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Bangladesh arrests ex-soldier after attack plot threat

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com DHAKA: Anti-terrorism police in Bangladesh are interrogating a former soldier arrested near the Indian border following a month-long manhunt over a suspected domestic attack plot, authorities announced Saturday. The 23-year...

Pope Leo to visit France September 25-28

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Vatican City: Pope Leo XIV will travel to France for an official state visit from September 25 to 28, marking the first such trip by a pontiff in 18 years, the Vatican announced Saturday. The American-born pontiff, elected ...

Judge declares mistrial in Weinstein sex assault case

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com NEW YORK: Judge Curtis Farber declared a mistrial in Harvey Weinstein’s third New York rape trial Friday after the jury deadlocked, leaving the #MeToo-era case in legal limbo. The majority-male Manhattan jury spent th...

Syria names new central bank governor

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com DAMASCUS: Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has appointed Abdul Hamid Raslan as the country’s new central bank governor, state media announced Friday. Raslan, a longtime banker and former head of the state-ba...

Boeing confirms China commitment to buy 200 aircraft

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Washington DC: Aerospace giant Boeing confirmed on Friday that China has committed to purchasing an initial tranche of 200 aircraft. The announcement follows US President Donald Trump’s recent of...

World Bank delegation visits Venezuela

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Caracas: A high-level delegation of World Bank experts arrived in Venezuela this week, marking the first official visit to the South American nation since the Washington-based global lender formally re...

UN Security Council condemns Mali attacks

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Mali: The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned a series of coordinated, heinous, and cowardly terrorist attacks targeting multiple locations across Mali. In an official press statement, the council denounced the ongoing surge of ...

The Last Dance

Email: online@newsofbahrain.com Two decades after their debuts, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo prepare to make history as the first players to appear in six different World Cups. Washington DC: The global footba...