At least three of the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will likely announce their intention to join the expected Gulf union at the advisory summit on Monday, a Saudi pan-Arab daily reported. The leaders of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE will meet for one day in the Saudi capital...
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Bahrain repatriated more than 4,000 people in 2011 for staying illegally in the country, officials have said. The 4,219 figure, however, is well below the more than 9,000 expatriates repatriated in 2010 for not having the documents required to stay in Bahrain.
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A Kuwaiti blogger held for allegedly posting abusive remarks against Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) will know about his fate next week. A court said that Hamad Naqi would be tried on May 21 on charges of denigrating Islam and insulting the Prophet, disseminating false and misleading claims and promoting a sect that aims to undermine...
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Kuwait has pledged a zero-tolerance policy towards organising campaigns or using mosques to promote candidates in Egypt’s presidential elections. As the May 24 date for the first round of the historic elections approaches, several Egyptians living in Kuwait have used mosques to encourage their fellow citizens to vote for Mohammad Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood...
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Good intentions by all segments of the Bahraini society are required to achieve a national consensus, the crown prince has said. “The drive towards reaching a national solution by all sections is an objective that cannot be achieved unless there are genuinely positive intentions,” Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa said. “It is...
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Al Asala, the major Salafi formation in Bahrain, has elected Abdul Halim Murad, an outspoken lawmaker, as its new chairman. He succeeds former MP Ganim Al Buainain who joined the government in April after he was named state minister for foreign affairs. In the other two nominations, Sameera Rajab, a former member of the...
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Kuwait’s traffic authorities impounded 587 vehicles in operations launched by the police over the two-day weekend. According to the statistics by the traffic directorate, the police booked 7,696 drivers for violating the traffic code in the country’s six governorates, a local Arabic daily reported.
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