A Ferrari mechanic inspecting Pirelli tyres. Six Formula One teams will carry out a tyre test with supplier Pirelli in Bahrain next week after the sporting regulations were changed on safety grounds, the governing FIA confirmed yesterday. The International Automobile Federation said in a statement that world champions Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Force India and Toro Rosso had accepted an invitation open to all Read more [...]

Manama: Dec. 11 -- (BNA)-- Major headlines in Bahrain's newspapers today:- HM the King: We're looking forward to a Gulf Union that protects our security, interests and sovereignty. HM the King arrives Kuwait and participates in first working session of 34th GCC Summit. HM the King: This Summit will come up with resolutions which will be the source of GCC, Arab and Islamic nations power. HM the King receives Read more [...]

Bahrain to be ready for 5G network by 2017 Manama, 1 hours, 15 minutes ago By Avinash Saxena Bahrain will be ready for the superfast 5G mobile network, potentially 100 times faster than 4G networks and which will enable one-second film downloads, by 2017, said the Minister of State for Communications Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa. Speaking on the sidelines of an event held to mark the 35th anniversary of Ericsson's first contract in the kingdom, Read more [...]

By Pratap John Chief Business Reporter   The GCC region’s non-hydrocarbon sector growth performance has been above that of other oil producers or advanced economies between 1980 and 2009, shows a research done by three senior IMF economists. Growth in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE during the period was at par with that of India and China, says a book entitled Macroeconomics of the Arab States of the Gulf co-authored by Ananthakrishnan Prasad, Raphael Espinoza and Ghada Fayad. The sectors that contributed Read more [...]