Posted 07 Jan 2016 23:51 DUBAI: Bahrain's High Criminal Court 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.Prosecutors had accused the suspects of luring police near to where they had placed an explosive device in al-Dair village, north of the capital Manama, on Dec. 29, 2014. Police noticed the device and were able to defuse it, BNA said.A Bahraini court Read more [...]

Manama, Jan 7 (BNA): Southern Governor Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, during meeting with a group of citizens at the Majlis of Ahmed Al-Amer in Isa Town, stressed that respect for the sovereignty of states can only be achieved by attaining national security and stability. Bahrain's uncompromising security, stability highlighted Local Manama, Jan 7 (BNA): Southern Governor Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 7 (BNA): At the directives of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa leader of the Royal Equestrian and Endurance Team, the Kingdom of Bahrain's Royal Equestrian and Endurance Team will participate in 160-km Endurance Championship on the Cup of UAE Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, alongside with cavaliers from the Arab Gulf states and Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 7 (BNA): The Assistant Undersecretary for Ports, Search and Follow-up at the General Directorate of Nationality, Passports Residence (GDNPR) on Thursday said 308,168 people had entered Bahrain between December 31 and January 6. He added 250,717 arrived from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-member countries via King Fahad Causeway, 55,017 through Bahrain International Read more [...]

In the midst of rising tensions in the Middle East over the diplomatic standoff between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Bahrainian authorities claimed on Wednesday to have busted a terror cell in the country that allegedly had links to the Iranian revolutionary Guards Corp.  Bahrain's Interior Ministry said the terror cell, named "Al Basta" and headed by two brothers, had plotted a series of bombings in the country, Read more [...]

Bahrain: UAE-based LuLu Hypermarket plans to raise its investment in Bahrain from BD110 million at present to BD145m in the next 18 months as it opens three new hypermarkets across the country, the  company’s top official has said. On the sidelines of the opening of the Middle East retail major’s fifth hypermarket in Bahrain at the newly-opened Juffair Mall, LuLu Group chairman Yusuffali MA told GDN yesterday that the kingdom’s retail sector continues to offer good growth Read more [...]

DUBAI: Bahrain said yesterday it had dismantled an Iranlinked “terror” cell that was planning attacks in the kingdom, amid a growing diplomatic crisis between Gulf Arab states and Tehran. The cell was allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hezbollah militia and planning to carry out a “series of dangerous bombings” on the tiny Sunni-ruled kingdom, an interior ministry statement said. Members of the “secret terrorist organization” Read more [...]

ABU DHABI // Bahrain says it has dismantled an Iran-linked terror cell that was planning attacks in the kingdom.The cell, allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon’s Tehran-backed Hizbollah militia, was planning to carry out a “series of dangerous bombings” on Bahrain, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.Members of the “secret terrorist organisation” have been identified and many arrested, the ministry said, adding that others remained at large. Among those arrested Read more [...]

Bahrain has stepped up security in the wake of the attacks on Saudi missions in Iran. — File photo: AP MANAMA — Bahraini authorities apprehended on Wednesday a “terrorist cell” allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Al-Arabiya News Channel reported. According to the report, the cell was led by brothers Ali and Mohamed Fakhrawi. Bahrain authorities detained six people, a seventh member of the cell had already fled to Iran. This Read more [...]

MANAMA: Bahrain said on Wednesday it had dismantled an Iran-linked “terror” cell that was planning attacks in the kingdom, amid a growing diplomatic crisis between Gulf Arab states and Tehran.The cell was allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon’s Hizbollah militia and planning to carry out a “series of dangerous bombings” on the kingdom, an interior ministry statement said.Members of Read more [...]