BRCS volunteers attend training camp in Italy
Bahrain Red Crescent Society (BRCS) has sent a number of its volunteers to participate in the “Youth Camp for Relief and Humanitarian Work”, being held in the Italian city of Sulfino, along with more than
Gulf national’s prison term upheld in fake currency trial
A Gulf national, who was previously sentenced to five years imprisonment for attempting to exchange $25,000 fake currency notes at Bahrain International Airport, got his verdict upheld by the Supreme Criminal Court of
Pharmacy closure ordered after violations
A pharmacy in the Kingdom was closed down after authorities discovered serious violations related to selling of unlicensed drugs. The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) shut down the pharmacy for three months
Ministerial resolution shuts down five societies
A ministerial resolution has asked for the shutdown and liquidation of five societies. The societies include social associations, a society for hearing impaired, Islamic society and an orphan care society. An accounti
Al Jazeera documentary reflects Qatar regime’s ‘conspiracy against Kingdom’
Foreign Affairs Minister, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, has stressed that the documentary titled “The Hidden is more Immense”, aired by the Qatar-based Al Jazeera satellite channel last
Hong Kong leader condemns ‘rioters’ after violent mall clash
Anti-government protesters who fought police inside a Hong Kong shopping mall were “rioters”, the finance hub’s pro-Beijing leader said M
Taliban bomb kills at least 11 Afghans
At least 11 civilians were killed and dozens more wounded Monday after their vehicle hit a bomb in southern Afghanistan that officials told AFP had been pl
New vision for housing labourers
The Cabinet chaired by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa yesterday directed to address the issue of labour camps spreading into residential neighbourhoods meant for families.
Monsoon toll rises across South Asia
At least 12 people were killed when a house collapsed in northern India following heavy monsoon rain which has left more than 100 dead across South Asia, o
From crafts to Kalashnikovs
Once overflowing with handicrafts, the old Al-Shinayni market in Yemen’s third city of Taez is now bursting with Kalashnikovs and bullets a
Aussie kids take stolen car on 1,000-kilometre road trip
Four children took a stolen four-wheel drive on a 1,000-kilometre (620-mile) road trip across the Australian outback before being nabbed by police, officia
India scrubs Moon mission launch
India yesterday postponed the launch of a lunar probe less than an hour before blast-off because of a technical problem, delaying its bid to become only th
