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Iran Warns it Would Increase Missile Range if Threatened by Europe
2017-11-27
The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned Europe that if it threatens Tehran, the Guards will increase the range of missiles to above 2,000 kilometers, the Fars news agency reported on Saturday.
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Medical Supplies, UN Aid Workers Reach Yemen after Blockade Eased
2017-11-27
Humanitarian aid workers and medical supplies began arriving in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, U.N. officials said, after the easing of a nearly three-week military blockade that sparked an international outcry.
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Detainee Ahmad Mirza Denied Medication after Suffering New Sickle Cell Seizure
2017-11-27
Family of detainee Ahmad Mirza said that they received a call from their son stating that he suffered a new sickle cell seizure.
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3-Year Jail Term to Defendant for Hiding Two Wanted Individuals over Political Cases
2017-11-27
The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 39-year-old defendant to 3 years in prison, after convicting him of hiding two people wanted by the authorities, in politically-motivated cases, in his house in Al-Ekr for two weeks.
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Labour Ministry: 16 Houses Damaged in Buri Fire
2017-11-27
Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Minister Essam Khalaf said that 16 houses were damaged as a result of the fire that flared up in oil pipeline on November 11.
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Ministry of Education Says It Didn’t Send Students to China
2017-11-27
Commenting on equalizing certificates of medicine graduates from Chinese universities, the ministry of education said that “the ministry hasn’t ever sent any student to study medicine in China.
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Baqer Darwish: UN Parties Informed about Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Health Developments
2017-11-27
President of Bahrain Forum for Human Rights Baqer Darwish said that UN parties were informed about the latest dangerous developments in Sheikh Isa Qassim’s health.
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Opposition Leader Sheikh Ali Salman Refuses to Attend Trial, Case over “Spying for Qatar” Adjourned until Nov. 27
2017-11-27
A Bahraini court held on Monday (November 27, 2017) the first trial session of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman and Al-Wefaq two leaders, Sheikh Hassan Sultan and Ali Al-Aswad, over charge of “spying for Qatar”. The court adjourned the case until November 29 to inform the defendants.
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Al-Daihi: Information Reveals Deterioration in Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Heatlh
2017-11-27
Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi said that information revealed that the health of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has severely deteriorated.
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AP: Bahrain Shiite Cleric under House Arrest is Ill
2017-11-27
Activists say a prominent Shiite cleric who has been under house arrest in Bahrain after having his citizenship stripped is seriously ill.
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Severe Deterioration in Sheikh Isa Qassim’s Health, Doctor Confirms his Need for Urgent Treatment
2017-11-27
Information revealed on Sunday (November 26, 2017) that the health of the highest religious authority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, has severely deteriorated, which led to calling a doctor to treat him.
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Municipalities: 30 Million BD Increase in 2017 Revenues Compared to Last Year
2017-11-26
The Bahraini Minister of Works, Municipalities and Urban Planning Issam Khalaf said municipal revenues will rise to 90 million dinars in 2017, after it reached 60 million in 2016, a surge of 30 million dinars in one year.
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Al-Wefaq Condemns Terrorist Attack in Al-Arish, Sends Condolences to Families of Martyrs
2017-11-25
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest political group in Bahrain, condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in the Egyptian region of Al-Arish that was launched during Friday prayers on November 24, 2017, describing it as "perfidious " attack.
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Medical Supplies, UN Aid Workers Reach Yemen after Blockade Eased
2017-11-25
Humanitarian aid workers and medical supplies began arriving in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday, U.N. officials said, after the easing of a nearly three-week military blockade that sparked an international outcry.
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Iraq Forces Say ISIS Retreating Deep into Desert
2017-11-25
Iraqi forces said Friday that Islamic State group fighters are withdrawing deep into the desert to escape an offensive aimed at a final defeat of the jihadists.
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Al-Wefaq Sees that Adding Sheikh Sultan to Terror Lists Reflects Political Exploitation
2017-11-25
Al-Wefaq Society said that classifying one of Bahrain’s parliamentarians, Sheikh Hasan Sultan, as a terrorist in Gulf blacklists reveals that these Gulf terror lists are targeting people of differing opinions and peaceful activists in the political field.
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Bahrain Court Upholds Death Penalty against Hussein Marzouq, Accused by Authorities of being Behind Fakhriya Muslim’s Death
2017-11-25
The Bahraini Court of Appeal upheld on Wednesday (November 22, 2017) the death sentence issued against detainee Hussein Marzouq, who was accused by the authorities of being behind a bombing that resulted in the death of Fakhriya Muslim.
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Bahrain Hotels ADR Drop to Lowest Levels in 11 Years
2017-11-24
Average daily rates (ADR) at Bahraini hotels fell to its lowest October mark for 11 years, according to new data released by analysts STR.
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15 NGOs Demand Number of States to Urge Bahrain Release Nabeel Rajab
2017-11-24
The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemned upholding the two-year jail term sentence against prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.
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Abdullatif Al-Mahmood Says He Cut Ties with “International Union of Muslim Scholars” Last Month
2017-11-24
Chairman of the Gathering of National Unity Abdullatif Al-Mahmood said that he submitted his resignation from membership of International Union of Muslim Scholars last October.