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Bahrain PM Praises Security Apparatuses for Exposing Alleged Terrorist Cell
2017-03-28
The Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa praised the efforts of security apparatuses for exposing and capturing an alleged terrorist cell.
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Reuters: Iraqi Forces Make New Push in Mosul Old City
2017-03-28
Iraqi forces said they launched new assaults in Mosul's Old City on Monday after more than two weeks of only small advances and a high civilian death toll appeared to prompt a change in tactics.
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10% of Bahraini Families Receive Social Aid
2017-03-28
Official numbers showed that around 15 thousand Bahraini families receive social aid from the Ministry of Labor and Social Development in 2016.
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Bahraini FM Meets Saudi Counterpart in Jordan
2017-03-28
Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa met with his Saudi counterpart, Adel Al-Jubeir in Jordan, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.
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Appeal: 7-Year Imprisonment over Charges linked to Planting Fake Bomb in Jidhafs
2017-03-28
The Sixth Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a verdict sentencing a defendant to 7 years in prison, for planting 4 bomb-like objects in the city of Jidhafs.
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Appeal Court Upholds 2 & 3 Year Prison Verdicts over Molotov Possession
2017-03-28
The Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a First Instance Court verdict ruling a 3-year prison verdict against 3, and 2 years against 2 others.
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3 to 7 Years Prison Verdicts against 5 Defendants for Burning Tires, Planting Fake Bombs in Buri
2017-03-28
The Fourth High Criminal Court ruled the imprisonment of 3 defendants to 7 years in prison, and 2 others to 3 years in prison, in case linked to planting fake bombs in the town of Buri.
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Al Hayat TV Says King Hamad bin Isa Met Mubarak in Egypt, Bahraini Source Denies Meeting
2017-03-28
Al Hayat TV broadcasted breaking news (yesterday) that the Bahraini king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa visit on Monday, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, at his residence in Egypt.
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Interpol Rejects Kuwaiti request to Arrest Former Kuwaiti MP Abdulhamid Dashti
2017-03-28
The International Criminal Police Organization; the INTERPOL, said that the reports presented by the Kuwaiti judiciary against former Member of Parliament Abdul Hamid Dashti don’t comply with Interpol rules.
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Appeals Court Upholds 3-Year Prison Verdict against Former Minister for Issuing Cheques without Balance
2017-03-28
The Third Supreme Court of Appeal overruled the appeal against a 3-year imprisonment verdict ruled against a former minister for issuing two cheques without balance to a business from the Gulf. The sum of both cheques is 310 thousands Dinars.
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Court Sentences 7 Suspects to 7 Years in Prison over Attacking Armored Vehicle Affiliated to MoI in Shakhoura
2017-03-27
: The fourth high criminal court sentenced 7 suspects to 7 years in prison and acquitted 3 others in a case linked to attacking a police armored vehicle in Shakoura and injuring a security man.
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OPEC, Non-OPEC to Look at Extending Oil-Output Cut by Six Months
2017-03-27
A joint committee of ministers from OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers has agreed to review whether a global pact to limit supplies should be extended by six months, it said in a statement on Sunday.
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Iran Describes Bahrain’s Claims as “Groundless”
2017-03-27
Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi refused the new claims made by the Bahraini officials that Iran has had links with a so-called terrorist group arrested recently.
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AP: Bahrain Alleges Iran-Backed Group Planned Assassinations
2017-03-27
Bahrain is alleging a 14-member group backed by Iran planned assassinations in the island kingdom.
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Photos: Mourning Procession Held for Martyr Mostafa Hamdan in Diraz Protest Square
2017-03-27
Protestors outside Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house held a mourning procession for the martyr Mostafa Hamdan who was martyred as a result of gunshot injury he sustained when the security forces attacked protestors in Diraz.
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Dry Dock Prison Prevents Access of Clothes for Detainees, Forces them to Buy Expensive Clothes from Prison
2017-03-27
The administration of Dry Dock Prison proceeded in its restricting measures against the detainees and their families. It has banned the detainees’ families from bringing in clothes to their sons who are detained over political cases.
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Reuters: Bahrain Breaks Iran-Linked Terrorist cell Behind Bus Attack
2017-03-27
Bahrain said on Sunday it had broken an Iranian-linked "terrorist cell" suspected of involvement in a bomb attack on a police bus in February and plotting to assassinate senior officials, state news agency BNA reported.
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Bahrain's TV Airs Testimonies of Suspects Accused of Targeting American Soldiers & Blasting Police Bus
2017-03-27
Bahrain's Ministry of Interior claimed on Sunday (March 26, 2017) that it had disrupted a group planning to target American soldiers working in the American navy in Bahrain.
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Public Prosecution Says it Assigned Police to Investigate in Martyr Mostafa Hamdan’s Case
2017-03-27
The Public Prosecution said that it commissioned the police to search and investigate in the case of martyr Mostafa Hamdan’s killing.
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Reuters: Thousands of Yemenis Rally in Sanaa on War’s Second Anniversary
2017-03-27
Thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital Sanaa on Sunday on the second anniversary of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 10,000 people and pushed the impoverished country to the brink of famine, Reuters reported.