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Israeli Firm Monitors Phones of More than 180 Journalists and Activists around the World, including Saudi Arabia & Bahrain: The Guardian
2021-07-20
The British "The Guardian" newspaper revealed that the Israeli technology firm NSO Group targeted editor of the Financial Times and more than 180 editors, investigative reporters and other journalists around the world through surveillance program provided to its government clients across the world, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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Cycling-Tour's Bahrain Victorious Targeted by Doping Investigation
2021-07-16
French prosecutors have opened a preliminary investigation into doping allegations against Tour de France cycling team Bahrain Victorious after police searched the outfit's accommodation and bus on Wednesday following the 17th stage of the race.
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Salam Points to Growing Interest of French parliamentarians in Human Rights issues in Bahrain
2021-07-15
Three French parliamentarians submitted questions to the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs on the human rights situation in Bahrain.
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Hamad bin Jassim Considers Qatar's Restoration of Sovereignty over its Airspace "Correction of Historic Mistake"
2021-07-15
Prime Minister and former Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani said the decision to restore Doha's airspace from Bahrain is a "victory and correction of a historic mistake" that was made earlier with good faith motives to open a new page for relations between the two countries.
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Bahrain Prevents Its Companies from Carrying out any Activity in Russian-Controlled Crimea
2021-07-14
"Bahrain is preventing Bahraini companies from carrying out any activities in the temporarily occupied Crimea," Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told a Ukrainian official.
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ICAO Council Agrees with Qatar's Proposal to Establish Doha Flight Information Region
2021-07-14
The United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has given Qatar the green light for a new Doha Airspace to establish its own Flight Information Region (FIR) in its airspace.
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Bahrain’s Financial Situation Dire, Still Needs Its Neighbors Support: Bloomberg
2021-07-08
Bahrain will need more Gulf support in the medium term, financial analysts say, noting that Bahrain has received more than half of the planned support in the financial balance program which the government signed in partnership with three Gulf states.
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Whose Side will Al Khalifa Take with Escalation of Saudi-Emirati Dispute?
2021-07-08
Bahrain's ruling Al Khalifa family seems to be in an unenviable position after the big shifts in the Gulf region: End of Qatar's boycott and the ball of discord dramatically rolling between Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
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UK MPs Call for Suspension of "Secretive" Gulf Funding Initiatives including Bahrain
2021-07-08
British MPs have called on their government to suspend ‘secret' million-pound funding programs for the oil-rich Gulf, which they say could put the UK at risk of complicity in human rights violations in Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
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Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi Sues Federal Government over Wrongful Detention in Thailand
2021-06-30
Footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi is suing the federal government for negligence and breaching its duty of care after he was wrongfully detained in Thailand, the Australian SBS website reported.
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Bahraini Foreign Minister Meets His Israeli Counterpart, Congratulates him on Assuming Post
2021-06-28
Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani met on Sunday (June 27, 2021) with his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid, on the sidelines of the meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh in Italy.
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Touro Delegation to Visit Bahrain: Hoda Nonou
2021-06-28
Former Bahraini ambassador to Washington Hoda Al-Nonoo said that plans are underway to bring a Touro delegation to visit Bahrain.
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Bahrain Ready to Work with Estranged Qatar on Airspace Sovereignty
2021-06-28
Bahrain is ready to work on Qatar's ambition to gain control of its own airspace, a government spokesperson said, in a sign of a rapprochement between the two estranged states.
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New Israeli Government Jumps to Deepen Ties with Emirates, Bahrain
2021-06-25
The Israeli press reported that Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is planning to travel to the United Arab Emirates next week for a two-day visit. It will be his first foreign trip since taking up his post, and the first visit ever of an Israeli minister to the country, according to the Al-Monitor website.
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United States Seizes Website Domain of Lualua TV and 32 Others
2021-06-23
The United States of America seized the website domain of the Bahraini opposition satellite channel, Lualua TV, as part of a widespread campaign that targeted 33 websites of Arab and Islamic news channels.
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Bahrain Sends Official Invitation to Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs to Hold Talks in Manama: Abdullatif Al-Zayani
2021-06-23
"Bahrain sent two official invitations to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, to send a Qatari delegation and hold bilateral talks between the two countries in the Kingdom of Bahrain to settle the issues between the two sides.
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Bahrain Rejects UN Call to Free Death Row Convicts Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa
2021-06-22
Bahrain on Sunday rejected a UN report calling for the release of two men facing the death penalty, which cited claims their murder convictions were based on confessions extracted by torture.
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The Guardian: Boris Johnson Criticized over Putting Trade before Torture
2021-06-18
The Guardian newspaper published a report written by diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour in which he said that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was criticized over his meeting with the Bahraini crown prince.
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Bahrain Roundup 2020: Normalization with Israel...When Sovereignty is Lost
2021-06-12
On September 11, 2020, then US president Donald Trump announced that the occupying state of Israel and Bahrain have reached a "historic agreement" to establish full ties between them, highlighting that Bahrain is "the second Arab country [after the UAE] to make peace with Israel in 30 days," in a tweet.
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Bahrain Roundup 2020: Interior Ministry Turns Ashura into Security Issue, Launches Campaign under Coronavirus Pretext
2021-06-11
The security authorities continued their ongoing campaign since 2011 against Ashura rituals during Muharram season in 2020 by systematic restrictions imposed on religious rites of Shiite citizens.