Murray sweeps into Antwerp quarters
Former world number one Andy Murray cruised into the quarter-finals at Antwerp on Thursday with a 6-4, 6-3 defeat of Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas. Murray,
G7 says Libra should not launch until risks ‘adequately addressed’
Facebook should not launch its global digital currency Libra until proper regulations are in place to handle the potential risks, the Group of Seven said T
Samsung admits Galaxy S10 fingerprint access flaw
Tech giant Samsung Electronics yesterday acknowledged a major flaw with its fingerprint system that allows other people to open its top-end smartphones, ad
Apple’s Cook meets China regulator
Apple Inc Chief Executive Tim Cook met the chief of China’s market regulator in Beijing on Thursday, the Chinese agency said, a week after the US fir
EU leaders split over $1.2 trillion post-Brexit budget
European Union leaders discussed a new budget plan on Friday that could allow the EU to spend up to 1.1 trillion euros in the 2021-2027 period, but deep di
Longest non-stop flight to take off from New York to Sydney
A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight by a commercia
Prince William, Kate land in Islamabad after aborted flight
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate landed in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Friday, after turbulence forced the couple to stay overnig
Cartel gunmen chase away forces, free El Chapo’s son
Heavily armed cartel fighters surrounded security forces and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, whose brie
General strike grips Catalonia
Spain’s protest-hit northeast was gripped by a general strike yesterday as thousands of “freedom marchers” converged on Barcelona for a m
Historic first all-female spacewalk
US astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir became the first all-female pairing to carry out a spacewalk Friday, following a spacesuit flub earlier this
GCC countries warn citizens after protests erupt in Lebanon
Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Beirut yesterday warned its citizens not to travel to Lebanon, and called on Saudi nationals already i
GCC ministers discuss security co-operation
At the end of their 36th meeting, GCC countries’ Interior Ministers yesterday took some decisions aiming to bolster security co-operation. GCC Secret
Kuwaiti envoy praises Bahrain ties
Kuwaiti Ambassador to Bahrain, Shaikh Thamer Jaber Al Ahmed Al Sabah, has lauded the deep-rooted solid relations, common destiny, fraternity, love and frui
Qatar ‘playing a negative role’ to obstruct solution in Yemen
Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has said that the signing of a final agreement between the Yemeni government and the Southern Transitio
Bahraini loses plea in hospital bill case
The High Civil Court has rejected the appeal of a Bahraini man, ordering him to pay BD9,000 to a private hospital to settle the bill for his wife’s t
Kingdom’s keenness on developing human resources stressed at forum
Minister of Finance and National Economy, Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa stressed the importance accorded by Bahrain to investing in citizens in all
Envoy attends DGAP meeting
Ambassador of the Kingdom to the Federal Republic of Germany, Abdullah Abdullatif Abdullah, participated, along with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Rep
Bahrain condemns terror attack at Afghan mosque
The Kingdom yesterday strongly condemned the terrorist bombing of a mosque in Nangarhar province of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which resulted in
World’s most expensive guitar to be displayed at Abu Dhabi jewellery show
A US$ 2 million guitar decorated with over 11,441 diamonds will be on display at the Jewellery and Watch Show, which will run from October 26-30 at the Abu
Push for ‘safe zone’
Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across north-east Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, insisting that a planned “safe z
‘Only 72 hours to back reforms’
Thousands of protesters outraged by corruption and proposed tax hikes burned tyres and blocked major highways in Lebanon on Friday, prompting the premier t
