Amnesty International has condemned a decision by Bahrain to deport ten dissidents arbitrarily stripped of nationality, calling on Manama to refrain from making the move.The ten are among the 31 Shias whose citizenships were revoked in November 2012. They were never tried in a court.“Arbitrarily depriving these Bahrainis of their nationality and forcing them out of Bahrain renders them ‘stateless’ and goes contrary to Bahrain’s Read more [...]

Home / Bahrain / Industry / Telecoms Batelco attributed the profit rise to strong contributions from the group's international operations. Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco) posted a 40 per cent rise in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday due to an improved performance in some of its foreign units and a group-wide cost-cutting programme. The former monopoly, which had reported declining profits in 17 of the previous 20 quarters, made a net profit of BD15.99 million($42.44 million) Read more [...]

DUBAI, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Emaar Properties , the builder of the world's tallest tower, reported a 21 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Wednesday, in line with an analyst estimate. The Dubai-based developer, in which the government has an 31.2 percent stake, posted a net profit of 701 million dirhams ($206.38 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, it said in a statement. That compares with a profit of 581 million dirhams in the year-earlier period. SICO Read more [...]