Bahrain News

His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Brunei Darussalam yesterday arrived in the Kingdom of Bahrain where he is scheduled to attend the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting.

HRH Prince Mohamed Bolkiah in audience with the Prime Minister of Bahrain HH Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 -- Foreign Minister Datuk Anifah Aman is leading a Malaysian delegation to the first full-fledged Asean-Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting in Manama, Bahrain, which begins Monday.

All dependents can now accompany military personnel with orders to Bahrain, a full reversal of a Defense Department ban on families put into place five years ago for security reasons.

Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman is leading a Malaysian delegation to the first-fledged ASEAN -GCC Ministerial Meeting in Bahrain.

A Bahraini royal mourned him publicly, young Lebanese held a candlelight tribute, Egyptian musicians hailed him as an inspiration.

A Bahraini royal who fell out with Michael Jackson after hosting him in this Gulf emirate for a year said Saturday he was saddened by the entertainer's death.

MANAMA, Bahrain A Bahraini royal who had a legal dispute with Michael Jackson over a music project says he was saddened by the singer's death.

His Royal Highness Prince Mohamed Bolkiah, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade and HRH Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Hajah Zariah, yesterday left for Manama, Bahrain where His Royal Highness will attend the first Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Gulf Cooperation Council Ministerial Meeting.

BANGALORE: Joseph Chacko, a resident of Bangalore, who allegedly cheated about 70 Non-Resident Indians of Rs.

ISLAMABAD: Mr Mohammad Ebrahim Mohammad Abdul Qadir, Ambassador of Kingdom of Bahrain called on Prime Minister, Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani this morning and presented him a cheque of Rs 20 million on behalf of Maj Gen Muhammad Bin Isa Bin Salman Al-Khaleefa, Commander of National Guards of Bahrain for the Prime Minister's Special Fund for Relief of ...

DUBAI: Majority Shia Muslims in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain, home to a US navy base, are increasingly agitated over what they say are government efforts to give Sunni foreigners nationality to dilute Shia numbers.

GE engines to power Etihad's Boeing jets ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways has selected the GEnx-1B engine to power its new fleet of 35 Boeing 787-9 aircraft and the GE90-115B engine to power its 10 new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft.

Bahrain's Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi exchanging the labour agreement with Vayalar Ravi, Overseas Indian Affairs Minister after signing the welfare pact between Bahrain and India at Manama yesterday.

Manama, Bahrain- The United Arab Emirates authorities released on Thursday a terror suspect of Bahraini origin, Khalil Janahi.

Swine flu cases in Arab states in the Gulf, a high-traffic transit zone for millions of air travellers, rose to 34 yesterday after Qatar reported its first cases, two of them young boys.

Two men have been killed in the sixth blaze that ripped through buildings used by low-wage workers in Bahrain in the last month, Gulf Daily News reported on Tuesday.

So, imagine you're a moderate, though still majority Muslim Gulf state, and a web site that celebrates the seamier aspects of lad/lout culture put your capital city in it's Top 10 Sin Cities alongside the flesh and vice pots of Macau, Vegas, Tijuana, and Pattaya, Thailand.

When you think of Bahrain, you probably think of having a tall pint of Guinness at JJ's, Fiddler's Green or The Warbler.

Bahrain is looking to tighten rules on alcohol to shake of the image of being the 'brothel of the Gulf'. "I'm sorry to say, but Bahrain has become the brothel of the Gulf, and our people are very upset about it," says parliamentarian Adel Maawdah.