King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa has granted the Bahraini nationality to 335 people born to Bahraini mothers and foreign fathers. The decision was hailed by the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), a staunch campaigner of women empowerment.
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King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa has granted the Bahraini nationality to 335 people born to Bahraini mothers and foreign fathers. The decision was hailed by the Supreme Council for Women (SCW), a staunch campaigner of women empowerment.
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A conservative lawmaker in Bahrain has called for setting up a separate college for girls within the University of Bahrain. MP Ali Zayed, representing Al Asala Society, the expression of Salafism in the country, attributed the move to demands from a large segment of the society.
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Qatar is reinstating a rule that requires the sponsor’s approval before a foreigner applies to take driving lessons, a local daily reported. Driving school owners have been told that the application papers should now include the sponsor’s approval, Al Raya, an Arabic newspaper, reported.
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The latest developments in the Arab countries and ways to enhance relations with Arab capitals will figure high on the agenda of the foreign ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) and their partner countries at their meeting in Brussels.
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Bahrain’s business community has welcomed a government decision to extend a freeze on fees levied on foreigners by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) . The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has been lobbying for a freeze on the fees, arguing that it was needed to reduce the impact of the economic...
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Kuwait’s Emir Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on Tuesday dissolved the parliament. The Emiri decree cited “the stalling of achievements and threats to the higher interests of the nation” as the reasons to “go back to the nation to choose its representatives in order to overcome the existing obstacles and achieve...
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Russia said on Monday that it would lower its diplomatic relations with Qatar following an incident involving the Russian ambassador at Doha International Airport. The Russian foreign ministry announced in a statement that Vladimir Titorenky was assaulted by security and customs officials upon his arrival at the Doha airport on November 29, on a...
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A decision by Bahrain’s government to extend a freeze on fees levied by the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) on foreigners was on Monday welcomed by the business community. The Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) has been lobbying for a freeze on the fees, arguing that it was needed to reduce the...
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A Qatar school principal could face assault charges after she stabbed a second grade student with a sharp pencil on his hand, arm and back. According to the boy’s parents who are suing the school, the principal said that she wanted to “re-educate” the boy and that experiencing pain was the best way to...
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The British embassy in Bahrain was the likely target of the bomb blast early yesterday in downtown Manama, an interior ministry spokesman said. “Taking into consideration the location of the blast, the nearest target is the British embassy,” Lieutenant Colonel Saleh Salem said.
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