Bahrain

Bahrain seeks to attract investment with new golden licence for companies

The move is part of an economic recovery plan launched by the oil producing state in October 2021 to boost growth and job creation

Hackers target Bahrain airport, news sites to mark Arab Spring uprising

Hackers said they had taken down the websites of Bahrain's international airport and state news agency on Tuesday to mark the 12-year anniversary of an Arab Spring uprising in the small Gulf country. A statement posted online by a group calling itself Al-Toufan, or The Flood in Arabic, claimed to have hacked the airport website, which was unavailable for at least a half hour in the middle of the day. It also claimed to have taken down the website of the state-run Bahrain News Agency, which was sporadically unavailable. The group posted images showing 504 Gateway Timeout Errors, saying the hacking was in support of the revolution of our oppressed people of Bahrain. The same group appears to have hacked and changed articles on the website of Akhbar Al Khaleej, a pro-government newspaper in Bahrain, hours earlier. The newspaper's website was still down Tuesday. There was no immediate comment from authorities. Feb. 14, 2011, marked the first day of protests led by Bahrain's Shiite ...

Saudi, Bahrain and Afghanistan condemn controversial remarks of BJP leader

General Presidency for Affairs of the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet's Mosque in Medina on Monday condemned the "insulting statements" made by BJP leaders against the Prophet

Countries relying on Chinese Covid vaccines reporting surge in infections

Countries like Mongolia, Seychelles and Bahrain had relied on the easily accessible Chinese vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic. These countries are now battling a surge in infections

Jaishankar conveys condolences on demise of Bahrain PM Prince Khalifa

S Jaishankar has conveyed condolences on behalf of the government and people of India to the Bahraini leadership on the demise of Prime Minister of Bahrain Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Bahrain Prime Minister, world's longest-serving, dies at 84: Report

Bahrain's state-run news agency announced his death, saying he had been receiving treatment at the Mayo Clinic, without elaborating.

Israeli cabinet approves Bahrain normalisation deal after diplomatic ties

The Israeli Cabinet approved the normalisation deal with the Arab Gulf state of Bahrain on Sunday, a week after the two countries agreed to establish formal diplomatic ties. The deal next requires ratification by the Knesset, Israel's 120-seat parliament. A date for that vote has not yet been set. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the government ministers green-lit "preparation of peaceful, diplomatic and friendly relations between the state of Israel and the Kingdom of Bahrain". Sunday's vote was largely a formality after the two countries last week agreed to establish diplomatic relations in the wake of signing a US-brokered agreement in September. The two countries had long harboured close, clandestine security cooperation over a shared enmity of regional rival Iran. The United Arab Emirates, which signed a separate deal with Israel in September, and Bahrain are now the third and fourth Arab states to establish formal diplomatic ties with Israel. Egypt and Jordan .

Bahrain, Israel ink key deals to establish diplomatic, peaceful Relation

Among the historic deals signed in Bahrain's capital Manama was a Joint Communique on Establishment of Diplomatic, Peaceful and Friendly Relations between the two countries, BNA said

Abraham accords: US, Israeli envoys fly to Bahrain to advance nascent ties

US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu''s national security adviser, Meir Ben-Shabbat, are leading the delegation that is flying out of Tel Aviv' airport

India, Bahrain discuss boosting bilateral cooperation in financial sector

India's new Ambassador to Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava met Bahrain's Minister of Finance and National Economy Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa and discussed bilateral cooperation

Israel's Netanyahu, Bahraini Crown Prince discuss implementation of deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa on Tuesday spoke over the phone related to the normalisation deal

Israel strikes Gaza after rocket fire during peace deal signing ceremony

The Israeli military struck Hamas militant sites in the Gaza Strip early in response to rocket fire toward Israel the previous night that coincided with the signing of normalization agreements

Israel-UAE deal: Love triangle that spawned Trump's Mideast peace plan

Normalization of Israel-Emirates and Israel-Bahrain relations was actually set in motion because of the failure, thus far, of the Trump administration's Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy

Israel, UAE, Bahrain sign Abraham Accord; 1st Arab-Israel peace in 26 yrs

Trump hosted Benjamin Netanyahu and foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for the signing of the historic Abraham Accord, which is the first Arab-Israeli peace deal in 26 years

As Arab Gulf starts opening to Israel, Palestinians face a reckoning

Palestinian leaders face calls to overhaul their strategy to avoid becoming marginalised in a region where Israel and most Sunni Arab regimes share a fear of Iran

EU welcomes establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain, Israel

The European Union welcomed on Saturday the US-brokered establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel on the heels of an analogous Israel-UAE agreement

Israel, Bahrain agree to establish diplomatic ties; issue statement with US

Israel and Bahrain have agreed to establish diplomatic ties, according to a joint statement of the US, Israel and Bahrain issued on Friday

Bahrain follows UAE, becomes latest Arab nation to recognise Israel

Trump announced the agreement on Friday, following a three-way phone call he had with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

After Saudi, Bahrain to allow Israel flights to UAE over its airspace

Bahrain will allow all flights coming to and departing from the United Arab Emirates to cross through the island kingdom's airspace

US State Secretary Pompeo starts his visit to Israel, Sudan, Bahrain, UAE

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicked off his four-country trip starting on Sunday, the US State Department said in a statement