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Saudi Arabia, Oman sites added to UNESCO World Heritage List
2018-07-02
UNESCO added Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ahsa Oasis and Oman’s ancient city of Qalhat to its World Heritage List, the world cultural body said.
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NIHR Says It Trained 800 Individuals in Second Quarter of 2018
2018-06-30
Secretary-General of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), Khalifa Al-Fadhel, said that the institution trained 880 individuals during the second quarter of this year.
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Summer Afternoon Outdoor Work Ban Begins Tomorrow
2018-06-30
The ban imposed on outdoor work from noon to four pm will begin on July 1 and run until August 31.
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Iraq Executes 13 Death Row Jihadists to Avenge Killings
2018-06-30
Iraq said Friday executed 13 death row jihadists after Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed a forceful retaliation to calm public anger over the Islamic State group's murder of abducted civilians.
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Oil Gains on Anticipation of Sanctions on Iran
2018-06-30
Oil prices rose on Friday, rallying on concerns that U.S. sanctions against Iran would remove a substantial volume of crude oil from world markets at a time of rising global demand.
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7-Year Jail Term Handed down to 4 Suspects Accused of Kidnapping and Torturing Youth in Dar Kulaib, Claiming He is Informant
2018-06-30
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 4 individuals to 7 years in jail over charge of kidnapping a Bahraini and torturing him in a farm in Dar Kulaib, forcing him to confess in front of a video camera that he is an informant and sending the video to people outside Bahrain.
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Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji Released after Serving his Prison Term, “I Was Fighting Death” He Says
2018-06-30
The Bahraini security authorities released on Thursday (June 28, 2018) Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji after serving his one-month jail term.
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Bahraini Military Sources to "Defense One" Website: Bahrain Purchase would Save F-16 Line
2018-06-29
Media website specialized in military affairs said that Bahrain will be the first customer to procure the F-16 Block 70, the newest and most advanced F-16 production configuration, after Lockheed Martin has received a $1.12 billion contract to produce new F-16 fighter jets for the Royal Bahraini Air Force.
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Royal Order Appointing Dina bint Rashid Al Khalifa as Director General at SCW
2018-06-29
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 31/2018 appointing Director General of the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Women (SCW).
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Bahrain Hotel Sector Going through a Rough Time, Occupancy Dropped to 25% in May
2018-06-29
The latest report by analytics firm STR has revealed some troubling numbers regarding Bahrain's hotel industry, stressing that Bahrain's tourism market suffered from a decline in key performance indicators in May.
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Fitch: Gulf Support to Bahrain May Be through Allowing it Larger Share of Abu Safa'a Oil Field
2018-06-29
Fitch Rating said in a statement reported by Reuters that the financial support for Bahrain, being prepared by the GCC, will ease near-term external financing pressures, but a more durable improvement in Bahrain's financial position will depend both on the scale and nature of GCC support and on Bahrain's ability to implement fiscal reform.
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Bloomberg: Bahrain Promises to Repair Finances as Kingdom Awaits Gulf Aid
2018-06-29
Bloomberg, the economic news website, said Bahrain pledged to implement steps to repair its strained finances widely seen as crucial to help the kingdom receive support from Gulf Arab allies.
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Bahraini Youth Ali Mansour Dies in India
2018-06-29
Bahriani youth Ali Hassan Ali Mansour, from A’ali village, died yesterday (Thursday, June 28, 2018) in India.
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Southern Governorate Arrests Number of Illegal Workers
2018-06-29
Director-General of Southern Governorate Police announced that as part of the directives of Southern Governor, Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa, a number of illegal expatriate workers were arrested.
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Iraqi Cleric Sadr Scales Back his Militia
2018-06-29
Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose political bloc came first in a May parliamentary election, said on Thursday he was scaling back his militia to strengthen the incoming government and its security forces.
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U.S. Lawmaker Holds Back Support for Munitions Sale to Gulf Allies due to Yemen
2018-06-29
A top U.S. Senate Democrat said on Thursday he cannot support for now a Trump administration plan to sell high-tech munitions to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over concerns about the war in Yemen, a decision that could derail the sale.
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United Arab Emirates Asks World Court to Dismiss Qatar Discrimination Suit
2018-06-29
The United Arab Emirates argued before World Court judges on Thursday that a case brought against it by Qatar for alleged discrimination against Qatari citizens was without merit and should be dismissed.
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Bloomberg: Bahrain Debt Risk Rises Most on Record Amid Gulf Aid Silence
2018-06-29
The absence of any signal of financial aid from Bahrain’s neighbors sent the kingdom’s credit risk rising the most in emerging markets this month, reported Bloomberg in a report published on Tuesday.
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Hundreds of Saudi Women Train to Drive in Bahrain to Avoid Long Queues
2018-06-29
Saudi women began started heading to Bahrain to receiving driving training to avoid long queues back in their country, Saudi Arabia's Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing hundreds of Saudi women entering Bahrain to learn to drive.
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Appeals Court Adjourns Trial of Shiite Cleric Sheikh Ali Rahma until Sept. 24 for Pleading
2018-06-28
Bahrain’s Appeals Court adjourned looking into the case of Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Rahma and set September 24 as a date for pleading.