Bahrain and Qatar yesterday booked their spot in the final of the 17th Asian Handball Championship at Khalifa Sports City in Isa Town. Bahrain defeated Japan 29-23 while Qatar sealed a 22-13 win over Saudi Arabia to set up and exciting title clash tomorrow.  Bahrain’s Hussain Al Sayyad, Mohammed Jassim Al Maqabi and Abbas Al Salatna each scored five goals to top the scoring charts while Japan’s Jin Watanabe was his team’s highest scorer with four goals.  The match started off Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 26 (BNA): Personal Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Work and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport and President of Bahrain Olympic Committee issued administrative resolution number 4 for 2016 appointing Ihsan Murtadha Abbas Ali Hajji, Wael Yussef Yaqoob Al-Qasimi and Hamid Saeed Abdul Nabi Dhaif as complementary members of Bahrain Billiards and Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 26(BNA): Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi will arrive tomorrow in Bahrain on an official visit during which he will hold talks with His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa on strong fraternal relations bonding the two brotherly countries and peoples. In a statement, the Royal Court said that the two leaders will also discuss latest regional and Arab developments. The Royal Court welcomed Read more [...]

India Flies Indigenous Fighter at the Bahrain Air Show, 2016: First Flight Outside Indian Airspace 2016-01-26  The Indians have developed and are building their own fighter aircraft in the form of the Tejas aircraft. According to the Indian Aeronautical Development Agency: India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) together with its variants, is the smallest and lightest Multi-Role Supersonic Fighter Aircraft of its class. This single engine, Compound-Delta-Wing, Tailless Aircraft is designed Read more [...]

The national Iranian men’s handball team defeated Oman at the main round of the 17th edition of the Asian Men’s Handball Championship in the Persian Gulf kingdom of Bahrain.On Monday evening, the Iranian outfit, which had Saeed Barkhordari, Milad Masa’eli, Shahou Nosrati, Sajjad Estaki, Seyyed Ali Mousavi Mirzamani, Mahdi Mousavi, Salaman Barbat, Mohsen Babasafari Renani, Ehsan Abouei-Mehrizi, Hojjat Rahshenas, Sajjad Nadri, Saeed Heidarirad, Mehrdad Samsami, Read more [...]

Fitness First opens new club in Bahrain MANAMA, 1 hours, 18 minutes ago Tags: Bahrain | mall | Fitness | Juffair | open | first | Read more [...]

Bahrain’s main opposition bloc, al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, urged the al-Khalifa regime to respond positively to the international calls for an inclusive national dialogue in the Persian Gulf country, regretting that the Royal family still favors a “costly security option”. In a statement on Tuesday, al-Wefaq condemned the Manama regime for continuing to exercise violence against peaceful protests and emphasized the regime should adopt a broad-based political solution to the Read more [...]

Autumn Fair opens in Bahrain MANAMA, 2 hours, 49 minutes ago Tags: Bahrain | fair | open | Autumn | Read more [...]

Manama, Jan 25 (BNA): Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Undersecretary for Islamic Affairs Dr. Farid bin Yacoub Al-Miftah stressed that the Kingdom of Bahrain is a model of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect and tolerance. Al-Miftah told Bahrain News Agency (BNA), on the sidelines of his participation in the Rights of Religious Minorities in Muslim Countries Conference held Read more [...]

Syria peace talks to start in Geneva on Friday: UN envoy

BEIRUT: Peace talks between the warring parties in Syria, which were scheduled to open Monday, will …