Manama, Dec 30 (BNA): Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan stressed that the effective strategy of rehabilitation and training of national cadres has assisted Bahrain to achieve many successes in its employment projects. It has attracted the attention of the World Bank to put Bahrain on the list of developed countries in the area of the fight against unemployment. This came in the minister's Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 30 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa patronised today Bahrain First Festival 2015 which was organised by the Education Ministry at Bahrain National Stadium. HM the King was welcomed on arrival by Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi and other senior officials amid cheers from participants including around 30,000 students from public and private schools. After the national anthem Read more [...]

DUBAI A Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a mostly Gulf Arab military campaign in Yemen crashed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a coalition statement on the Saudi state news agency.The pilot survived after the plane suffered a technical fault and came down in the southern Jizan region, the statement said, without giving further details.Bahrain has taken part in the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-allied Houthi movement in Yemen for nine months. Scores of ground forces from the United Read more [...]

Manama, Dec.30 (BNA): Bahrain Club topped the first phase of the Youth Table Tennis Club after routing Saar Club by three sets to one. The match was held at the Sport Hall, in the presence of the Bahrain Table Tennis Association Chairperson Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa and other board members. Bahrain Club tops the table with 12 points, followed by Saar Club and Barbar, which totaled 11 and 9 Read more [...]

<!---->Home  »  News  »  Nation/World MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) Bahrain says 29 people have been sentenced to prison over a 2014 bombing that targeted police officers in the tiny island kingdom.The state-run Bahrain News Agency quoted Gen. Ahmed al-Hammadi as announcing the verdicts and saying that two of the 29 had Read more [...]

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a Bahraini pilot who was flying for a kingdom-led coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen has survived a plane crash caused by a technical failure.The state-run Saudi Press Agency carried a statement from the kingdom's military saying the F-16 crashed on Wednesday in Jizan province. It did not elaborate.The Saudi-led coalition backing Yemen's internationally recognized government has been battling the Shiite rebels, Read more [...]

Dubai:  A Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a mostly Gulf Arab military campaign in Yemen crashed in southern Saudi Arabia today, according to a coalition statement on the Saudi state news agency. The pilot survived after the plane suffered a technical fault and came down in the Jizan region, the statement added, without going into further detail. Bahrain has taken part in the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-allied Houthi movement for nine months, and scores of ground forces Read more [...]

islamabad - President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan wants to promote its bilateral relations with Qatar and Bahrain in various fields. This he said while talking to Sheikh Falah Bin Jassim Bin Jabor Al Thani, brother of Ex-Prime Minister of Qatar, and Pakistan’s Ambassador-designate to Bahrain Javed Malik who separately called on him yesterday. He said that bilateral relations with Qatar are marked by brotherhood and a high degree of mutual trust. The Read more [...]

The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen says Saudi Arabia’s Air Force has shot down a ballistic missile directed at the kingdom’s southern border. Yemen’s state news agency in Sanaa said that the target was a Saudi National Guard base in Najran on Yemen’s northwest border with Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera reports. But the statement published on the official Bahrain News Agency did not say whether the three had died in an accident or an attack, and did not say when Read more [...]

Home News Staff ReporterWednesday, December 30, 2015 - Islamabad—President Mamnoon Hussain has said that Pakistan and Bahrain enjoy close and fraternal relations which are rooted in common faith, culture and history. The President said this while talking to Ambassador-designate of Pakistan to Kingdom of Bahrain, Mr. Javed Malik, who called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad on Tuesday. The President stated that Pakistan wishes to enhance its relations with Bahrain in all fields of mutual interest Read more [...]