On Thursday, Bahraini security forces, backed by military choppers and masked men, raided several houses in the Western villages of Karzakkan and Al Malikiya. The regime has not stopped its crackdown on antigovernment activists, though it has arrested key opposition figures, and it has recently stepped up its attacks on people’s homes, Alalam reported. Bahrain is in the middle of a popular uprising that erupted in mid-February 2011 in the small Persian Gulf island nation, with demonstrators Read more [...]

Bahrain: Al Khalifa mercenaries attacked mosque of Imam Sadiq (A.S.) in Salmabad + Picscode: 442444 Date: 2013/07/19 - 14:07source: ABNAprint Bahrain: Al Khalifa mercenaries attacked mosque of Imam Sadiq (A.S.) in Salmabad + Pics 400 ? 400: true); background: border:solid 1px } .img2 { max-width:600px; width: expression(this.width > 590 ? 590: true); background: border:solid 1px } Read more [...]

Arrackal Alexander M Manama, Jul 19 (BNA) -- APM Terminals, operators of the Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Port (SKSP), organized a ghabhga at the Bushido Restaurant, at which its Chief Executive Officer Marco Neelsen informed the august gathering, “APM Terminals has signed up with Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusan Kysha (NYK) and Korean company Hanjin Shipping. The first ship will call into Bahrain on August 12. With these two agreements, Read more [...]

(MENAFN) Bahrain developer Seef Properties reported a 3.33 percent increase in consolidated net profit during the first six months of 2013, citing improving level of business activity, Gulf Daily News reported.The company said it made USD8.78 million during the first half, up from USD8.44 million achieved a year ago.Gross rental revenue grew by 1.39 percent to USD11.34 million in the January-June period, up from USD11.2 million a year earlier.Other financial aspects in the statement included a 7.97 Read more [...]

This is in response to a letter by Mae De Leon 'Twisted logic' (GDN, July 14), which replied to Abdulla's letter of July 9 'Listen to logic'. Your analysis is flawed. You are assuming that all expats are driving cars. The problem with this argument is that the majority of 250,000 Asian expats working in the construction sector and many others do not drive in Bahrain, while most Bahraini families have one car or more. Hence the ratio you quoted of 68.6 per cent is in line with the driving population. Read more [...]

LEGISLATORS and community leaders, including opposition figures, urged people not to retaliate over a bomb blast that targeted worshippers in West Riffa. They warned of the dangers of Bahrain being dragged into a "civil war" and pleaded with the Sunni community to remain calm in the aftermath of Wednesday's explosion. It happened at 8.25pm as people were performing Taraweeh prayers at Shaikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Mosque. The bomb, a combination of gas cylinders and homemade explosives, was Read more [...]