New Delhi, Jan 1 India’s Light Combat Aircraft Tejas will take part in Bahrain International Airshow this month to explore export potential in what will be the first time the indigenously developed plane will fly outside the Indian air space. (ALSO READ: DRDO to call for contest to finalise design for A P J Abdul Kalam’s memorial) Besides the fighter and naval version of Tejas, India will also showcase state-of-the-art airborne platforms and associated sensors and communication systems designed Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 1 (BNA): A family festival kicked off yesterday at Prince Khalifa bin Salman Park in Hidd yesterday as part of Bahrain Shopping Festival, a major event in the kingdom. The family festival featured an array of activities including a bazar for locally-made products, children games and musical shows. The festival continued till today and witnessed the attendance of a large number of visitors from Bahrain and abroad. Organisers Read more [...]

Manama, Jan.1(BNA): His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa sent a cable of congratulations to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir on his country’s National Day, wishing him abundant health and happiness. His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa extended cables of congratulations to President Al-Bashir, First Vice President Lieutenant-General Bakri Hassan Saleh Read more [...]

A court in Bahrain has handed down a death sentence to one activist and life imprisonments to 22 others in the latest instance of the regime’s intensifying crackdown on dissent and members of civil society.Bahrain’s Higher Criminal Court convicted the 23 Shias on Thursday in connection with the death of a policeman last year.The 23 people were found guilty of terrorism-related charges, including setting off the explosives that killed Read more [...]

A Bahraini jet fighter taking part in bombings against Yemeni rebels has been filmed crashing into a field in Saudi Arabia. The burning F-16 Fighter suffered a technical malfunction before spiralling towards the earth and crashing in a township near the port city of Jizan, Reuters reports. The pilot survived the crash. Video of the incident was uploaded to Twitter by Pakistani aid worker Khalid Khan on Wednesday. Yemen has been embroiled in civil war since the start of 2015, with the country currently Read more [...]