the searing heat this January for Blind Veterans UK, the national charity for vision-impaired ex-Service men and women. The 20 sailors from HMS Ramsey decided to raise money for Blind Veterans UK because one member of the ship’s crew feels passionate about the military charity as they support his uncle. Ultimately they smashed their target and have so far raised more than £2,500 pounds for Read more [...]

The Netherlands-based material handling company Vanderdale has been awarded the contract to supply modern baggage handling system (BHS) at the Bahrain International Airport (BIA).The scope of the assignment includes the designing, manufacturing and installation of a baggage handling system that will be able to process 4,700 bags every hour.The BHS is expected to include an early bag store with the capacity of 600 items of luggage and eight reclaim belts.The new BHS will help improve Read more [...]