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Uganda Opposition Leader’s Wife Warns of State Crackdown

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Kampala: Winnie Byanyima, wife of detained Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye, on Saturday accused the government of deploying the full force of the state against those challenging longtime President Yoweri Museveni. Besigye, 70, is arrested on...

UAE condemns Iranian attack on ADNOC vessel

mail@newsofbahrain.com The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned what it described as a hostile Iranian attack targeting an ADNOC-affiliated vessel while it was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. No injuries were reported in the incident....

Iceland EU Vote Puts Enlargement Hopes Back in Focus

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Brussels: The European Union is keeping a tight eye on Iceland ahead of an August 29 referendum on whether to resume membership negotiations, with Brussels hoping the vote would revive momentum for EU enlargement. Iceland, a country of approximately...

Israeli strike on southern Lebanon kills 7: Reports

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Beirut: An Israeli dawn airstrike on a home in Ansar village in southern Lebanon killed seven people and injured three others on Saturday, according to Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency. Rescue teams examined the rubble for survivors and found ...

French father, two sons rescued after 16 hours adrift off Thailand

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Bangkok: A French man and his two young sons were rescued after spending more than 16 hours trapped at sea after their jet ski wrecked off Thailand's Koh Samui island, officials said. The 50 years old father and his five and seven-year-old sons were...

US redirects 62 vessels amid Iran blockade

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Friday that 62 commercial vessels have been redirected as part of a fresh naval blockade on Iran. CENTCOM stated that as of August 14, its soldiers destroyed three vessels and boarded two mor...

Ex-Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead amid plagiarism row

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com London: Jason Arday, 41, a former University of Cambridge professor, was found dead at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday. Police said his death was unexpected, but it is not being investigated as suspicious. Arday had resigned from Ca...

Hazlewood makes history with 300th Test wicket

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Sydney: Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood reached a major milestone on Saturday, claiming his 300th Test wicket during the first Test against Bangladesh in Darwin. ...

Powerful quake hits Indonesia, Death toll rises to 20

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Jakarta: A massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake slammed off Indonesia's Flores Island early Saturday, killing at least 20 people, according to a Maumere search-and-rescue official quoted by AFP. Six persons were injured, and two more were reported to be trapped...

Around 1,800 Evacuated as Wildfire Spreads in Germany

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Huertgenwald :Around 1,800 people were evacuated from the Huertgenwald area of western Germany overnight as a rapidly spreading wildfire approached residences. The fire grew from about 25 hectares to almost 300 hectares, leading authorities to put up emerge...

NATO Jets Shoot Down Drone After Latvian Airspace Incursion

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Riga: NATO fighter aircraft destroyed a foreign drone that entered Latvian airspace early Friday, August 14, amid rising tensions on the alliance's eastern border. Two Italian Eurofighter jets operating from Lithuania and two Turkish F-16s based in ...

Palestinians ordered to leave homes amid settler siege in West Bank

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Qusra: Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank village of Qusra have been compelled to evacuate some of their houses after Israeli settlers surrounded them in a prolonged standoff. The conflict began over the weekend when settlers blocked acces...