A fundraising campaign launched by Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority (IAA) for Somalis has raised around $4 million (Dh14.7 million), the IAA president said on Monday. “The campaign raised 1,427,961 Dinars,” Shaikh Fawaz Bin Mohammad Al Khalifa said. “It was a religious, moral and patriotic duty and the IAA assumed it. I wish to thank...
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King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa on Sunday evening called for the prevalence of tolerance in Bahrain, saying that he forgave those who abused him and senior officials. “Our aspiration is for tolerance and for shunning violence, and not for excessive punishment that affects our unity, cohesion and national co-existence,” King Hamad said. “Such...
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For the first time in history, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip will live in different time zones. In the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Palestinians will go back to standard time later this week after one month of daylight saving time, while those in the West Bank will continue to enjoy summertime.
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The University of Bahrain has reinstated 389 students who were suspended for alleged security-related incidents in March, the university president has said. “The university has decided that the one academic term suspension was enough,” Ebrahim Janahi said.
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Kuwait’s Civil Service Commission (CSC) has denied reports it would ban government employees from accessing Twitter and Facebook, saying they were baseless allegations. “There were no reports or complaints from government sector officials about an increasing use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook during work hours,” Mohammad Al Roumi, Undersecretary at the...
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Kuwait is planning to build a new, more humane safari park-style facility, a local daily reported. The new safari zoo, to the west of Jahra City, will be more modern in design, with the animals allowed to roam freely while human visitors will only be able to travel through it by car or in...
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Malaysia has remained the favourite tourist spot for Qatar’s Eid holidaymakers while Dubai topped Middle East destinations, travel agency sources have said. “Malaysia is the most favoured destination among Qataris this Eid,” PN Sathya Narayanan, manager of Mannai Holidays, said. “Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore and Vietnam are also attracting good numbers of Qatari nationals...
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