Security arbitrarily detained journalist Mahmoud Jaziri reporting for Al-Wasat newspaper from his house on Monday morning, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said in a recent statement. He was taken to an unknown destination, it added.Activists claimed that the arrest was made in the wake of his publication in Al-Wasat on a bill recently proposed in Shura Council, Bahrain’s upper house of parliament, seeking to deprive families of government homes if the head of the household has his nationality revoked.Jaziri Read more [...]

Manama, Dec 30 (BNA): Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan stressed that the effective strategy of rehabilitation and training of national cadres has assisted Bahrain to achieve many successes in its employment projects. It has attracted the attention of the World Bank to put Bahrain on the list of developed countries in the area of the fight against unemployment. This came in the minister's Read more [...]

Manama, Dec. 30 (BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa patronised today Bahrain First Festival 2015 which was organised by the Education Ministry at Bahrain National Stadium. HM the King was welcomed on arrival by Education Minister Dr. Majid Al Nuaimi and other senior officials amid cheers from participants including around 30,000 students from public and private schools. After the national anthem Read more [...]

DUBAI A Bahraini F-16 jet taking part in a mostly Gulf Arab military campaign in Yemen crashed in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, according to a coalition statement on the Saudi state news agency.The pilot survived after the plane suffered a technical fault and came down in the southern Jizan region, the statement said, without giving further details.Bahrain has taken part in the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-allied Houthi movement in Yemen for nine months. Scores of ground forces from the United Read more [...]

Manama, Dec.30 (BNA): Bahrain Club topped the first phase of the Youth Table Tennis Club after routing Saar Club by three sets to one. The match was held at the Sport Hall, in the presence of the Bahrain Table Tennis Association Chairperson Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al-Khalifa and other board members. Bahrain Club tops the table with 12 points, followed by Saar Club and Barbar, which totaled 11 and 9 Read more [...]