MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain says authorities have arrested three suspects in connection with a bombing last week outside a mosque near the royal residences in the Gulf kingdom.The blast pointed to a widening campaign by more militant factions in the opposition. Bahrain has experienced over two years of unrest stemming from the Shiite majority's demands for a greater political role in the Sunni-ruled island nation, which is home to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.Bahrain's Interior Read more [...]

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Manama, July 22nd (BNA) –The Drug Abuse Resistance Education Organization (D.A.R.E) praised in its 26th Conference held in Ohio, U.S. the role of Kingdom of Bahrain in the application of the new curriculum for the Elementary Level (First Cycle) to be the first country in the world to do that. This was during the reception of Director of programme "Ma’an," and the head of the Bahraini delegation Read more [...]

ABU DHABI - Assailants attacked the home of a Bahraini member of parliament with petrol bombs on Sunday for the second time in a week, the state news agency BNA said, the latest in a series of assaults on public officials and security personnel in the kingdom.The most recent attack on the home of Abbas Isa al-Madi, chairman of parliament's Services Committee, follows one on July 15 in which was no one was hurt. Pictures published by BNA showed fire damage to walls surrounding the Read more [...]

IMPROVING Bahrain's economic and security situation are among the nation's top priorities, the Premier said yesterday during a meeting with senior officials. He said this was vital to stave off attempts to destabilise the country and subvert national security. Officials present included Supreme Islamic Affairs Council president Shaikh Abdulla bin Khalid Al Khalifa, parliament chairman Dr Khalifa Al Dhahrani, Shura Council president Ali Saleh Al Saleh and MPs. "The law will take its course against Read more [...]

MANAMA: Bahrain's banking sector is averse to risk, which makes it difficult for entrepreneurs and start-ups to get funding, a leading entrepreneur has said. "Despite all their successes, banks in Bahrain are reluctant to give loans to entrepreneurs. Talent really is not given much value," MBA Fakhro chairman Mohammed Adel Fakhro told the GDN in an exclusive interview. "Broadly speaking, the banking sector and traders need to change their mindset about the way business is done in the country." "A Read more [...]

  DUBAI: The Bahraini authorities have arrested three suspects linked to a car bomb that exploded outside a Sunni mosque south of the capital Manama, the government said yesterday. “Three people suspected of involvement in the terrorist act that took place near Sheikh Isa bin Salman mosque in Rifaa have been arrested,” the interior ministry said on its Twitter account. The royal court is situated in the same area where the bomb, made from a gas cylinder, exploded late on Read more [...]

Manama, July. 21(BNA) – His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister tonight visited the majlises of Abdullah Yousif Fakhro, Al Fadhala, Al Rumaihi and Al Kaabi. During his visits, His Royal Highness reinforced that Bahrain is one family under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad and that any attempts to disrupt this unity Read more [...]