Author: News Desk

Washington : As part of his current visit to the United States, Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, met US Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Dr. Stacey A. Dixon. The Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States, Shaikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, and the delegation accompanying the Interior Minister attended. The US US Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence welcomed the Interior Minister’s visit to the United States, highlighting its significance in further developing the longstanding ties between the two countries and broadening avenues of cooperation. The Interior Minister asserted Bahrain’s dedication to fostering an…

Ankara : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head Turkey’s central bank, in another sign that his administration might pursue more conventional economic policies. Erdogan named Hafize Gaye Erkan, a former co-chief executive officer of the First Republic Bank, as governor, according to an announcement in the Official Gazette. The Princeton-educated Erkan, 41, becomes the Turkish central bank’s first woman governor. Erdogan won a third presidential term in elections last month as the country grapples with a cost-of-living crisis fueled by inflation that peaked at a staggering 85% in October. On Saturday,…

Rome : Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Edmondo Cirelli, co-chaired the first meeting of the Bahraini-Italian Joint Committee. Representatives of the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Industry and Commerce and Oil, in addition to the two countries’ ambassadors, participated in the meeting. Edmondo Cirelli welcomed Dr. Al-Zayani and his accompanying delegation, lauding the steady growth of the solid bilateral relations across various vital fields, affirming his country’s interest in broadening areas of joint cooperation with Bahrain, and taking advantage of the available opportunities to achieve common interests.…

Manama : His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam, will tomorrow, Friday, start a two-day visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Sultan of Brunei will meet His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister amd other senior officials in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The visit comes within the framework of longstanding bilateral relations, which were further reinforce when diplomatic ties were established in 1988, when both countries open respective embassies, heralding wider cooperation. The visit of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam…

Beijing : Non-stop heavy rains lashed parts of southwest China on Friday, triggering floods in cities, engulfing roads and partially submerging buildings. A particularly harsh first bout of summer rains known locally as “dragon boat water” saw the city of Beihai in Guangxi log 453 millimetres on Thursday. That was a regional daily record for June, according to the China Meteorological. Cars were half underwater in flooded Beihai streets and at one multi-storey building, water cascaded down a staircase as firefighters raced to rescue its residents, videos circulating on social media showed. Rain is forecast to continue in southern China…

Saudi Arabia : China’s relationship with Saudi Arabia and other regional countries will probably continue to grow, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said on Thursday. “China is an important partner for the kingdom and most countries in the region,” Prince Faisal said at a press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who is on a two-day visit to the country. “That partnership has given us and China significant benefits and that co-operation is likely to grow just because of China’s economic impact on the region.” Prince Faisal added that Riyadh values its relationship with both China and the US,…

Russia : Russia will start deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus after the facilities are ready on July 7-8, President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko on Friday. “So everything is according to plan, everything is stable,” Mr Putin said in a meeting in Sochi, according to a readout from the Kremlin. The two men had previously agreed the plan to deploy Russian land-based short-range nuclear missiles on the territory of Moscow’s close ally, where they will remain under Russian command. The announcement came as Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive appears to have begun. Nato-trained units and western tanks are…

Bahrain: BRAVE Combat Federation, the fastest-growing MMA organization in the world and Bahrain’s own sports jewel, and MX Player, India’s number one OTT platform, have announced a landmark, multi-year agreement that will see content from the martial arts organization distributed across the continental nation as interest in MMA continues to rise. The organization, founded under the vision of His Highness Shaikh Khaled bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the fifth son of the King of Bahrain, has become the most global MMA organization, having traveled to 28 countries in six years of operations. BRAVE Combat Federation is the only global mixed martial…

Bahrain : Raed Mahmoud, the Royal Endurance team and KHK Stable member, triumphed at the Florence Endurance Championship, which took place in northern Paris, France, featuring wide participation of competitors representing many countries. The Bahraini jockey exhibited a strong performance en route to winning first place. He outclassed a strong field of riders in the 120 km race, in which 43 male and female jockeys competed. He successfully completed the four-stage race in 6 hours, 8 minutes and 27 seconds. Commenting after the race,  Mahmoud expressed his great happiness at winning first place, stressing that this achievement is the result…

LONDON : A lawyer for Prince Harry finished setting out the royal’s case against a newspaper publisher on Thursday, quizzing a former tabloid reporter about information inserted into stories by then-editor Piers Morgan. On the final day of evidence, attorney David Sherborne grilled former Daily Mirror royal correspondent Jane Kerr, whose byline appears on several of the 33 articles cited by Harry as examples of unlawful intrusion by publisher Mirror Group Newspapers. The lawyer suggested to Kerr that some of the information in her stories came from phone hacking. “It absolutely didn’t,” Kerr said with a touch of anger. “I’ve never intercepted a voicemail.…