Legendary Aston Martin driven by James Bond is found
A legendary Aston Martin driven by James Bond in Goldfinger could have been found more than twenty years after it was stolen from a Florida airport. The 1964 DB5 - which was equipped with machine guns and tyre-bursting blades for Sean Connery’s 007 - could have been found in the Middle Ea
New law to curb free visa trading
The Parliament will this week vote on a draft law that will impose stricter penalties on those involved in selling work visas. According to the new law, fines will be increased from the existing BD1,000 to BD8,000 apart from one year imprisonment. MP Adel Al Asoomi said the proposed law aims at
Expat in ordeal as wife gets deported
An expat, who lost his voice after suffering a physical disorder, is stuck in the Kingdom as his wife was deported. Abdul Quam, 65, came to Bahrain as a labourer and a year ago he was diagnosed with a peculiar medical condition. With an aim to take care of her husband apart from finding a job f
French jogger detained after crossing US-Canada border
A young French woman who went for an evening jog along a Canadian beach spent two weeks in US immigration detention after straying across the border. Cedella Roman, 19, who was visiting her mother in British Columbia, decided to run along the beach that leads to Canada’s border with the U
Bahrain airport traffic jumped up to 9% during Eid Al Fitr
Bahrain International Airport (BIA), witnessed an influx of flights and passenger traffic during Eid Al Fitr, its operator and managing body, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), said yesterday. During this period, BIA handled 142,725 passenger movements, a 9 per cent jump compared to the same p
Mother India’s Crochet Queens (MICQ) achieve Guinness World Record Hat trick honored by Indian Embassy
Thirteen women of the Mother India’s Crochet Queens (MICQ) –Bahrain were felicitated by the Indian Embassy for their third consecutive award from the World Guinness Records. The Guinness certificates were awarded to mark the “World record” for “The
Greece Prime Minister wears a neck tie as promised he would after settling the country’s debt issues
After long insisting he would only wear a necktie when Greece’s debt problem was settled, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras duly did so on Friday, after eurozone peers offered debt relief that marks a turn away from the country’s long crisis. The 43-year-old sported a burgundy num
Netflix chief spokesman axed over use of N-word
Netflix sacked its chief spokesman Jonathan Friedland, he revealed on Friday, after he used the N-word twice in the space of a few days during meetings with staff. The head of communications announced his departure after being upbraided for a second time for using the racial slur, which i
