Manama, Jun 21 (BNA) -- In their fifth international participation, today Bahrain’s triathletes take part in the United States Iron Man Championship being held in New York. Chairman of the Supreme Council of Youth and Sports (SCYS), President of Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and Bahrain Triathlon team captain, HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, and with the participation of SCYS First Read more [...]

2014 Austria GP: McLaren Formula One F1 Qualifying Recap Kevin’s sixth position in Q3 was the team’s best qualifying position since Bahrain (Jenson: also P6), and an encouraging sign that this weekend’s upgrades have made a small but measurable difference to the MP4-29’s performance. Jenson’s afternoon was made trickier by his lack of running in P3. The team identified a brake system problem early in the morning, which meant he sat out the entire session. That Read more [...]

Manama, Jun 21 (BNA) -- Minister of Culture, Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, has met Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister, Sok An, and briefed him on cultural and tourist attractions in Bahrain. The parties highlighted both countries' keenness to develop relations in all fields and promote cultural and heritage cooperation. Cambodian Deputy Premier toured Bahrain National Museum and Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage, where Read more [...]

Manama, June 21 (BNA)—Bahrain and Australia signed a protocol amending some provisions of 1995 agreement to develop air transportation. The protocol was concluded by Transportation Minister Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed and accredited Australian Ambassador to Bahrain Neil Hawkins. It aims to cope with the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation and global changes in the international civil aviation Read more [...]

On Wednesday, regime forces cracked down on peaceful marches protesting the Authority’s refusal to respond to the family of the martyr Abdulazziz Alabbar by including the real cause of death in his death certificate. Alabbar died on April 18th from injuries he sustained when he was shot to the head by regime forces in Sar, west of Manama in last February. His corpse has been in the morgue in Salmaniya hospital for over 60 days now.A number of protesters were injured with shotgun, while Read more [...]

Pro-democracy demonstrators have taken to streets in Bahrain, demanding that the Al Khalifa regime step down.On Friday, the protesters staged anti-regime demonstrations in the Manama suburb of Sanabis and the northeastern island of Sitra.A similar protest was also held in the village of Samaheej, located on the northern coast of Muharraq island.Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa Read more [...]