Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva will arrive in Bahrain on Tuesday on a two-day working visit. According to reports, Vejjajiva said his mission in Bahrain was to improve economic ties and show harmony with the Islamic world, as Thailand struggles to handle a six-year separatist insurgency in its largely Muslim southern provinces. Abhisit, his...
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The US has waved off Israeli complaints that the meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had not been adequately covered. In a twist of events, Israel, a country that last year used optics to express its dissatisfaction with Turkey, has complained that for the second time in a row,...
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Conservative Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Al Hayef has requested the interior minister to “honour his pledge on the duties of policewomen”, saying that there would be a quizzing on the matter. “We have read media reports about Kuwaiti policewomen and their role as combatant women,” Al Hayef said in a statement. “This new role clashes...
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Bahrain’s public prosecutor has imposed a gag order on media reporting on the money-laundering scheme unveiled last week and in which a former state minister is allegedly involved. The gag was issued on Thursday evening as Bin Rajab and his legal team were at the third session of grueling interrogations on his alleged role...
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