RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia’s king on Sunday vowed to punish those responsible for a rare suicide bombing that killed 21 people at a Shiite mosque in the country’s east, calling it a “heinous terrorist attack” that runs against Islamic and human values. King Salman made the pledge hours after the Interior Ministry confirmed that Friday’s attack in the village of al-Qudeeh in the eastern Qatif region was the work of an Islamic State militant, backing up an earlier claim Read more [...]

DUBAI: An inebriated elderly passenger who attacked a stewardess and threatened to blow up a plane if he was denied more alcohol was imprisoned for six months on Sunday.The Bahraini visitor, MK, 68, committed an assault on the national airline as he misbehaved onboard, wreaked havoc, shouted bomb threats and claimed he had a pistol.He shouted at a Moroccan stewardess, SH, 24, and pushed her while demanding she should Read more [...]

Manama, May 24 (BNA): Bahraini fine artist Abdulaziz Al-Zubari passed away yesterday (Saturday), leaving a prolific legacy which will survive him. Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) President Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa paid tribute to the late artist, saying that his works will always be remembered and survive the test of time. Late Al-Zubari joined other painters Read more [...]