ENGLISH football coach and former player Adrian Richard Whitbread has been handed the task of supervising BahrainÕs senior menÕs national team, following the sudden departure of former boss Anthony Hudson. The Bahrain Football Association (BFA) announced WhitbreadÕs appointment in a media statement issued last night. It is unclear how long Whitbread will be in his supervisory role with the national team. He had previously been coaching BahrainÕs under-23 Olympic football team. The 42-year-old Read more [...]

MANAMA: Bahrain is stepping up its support for Palestinians suffering under a major Israeli offensive. It will send a second consignment of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in a matter of days, it was announced. The announcement was made even as the UN relief agency started distributing the first consignment, which reached yesterday. Part of it was allocated to a hospital, funded by Bahrain, in Khan Younis, which is playing a crucial role in treating Palestinians injured in Israel's relentless Read more [...]

Bahrain’s national carrier, Gulf Air, has said it will increase its flights between Bahrain and Kuwait from 40 to 42 flights per week. The national carrier’s decision to add frequencies to the Kuwaiti capital followed an increase in passenger demand between the two countries. Gulf Air acting chief commercial Ahmed Janahi commented on the enhanced flight schedule: “We are delighted to announce two additional frequencies between Bahrain and Kuwait to further strengthen our regional network. Read more [...]

Home Travel Tourism News Article Aug 01 2014 more articles from JEDDAH - Strong performances in the UAE, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia for Marriott International helped to offset lower results from its hotels in Egypt in the second quarter of the year. The company financial release for the three months to the end of June showed total net income of $192 million, up 7 percent year-on-year, from revenues of $3.5 billion, up from $3.3 billion during the same Read more [...]

The UK authorities are conducting an investigation into a world-renowned Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and his family and have seized their passports immediately after he entered UK after spending 2 years in a Bahraini prison, Rajab told RT. Rajab, who is president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), also highlighted the hypocrisy of UK's foreign Read more [...]