Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized the assassination of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al Mabhouh in early January, the Sunday Times has reported. Quoting sources with knowledge of Mossad, the paper said that Netanyahu told Mossad chief Meir Dagan to go ahead with the Dubai killing during a meeting at the Midrasha, the intelligence agency’s...
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The body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran should be called the American Gulf, and not the Arabian or Persian Gulf, a Kuwaiti lawmaker has said. “The fact is that the Gulf today is not Arabian or Persian, but rather American thanks to the blessings of the rulers of Tehran and those...
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Bahrain is set to appoint a new company to continue work on the country’s largest road interchange project. The decision follows the suspension of work by Korea’s Sungwon Corporation which was awarded in 2007 the contract to construct a massive flyover aimed at removing traffic bottlenecks at the busy Isa Town Gate Intersection. Works...
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Al Asala, Bahrain’s second largest parliamentary bloc, has rejected the resignation of one of its most influential members in the lower chamber. “The political bureau of Al Asala flatly rejects the resignation of MP Abdul Halim Murad and wants him to continue his laudable work in the lower chamber,” Al Asala said in a...
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Around two thirds of Bahraini parents prefer to send their children to schools where the curriculum is taught in English, a survey indicates. The study found that only 14 per cent of the parents who responded to the questionnaire want their children to learn mainly Arabic at school, while 64 per cent put English...
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