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Saudis Release Filipina Cleaners Held after Police Raid on Halloween Party
2018-11-01
Saudi Arabia has released 19 Filipina women detained in a raid on a Halloween party in Riyadh, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday, which the authorities said was prompted by complaints of loud music and frightening costumes.
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Interior Ministry: 4 Wanted Persons in Politically-Motivated Cass Arrested while Escape Attempt by Sea
2018-11-01
The Bahraini Ministry of the Interior announced the arrests of four wanted persons in politically-motivated cases, while they attempted to escape by sea near the coast of Al-Dair and Samaheej.
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Bahraini Foreign Ministry Says Visit of Abdul Rahman Al-Sheikh Who’s Accused of Ties with Terrorist IS Organization "for Humanitarian Reasons, at Request of US”
2018-11-01
Bahraini Foreign Ministry said visit of Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Sheikh, a dual Saudi-US citizen accused of working with the terrorist Islamic State (IS) organization, to the Kingdom of Bahrain, was made at the request of the United States.
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Appeal Court Refuses Candidacies of 4 MPs who Ironically Voted for Political Isolation Law
2018-11-01
The Bahrain Court of Appeal has rejected the nomination of four current members of Parliament: Nabil Al-Belushi, Jalal Kazem, Usama Al-Khaja and Ahmed Qaratah.
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US Secretary of State Pompeo Calls for End to Fighting in Yemen
2018-11-01
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Tuesday for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and said U.N.-led negotiations to end the civil war should begin next month.
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Qatar Plans Insurance Fund for Foreign Workers: QNA Agency
2018-11-01
Qatar plans to establish an insurance fund for foreign workers, the state-run Qatar News Agency said.
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Turkey Presses Saudi to Say who Sent Khashoggi Killers: Erdogan
2018-11-01
The Turkish lawyer looking into the death of Jamal Khashoggi has asked Saudi Arabia’s prosecutor to disclose who sent the team involved in the journalist’s killing, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
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Blast Kills Three Shi'ite Muslim Pilgrims in Iraq: Police
2018-11-01
Three Shi’ite Muslim pilgrims were killed by a roadside bomb as they walked to a holy site near the northeastern Iraqi city of Khanaqin on Tuesday, police said.
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Alba Company Fires Workers Only for Being Interrogated by Interior Ministry
2018-11-01
The Assistant Secretary for International Relations of the General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain, Karim Radhi, revealed the ongoing dismissal of employees from Bahrain Aluminum, Alba.
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Gulf Air Dismisses Unspecified Number of Employees due to Financial Difficulties
2018-11-01
Gulf Air has informed a number of its employees of the decision to dismiss them, citing what it called "financial difficulties experienced by the company."
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Muezzin, Killer of Bin Sheddah Mosque Imam Sentenced to Death
2018-11-01
A Bahraini court sentenced a muezzin (an Asian national) to death on Wednesday (October 31, 2018) for killing and dismembering a mosque imam
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Trump Weighing Options in Response to Khashoggi Killing: White House
2018-10-31
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration is considering possible actions in response to the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Israeli Minister's Mosque Tour Highlights Diplomatic Push in the Gulf
2018-10-31
An Israeli cabinet minister’s visit to Abu Dhabi’s grand mosque gave more momentum to Israel’s diplomatic push in the Gulf.
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UN Rights Experts Urge Saudi Arabia to Halt Six Imminent Executions
2018-10-31
United Nations human rights experts called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to halt the imminent execution of six men sentenced to death for activities related to the 2011 Arab Spring.
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Trump’s Sanctions on Iran Tested by Oil-Thirsty China, India
2018-10-31
Shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump announced in May he would reimpose sanctions on Iran, the State Department began telling countries around the world the clock was ticking for them to cut oil purchases from the Islamic Republic to zero.
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Jaw Prisoners Banned from Performing their Religious Rites Despite Submitting Formal Requests
2018-10-31
A prominent rights activist, Ebtisam Al-Sayegh, quoted one of the detainees as saying that the administration of the Jaw Prison is preventing the inmates from performing religious rites.
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Court Sentences Child Sayed Habib Sayed Kazem to 3 Years in Prison
2018-10-31
A Bahraini court sentenced Sayed Habib Sayed Kazem to three years in prison on politically-motivated charges.
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Bahraini Prisoner Uses “Clorox” to Ease Tooth Pain after Interior Ministry Neglects his Treatment
2018-10-31
Rights Activist Ibtisam Al-Sayegh said a prisoner is suffering from severe pain in his teeth, forcing him to use diluted Clorox to relieve the pain, especially since he was not referred to a doctor and did not receive any treatment.
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Imam of Al-Khaif Mosque Sheikh Isa Al-Mo'min Released
2018-10-30
Bahraini security authorities released the Shiite cleric Sheikh Isa Al-Mo'min, the imam of Al-Khaif Mosque in Al-Dair area, one day after his arrest.
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Court Upholds 10-Year Prison Sentence against Sheikh Hassan Isa
2018-10-30
Bahrain’s First High Court of Appeal upheld a 10-year prison term issued against a prominent Al-Wefaq Society Official and former MP Sheikh Hassan Isa.