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France : French President Emmanuel Macron is urging parents to keep teenagers at home to quell rioting spreading across France and says social media are fueling copycat violence. After a second crisis meeting with senior ministers, Macron said Friday that social media are playing a “considerable role” in the spreading unrest triggered by the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old. He said he wants social media such as Snapchat and TikTok to remove sensitive content and said that violence is being organized online. Of young rioters, he said: “We sometimes have the feeling that some of them are living in…

Manama : The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence has condemned acts aimed at defaming and disrespecting religions and peoples. “The King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Coexistence condemns and denounces all provocative and irresponsible acts that offend religions and their sacred books under the pretext of exercising freedoms. These actions have serious consequences and repercussions, as they provoke negative reactions and feelings among peoples, in addition to fueling hatred, discrimination and racism, which may lead to violence,” the Centre said in a statement. “We, in the Kingdom of Bahrain, under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al…

Manama, : The Roads Affairs at the Ministry of Works and the General Directorate of Traffic at the Ministry of Interior, have announced the phased closure of one lane on Roundabout 6 Flyover and Roundabout 14 Flyover, as part of the resurfacing works there, adding that an alternative lane will be provided for traffic movement. The closure will be effective from Sunday 02/07/2023 for a period of one month. All road users are requested to observe and obey the traffic rules for the safety of all.

Bahrain’s two-month ban on outdoor work during the afternoon will begin Saturday, July 1. The ban on work under direct sunlight and in open places will run from midday until 4 pm, the Ministry of Labour said. The aim is to protect workers and ensure their safety from heat stress, sunstroke and various summer diseases, and to reduce occupational accidents during the hottest months of the year. On the occasion, Labour Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, stressed the importance of applying the principles and requirements of occupational safety to ensure a safe, accident-free and productive work environment. He indicated…

The Netherlands has announced new rules restricting exports of certain semiconductor manufacturing equipment. It follows pressure from the US to curb the sale of computer chip technology to China. The Dutch government did not cite this as a reason though, saying it had taken the step on national security grounds. The Chinese government responded saying the decision was “not in the interests of any party” and would impact chip production and supply chains. Mao Ning, China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman, said China opposed the US’s “abuse of export controls” and its “use of various pretexts to win over and coerce other…

An ice hockey player from Poland’s major league has been charged with spying for Russia, Warsaw says. The man, a Russian citizen, was arrested on 11 June in Silesia, southern Poland, and is believed to be part of a Russian spy ring. Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) has so far detained 14 people suspected of being part of the ring. It says all of them are citizens of countries to the east of Poland, not necessarily just Russia. The decades-long spy conflict between Russia and the West has intensified since Moscow launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.…

Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser of the Republic of India, and his accompanying delegation visited the Special Economic Zone of Duqm on Thursday. During the visit, Ajit Doval and his accompanying delegation listened to the facilities available in the region and its strategic location, a large multi-purpose port, a large dry dock for ship repair, an airport and modern and developed facilities, in addition to various investment projects and facilities and advantages for investors, such as the possibility of 100 percent ownership for the investors, exemption from customs taxes, exemption from income tax, usufruct rights to land for long periods…

A female citizen suffering from a critical health condition has been transferred from Khasab to Muscat by a helicopter of the Royal Air Force of Oman. The Ministry of Defence said that the Royal Air Force of Oman, using one of its helicopters, carried out a medical evacuation of a female citizen suffering from a critical condition. She was transferred urgently from Khasab Hospital in Musandam Governorate to the Royal Hospital in Muscat Governorate to receive the necessary specialised medical treatment.

Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and other Screen Actors Guild members are reportedly threatening to strike. More than 300 members are said to have signed a letter addressed to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee suggesting industrial action could be on the way if an agreement isn’t reached on a new contract with major Hollywood studios, production companies and streaming platforms. As reported by Rolling Stone magazine, the the letter reads: “We hope you’ve heard the message from us: This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry,

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government’s deeply controversial judicial overhaul will no longer include a provision to remove Supreme Court oversight of legislation. The provision would have allowed parliament to pass laws that are immune from judicial review, a measure that critics say would render Israel’s legal system pointless. The removal of the “override clause” will rankle many in Mr Netanyahu’s coalition, the most right-wing in Israel’s history. The clause is particularly important to ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition, who view it as a way of ensuring that men in the community continue to be exempt from military service, a…