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Kuwait's Emir has Recovered after Health Setback: State News Agency
2019-08-19
Kuwait's elderly ruler, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabah has recovered from a health setback and is "in a good condition now", the state news agency KUNA reported on Sunday.
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196 Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike in Solidarity with 15 Political Prisoners in Isolation Building
2019-08-19
81 prisoners in building 13 have joined the hunger strike, along with 115 others in building 14, in solidarity with the 15 prisoners who started an open hunger strike on (Thursday, August 16, 2019), in protest against the strict security restriction, discrimination from the rest of the prisoners and the harsh conditions they have been suffering two years ago.
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Students with 100% Average Denied Scholarships: MP
2019-08-17
Bahrain Mirror: MP Zeinab Abdulamir said that she has a list of top graduates' names who have been prevented from scholarahips, indicating that some of them achieved a 100% score.
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After Preventing him from Traveling, Subpoena from Al-Houra Police Station Demanding Al-Tamimi to Attend
2019-08-17
A force affiliated with the Interior Ministry wearing civilian clothes handed in a subpoena to former MP's house Osama Al-Tamimi demanding him to attend tomorrow morning (Sunday, August 18, 2019) at 8:00 a.m.
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Court Issues 3-Year Prison Term against Defendant Accused of Hitting Policeman in Dry Dock Prison
2019-08-17
The First High Criminal Court sentenced a Bahraini to 3 years in prison over attacking a policeman in the medical clinic in Dry Dock Prison and threating to commit suicide in case they don't prescribe me tranquilizer pills.
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Ali Al-Baqali Appointed as Alba's Acting CEO
2019-08-17
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C (Alba) appointed Ali Al-Baqali as its Acting Chief Executive Officer, in a move that aims at bahrainizing the senior positions in the company.
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Yemen Separatists Say Ready for Talks in Saudi Arabia over Aden Crisis
2019-08-17
Yemen's southern separatists said on Thursday they were ready to attend a summit in Saudi Arabia to resolve a standoff in Aden after they seized the southern port, seat of Yemen's Saudi-backed government.
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U.S. Warrant Issued for Seizure of Iranian Oil Tanker in Gibraltar
2019-08-17
A U.S. court has issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian tanker that British Royal Marines had seized last month in Gibraltar, a court document showed on Friday.
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Houthis Say they Launched Drone Attacks on a Saudi Airport; Saudi TV Says Drone Intercepted
2019-08-17
Yemen's Houthis launched more drone attacks on Saudi Arabia's Abha international airport on Friday, halting air traffic there, the Iran-aligned group's military spokesman said.
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Reuters: Shared Afghanistan Interests Create Opening for U.S.-Iran Back Channel
2019-08-17
Western intermediaries are trying to persuade arch foes Iran and the United States to cooperate on bolstering security in Afghanistan as U.S. President Donald Trump seeks to extract America from its longest war, according to three source familiar with the efforts.
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15 Political Prisoners in Isolation Building Start Open Hunger Strike
2019-08-16
15 political prisoners started on Thursday (August 15, 2019) an open hunger strike after two full years of systematic isolation in Jaw Prison. What is this isolation prison?
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Education Ministry Says Hiring Teachers Restricted to Bahrainis, Denies Publishing Foreign Ad
2019-08-16
The Bahraini Education Ministry denied in a statement on Thursday (August 15, 2019) what is being circulated on social media that it opened the door for hiring foreign teachers, saying that the information are baseless and false and that hiring teachers was restricted to Bahraini nationals only. It added that no ad was published for external employment.
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In his letter to Prisoners Sheikh Isa Qassim Says: They were Imprisoned for Sake of All Oppressed
2019-08-16
The spiritual leader of Shiite majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, issued a statement on the prisoners in Bahrain, saying that they languish behind bars for the sake of "all innocent, oppressed and vulnerable".
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Election of New Council of Bar Association to be Held on September 14
2019-08-16
Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper said that the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Bar Association will resign on September 14, with the elections of a new council of the association to be held on the same day.
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Former MP Osama Al-Tamimi Banned from Leaving Bahrain to Receive Treatment: HR Activist
2019-08-16
Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the Bahraini security authorities prevented on Friday (August 16, 2019) former MP Osama Al-Tamimi from leaving the country to receive treatment.
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Bahrain Signs $2.4 Billion Agreement to Purchase Patriot Air Defense System
2019-08-16
Bahrain has signed an agreement to purchase the Patriot missile defense system from the U.S. Army through Raytheon Company, the Defence Post website stated.
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Court Upholds One-Year Prison Term against Defendant Accused of Insulting Policemen in Dry Dock Prison
2019-08-16
The High Criminal Appeals court upheld a one-year prison verdict issued against defendant accused of insulting two policemen in the Dry Dock Prison and attacking one of them.
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Interior Ministry Warns of Fake Revenue-Generating Websites
2019-08-16
Director-General of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security warned of some fake websites managed from outside Bahrain that promise its victims of fast richness. They use names and logos of known and trustworthy websites to deal and invest money in shares and currencies. They cheated their victims of quick and significant revenues.
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Gibraltar Orders Iranian Tanker Release despite US Detention Bid
2019-08-16
Gibraltar's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to war-torn Syria in breach of international sanctions, in a blow to the United States which had tried to block the vessel's departure.
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Saudi-UAE Delegation in Yemen's Aden to Discuss Separatist Pullout
2019-08-16
A joint Saudi-Emirati military delegation travelled to Aden on Thursday to discuss demands for a pullout of UAE-backed southern separatists from positions they captured in Yemen's interim capital, government and separatist sources said.