Three female journalists have been elected to the board of the Bahrain Journalists Association, confirming their growing role in the field. Samah Allam from Al Watan newspaper, Ahdeya Ahmad, the head of Bahrain TV 55, and Aisha Al Siddiq, from Al Ayam, secured the third, fourth and sixth highest scores to be among the eight journalists...
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Qatar on Saturday urged its citizens to avoid travelling to Lebanon, citing unstable conditions. “The foreign ministry calls upon all Qatari nationals not to travel to Lebanon in light of the unstable security conditions,” a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
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Bahrain has confirmed the death by drowning of a 23-year-old Bahraini national in January, refuting a report that he had been tortured to death. Nayef Yousuf, the head of Public Prosecution, announced that further investigation into the cause of death in the case of Yousuf Ahmad Abbas has taken place in light of a...
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The commitment of the North American and European allies to shared responsibility and leadership will be demonstrated by the decisions to be taken at the Chicago Summit, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato Secretary General, has said. “By working more closely together, we will prevent the financial crisis from turning into a security crisis,” he said. “We...
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Arabs have expressed deep sadness over the death of Warda, the Algerian diva who died on Thursday evening, leaving a legacy of hits that sang love, freedom and patriotism. Warda Al Jazairiya (Warda, the Algerian) born in France in 1939 to an Algerian father and Lebanese mother died at her home in Cairo, apparently from a...
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The Nato summit which starts on Sunday in Chicago will ensure the 63-year-old alliance is focused squarely on the future, US President Barack Obama said. “We can chart the next phase of the transition in Afghanistan so that we complete the transition to Afghan responsibility for security in 2014, even as we forge a...
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Kuwait has arrested two men, a Gulf national and an Arab, for their alleged involvement in an extensive visa-trafficking racket. The pair allegedly brought into Kuwait 95 foreigners who paid them a total of KD130,000 for their visas. The Gulf national reportedly claimed he had 15 companies and that he needed the visas to...
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