Photos of the week: 9 photos that will make you smile and make you cry

TORONTO – Two young brothers die after they were asphyxiated by a python in New Brunswick.A group of mice show off their skateboarding skills.A terminally ill toddler who served as a best man at his parents’ wedding over the weekend dies two days later.Here’s a look at this week’s heartwarming and heart-wrenching news photos.Two brothers killed by a python are remembered at a vigil:Mourners gather in Campbellton, N.B. to remember Noah and Connor Barthe on Wednesday, August 7, 2013. Read more [...]

Tochter von inhaftiertem Menschenrechtler darf nicht nach Bahrain

Von unserem dpa-Korrespondenten und Europe Online         Kopenhagen/Istanbul (dpa) - Die in Dänemark lebende Aktivistin Mariam al-Chawadscha ist vor Protestkundgebungen in Bahrain daran gehindert worden, in das arabische Königreich zu fliegen. Die Tochter des bahrainischen Menschenrechtlers Abdul Hadi al-Chawadscha sagte der Nachrichtenagentur Read more [...]

Di Resta prega união da Force India, ante a resultados ruins

Repetindo seu melhor resultado da carreira no Bahrein (4º), Paul di Resta teve um bom primeiro semestre com a Force India. No entanto, após a implantação dos novos compostos de pneus e da banda de rodagem de Kevlar pela Pirelli, o time não vem mais encontrando o mesmo rendimento mostrado até Silverstone. Por isso, o escocês espera que a equipe encontre soluções durante as férias para trazer inovações para a segunda metade da temporada. "Espero que a equipe tenha várias ideias Read more [...]

Bahraini activist banned from boarding flight home

Prominent Bahraini activist, Maryam Al-Khwaja, was prevented from boarding a British Airways flight from Copenhagen Friday, according to IBTimes UK. Airport personnel later told Al-Khwaja that her named flashed in a message from the Bahraini government to airport authorities. Al-Khwaja later tweeted, "What I want to know is what the regime is so afraid of that they [would] issue a ban preventing me from travelling to bahrain." According to a Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BHCR) statement, Read more [...]

15 Arap ülkesinde bayram bugün

Bugünü bayram olarak bildiren ülkeler Suudi Arabistan, Katar, Kuveyt, Yemen, Ürdün, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri (BAE), Bahreyn, Suriye, Mısır, Filistin, Lübnan, Sudan, Tunus, Cezayir ve Irak'taki Sünniler. Irak'taki Sünniler bugün bayram yapacaklarını açıklarken Şiiler bugünün orucun 30'uncu günü olduğunu belirtti. Mısır Müftülüğünden yapılan açıklamada, bugünün Ramazan Bayramı'nın birinci günü olduğu ifade edildi. Suudi Arabistan'ın resmi televizyon kanalı Read more [...]

В Москве Бахрейн не сможет рассчитывать на двукратную чемпионку мира – СПОРТ

28-летняя Мариам Юсуф Джамаль из Бахрейна не сможет принять участие в первенстве планеты в Москве из-за травмы. Джамаль выигрывала чемпионат мира на дистанции 1500 метров в 2007 и 2009 году, а на Олимпиаде в Лондоне завоевала серебро. Чемпионат мира по легкой атлетике пройдет Read more [...]

亞錦賽-中國香港擊敗巴林獲首勝將爭奪賽事第9名

  北京時間8月9日馬尼拉消息,菲律賓亞錦賽9-12排位賽 ,中國香港87-79擊敗巴林,將於明日與日本和印度勝者爭奪本屆杯賽第9。本場比賽也是中國香港隊在本屆亞錦賽上的首場勝利。  中國香港有5人得分上雙,14號鄧肯20分7板,6號李琪16分,12號方誠義13分12板,7號李劍煌12分,4號林萬進11分;巴林方面,5號胡塞恩29分,9號阿卜杜拉德哈16分,6號考艾德14分,8號伊斯梅爾11分。  首節中國香港手感極佳,單節命中4記3分並確立兩位數的領先優勢,在首節結束時以30-18領先。次節巴林隊在進攻端有所反彈,而香港隊命中率大幅度下降,單節當對手打出25-13。半場結束時兩隊平分秋色戰成43-43。  半場數據統計,巴林的命中率奇高,26投16中為62%,其 Read more [...]

Arap ülkelerinin 22’sinden 15’i bugün Ramazan Bayramı olduğunu …

Bugünü bayram olarak bildiren ülkeler Suudi Arabistan, Katar, Kuveyt, Yemen, Ürdün, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri (BAE), Bahreyn, Suriye, Mısır, Filistin, Lübnan, Sudan, Tunus, Cezayir ve Irak'taki Sünniler. Irak'taki Sünniler bugün bayram yapacaklarını açıklarken Şiiler bugünün orucun 30'uncu günü olduğunu belirtti. Mısır Müftülüğünden yapılan açıklamada, bugünün Ramazan Bayramı'nın birinci günü olduğu ifade edildi. Suudi Arabistan'ın Read more [...]

Bahrain In Talks Over Possible Eurofighter Deal-BAE

Home / Bahrain / Industry The Eurofighter combat jet is made by BAE Systems and Italian weapons maker Finmeccanica and EADS British defence firm BAE Systems said the Gulf state of Bahrain was in talks about the possibility of buying an unspecified number of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets. The Eurofighter combat jet is made by BAE Systems and Italian weapons maker Finmeccanica, and EADS, representative of Germany and Spain, with each taking responsibility for particular campaigns. “Bahrain Read more [...]

LETTER: US cowardice abroad reverberates – Press

Cowardice reverberatesAs a World War II veteran I am appalled by the recent Obama administration reaction to the so called “chatter” by unnamed “sources” making threats against our embassies around the world. Obama had ample warning of embassy threats when the shameful Benghazi debacle went down.The U.S. Marine Corps was created in 1775 to “project American power worldwide” and to face down just such threats, with which they have dealt ever since.The cowardly closure of 21 embassies Read more [...]