Girls have again beaten boys to the top of the class in Bahrain. High school final exam results released on Tuesday by the education minister have indicated that girls in Bahrain are ahead of boys in their educational achievements. “Out of the 419 students who achieved a score of 95 % and higher, there...
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Qatar’s longest day in the year was also the hottest. Experts are now unanimous that the unusually high temperatures that have roasted Qatar and the Gulf countries in the last five days have indicated a significant shift in the weather pattern. The temperatures recorded this year are five to seven degrees Celsius higher than...
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Qatari businessman Shaikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani is set to become the first foreign owner of a Primera Liga Spanish football club. Shaikh Abdullah, chairman of Nasser bin Abdullah and Sons Group, will announce the details of the purchase of Primera Liga outfit Malaga CF, rumoured to be around euro 25 million, at...
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Lebanese superstar Haifa Wehbe and Hezbullah have denied media reports that the religious formation had banned the singer from boarding Mariam, the Gaza-bound ship carrying humanitarian aid. Haifa said that she did not sign up to be among the activists planning to board the ship to break the Gaza blockade, but added that the...
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Bahrain has distanced itself from anti-Iran statements published by local media, saying that they did not reflect the country’s official stance. “Bahrain is against anything that could harm its robust relations with all sisterly and friendly countries,” Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, the foreign minister, said. “We totally reject what has recently been...
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A Jordanian detained in a local prison has asked his father not to launch his release procedures until the end of the World Cup to ensure he can watch all the matches. The prison authorities have placed television screens to allow the prisoners to watch the one-month long World Cup finals, and the detainee...
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The sweltering heat gripping Qatar has forced several fishermen, especially ‘solo’ boat operators, to stay indoors. A representative of a fishermen’s group in Ruweis said that it was the first time in recent years that intense heat has forced “solo” boat operators in large numbers not to go to work. “This time the hot...
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The heat wave gripping the Middle East has hospitalized labourers working under the scorching sun, broken down electricity substations, taken power stations to their ominous limits and caused lethal protests. However, weathermen said that while people should take all precautionary measures, they should not panic and should learn to deal with the situation. In...
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Tunisia’s labour union is pushing for allowing public sector employees to take five-month maternity and six-day paternity leaves. Under the proposal to be submitted to the government as part of collective bargaining, expecting mothers should be given one month before the due delivery date and two months off after giving birth regardless of whether...
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A Bahraini lawyer who was one of the first women to contest in the parliamentary elections said that she would not run again this year. “The Islamists’ domination has resulted in a crippled lower chamber that serves only one ideology and does not represent other tendencies,” Fatima Al Hawwaj said. “The current members of...
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