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Bahrain’s Public Prosecution Building, Bahrain, BNA

Bahrainis Stripped of Citizenship Over Training with IRGC

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 5, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Bahrain’s public prosecution on Wednesday sentenced two nationals to jail terms and revoked their citizenship after they were convicted of training in Iran and the “possession of weapons for terrorist purposes”. One of the two accused received...

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GCC, OIC Condemn Terrorist Attack in Bahrain

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 4, 2017 | Middle East

Manama- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Chief Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani condemned Tuesday the terrorist bombing that was carried out on Monday at al-Budaiya Street in Bahrain and injured a number of security men. Zayani expressed his full confidence in the...

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The body of a riot police officer lies on the road as other officers tend to him after a bomb exploded in 2014 (Reuters)

Bahrain: Terror Blast Injures 5 Policemen

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Oct 3, 2017 | Middle East

Manama – Five policemen were injured in a terror blast while securing Ashoora procession on Budaiya Highway in Daih, while no one claimed the responsibility for it. The bombing targeted forces securing the participants in Ashoora procession, and as soon the occasion...

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Saudi woman sitting behind the driving wheel. Reuters

Saudi Interior Ministry: ‘Ready to Apply Provisions of the Traffic Law on Men, Women’

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Sep 29, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Dammam- Interior Ministry spokesman Mansour al-Turki said that women would be allowed to drive from the age of 18 as they can obtain a driver’s license and drive a car in the kingdom. Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef said security forces...

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CEO of Bahrain’s EDB. Khalid al-Rumaihi.

Bahraini Investment Fund Worth $100 Mn in Technical, Emerging Companies

by Obaid Al-Suhaymi | Sep 25, 2017 | Business

Manama- CEO of Bahrain’s Economic Development Board (EDB) Khalid al-Rumaihi has unveiled a $100 million venture capital fund to invest in technical companies and in the field of emerging companies and entrepreneurship. Rumaihi told Asharq Al-Awsat that the launching...