Manama: A high-level business delegation from Bahrain will travel to China in September to meet Chinese political and private sector leaders, the Economic Development Board (EDB) announced yesterday. The EDB, which has organised the visit, said it aims to further strengthen fast-growing trade and business ties between the two countries and promote Bahrain’s unique investment environment. The delegation will visit four major commercial cities in China including Xiamen Read more [...]

Manama: A Bahrain-Born banker’s son is calling for the investigation into his father’s grisly death in Malaysia two years ago to be reopened. Hussan Ahmed Najadi, 75, was gunned down as he was leaving a Chinese temple in Kuala Lumpur on July 29, 2013 in an attack that also seriously injured his wife. Gunman Kong See Kwan was sentenced to death for the murder in 2014 by a Malaysian court, while alleged getaway driver Chew Siang Chee has appealed against his conviction Read more [...]

Manama, Aug 25 (BNA): Bahrain Foreign Affairs Ministry has condemned the barbaric act committed by "Daash" militants represented in the destruction of the renowned ancient Roman temple of Baal Shamin in Palmyra, Syria, stressing that this terrorist act is totally contrary to all human values, religious principles and is alien to the Islam. The Foreign Ministry emphasizes that this heinous crime targets the Read more [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday that Bahrain’s most prominent opposition figure faces four years in prison on ‘speech-related charges’ following an ‘unfair trial’, calling upon the regime authorities to vacate Sheikh Ali Salman’s conviction on charges that violate the right to freedom of expression and should release him ‘without delay.’A Human Rights Watch review of trial documents shows that the presiding judge refused to allow Sheikh Salman’s defense lawyers to present Read more [...]