Unemployment in Bahrain has fallen from 3.8 per cent in January to 3.7 per cent in February, the labour minister has said. The figures are based on the monthly review prepared by the ministry on the number of people who receive monthly assistance or are on dole, Majeed Al Alawi said at the weekly...
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The foreign ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council and Yemen have postponed a meeting initially scheduled for Tuesday. The ministers will now meet in two weeks in Sana’a, said an official from the Yemeni foreign ministry. According to the official, the foreign ministers would be unable to convene in the Yemeni capital this Tuesday...
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Polluted waters are turning ominously lethal and killing Kuwait’s fish, a researcher has warned. Baheeja Bahbahani, chairperson of the educational environment committee at the Faculty of Education, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that seawater tests have indicated high percentages of toxins that are likely to cause mass fish deaths in summer and urged the...
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Kuwaiti and Saudi Arabian citizens will be able to travel between the two countries using their identity cards instead of passports, the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council has said. “The two countries have completed all the measures to enable their citizens to move between the two countries using smart ID cards,” Abdul...
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A Bahraini lawmaker has urged the country’s civil society, political societies, media, and upper chamber to support a drive by the lower chamber to ban alcohol in Bahrain. “There is a pressing need to enact a law that protects the Bahraini society from the dangers and damages associated with alcohol,” Abdul Halim Murad said....
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A Bahraini labour official has denied claims that the employment office it had set up in Qatar has been shut down. The office was established in 2007 in cooperation with the Qatari authorities to help Bahrainis willing to work in Qatar. However, with few people signing up for positions in the neighbouring country, the...
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Qatar is planning to host a Formula One race in the near future, the president of the Motor and Motorcycling Federation has said. “We are seeking such an opportunity and we are planning to upgrade the Losail International Circuit track to be able to host a Formula 1 race some time in the future,”...
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