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Iranian Official Calls on West to Scrap Nuclear Arms before any Missile Talks
2018-03-06
Iran will not negotiate over its ballistic missiles until the United States and Europe dismantle nuclear weapons and long-range missiles, a top Iranian military official said on Saturday.
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Bahrain: Three Sisters Appear Today for Interrogation in CID Building
2018-03-06
Sisters of martyr Mostafa Yousef appear today (Monday, March 5, 2018) before the notorious Criminal Investigation Department.
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Iraq Orders Seizure of Assets of Saddam-Era Officials
2018-03-05
Iraq has ordered the seizure of assets that belonged to executed dictator Saddam Hussein and more than 4,200 officials from his former regime, an official statement said Monday.
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AFP: Bahrain Arrests 116 Alleged Members of 'Iran-linked Cell'
2018-03-05
Bahrain said on Saturday that it had arrested 116 people accused of belonging to a "terror" cell allegedly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
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Saudi Crown Prince Meet Egypt's Sisi at Start of First Foreign Trip
2018-03-05
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks in the Egyptian capital on Sunday at the start of his first foreign tour as heir to the throne.
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Kuwaiti Emir Sends Written Letters to Saudi King, Bahraini King, Qatari Emir
2018-03-05
Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah sent written letters to Saudi King, Bahraini King and Emir of Qatar.
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Guatemala, in Nod to Trump, Moving Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
2018-03-05
Guatemala will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv in May, two days after the U.S. embassy makes the same move, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said on Sunday at a conference in Washington.
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Egypt Commits 1,000 sq km in South Sinai to Saudi Mega-City: Official
2018-03-05
Egypt has committed more than 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of land in the southern Sinai Peninsula to a planned mega-city and business zone unveiled by Saudi Arabia last October, a Saudi official told Reuters on Monday.
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King Hamad Hails Role of his Security Apparatuses
2018-03-05
King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa hailed on Sunday (March 4, 2018) the efforts of his security apparatuses, after arresting 116 individuals accused of forming terrorist cell.
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Iran Refutes Bahrain's “Terror Cell” Allegations, Terms “Baseless”
2018-03-05
Iran said Sunday that claims Bahrain had arrested a 116-member "terrorist cell" trained by Iran were "baseless".
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Deputy Prime Minister Receives US Ambassador
2018-03-05
Deputy Prime Minister Jawad Salim Al-Arrayedh received in his office yesterday (Sunday, March 4, 2018) US Ambassador to Bahrain, Justin Hicks Siberell, on the occasion of his appointment as US ambassador to Bahrain.
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French Foreign Minister in Tehran for Tense Talks
2018-03-05
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was in Tehran Monday to push for pledges on Iran's ballistic missile programme in a bid to preserve the country's historic nuclear deal.
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King Hamad Holds Phone Conversation with Kuwaiti Emir
2018-03-05
Bahrain News Agency said that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa held a telephone conversation with Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah.
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Nasser bin Hamad Meets with British Military Chief of Staff in London to Discuss “Military Cooperation”
2018-03-04
Head of the Bahraini Royal Guard Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa visited the UK Chief of Defence Staff in London.
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Court Upholds One-Year Prison Sentence against Defendant over “Attempted Escape from Al-Hidd Police Station”
2018-03-04
Bahrain’s fifth High Court of Appeals upheld a ruling sentencing a defendant to one year in prison for attempting to escape from Al-Hidd police station.
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Bahrain’s Interior Ministry Says Arrested 116 Citizens for “Working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Iraq’s Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq”
2018-03-04
Bahraini Interior Ministry announced arresting 116 citizens, which it accused of training with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.
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Bahrain Says Seizes Armed Network Set up by Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Reuters
2018-03-04
Bahrain said on Saturday it had rounded up 116 members of an armed network established and supported by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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Investigation Directorate Summons Hamdan Martyrs’ Brother For Interrogation Tomorrow
2018-03-04
Bahrain’s General Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Evidence summoned youth Ammar Hamdan, the brother of martyrs Mustafa and Mohammed Hamdan, for interrogation.
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The Economist: For Gulf States, Diplomacy Involves Buying Weapons They Don’t Need
2018-03-04
The Economist highlighted how for Qatar and its neighbours, arms deals are a way to shore up support in Western capitals.
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Businessman Surprised his Wife’s Name Added to Company Founders’ List Owned by Bengali Worker’s Wife
2018-03-03
Businessmen stressed that the decree allowing foreigners to establish full-owned companies had allowed unskilled laborers to establish companies.