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Manama : Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, commended the great humanitarian role of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and his support to charity work in Bahrain and beyond. He praised the motivating and inspirational directives of HM the King to the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF), lauding the support accorded by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, to the kingdom’s humanitarian march. This came during the inauguration of the GCC Joint Charity Work Committee,…

Manama : The Health Insurance Scheme aims to provide an integrated high-quality and  flexible system which would be attractive for investors, said Supreme Council of Health (SCH) Secretary-General Ibrahim Ali Al Nawakhda. He noted that the scheme aims to establish an efficient and sustainable health financing system that guarantees freedom in choosing a provider, and to set up a fair and competitive service within a framework that protects the rights of all parties involved in health insurance. He was addressing a workshop organized by the Supreme Council of Health with insurance companies, private hospitals and insurance claims companies to shed light on…

VATICAN CITY : Pope Francis warned the Vatican’s missionary fundraisers on Saturday not to allow financial corruption to creep into their work, insisting that spirituality and spreading the Gospel must drive their operations, not mere entrepreneurship. Francis made the comments in a speech to the national directors of the Vatican’s Pontifical Mission Societies, which raise money for the Catholic Church’s missionary work in the developing world, building churches and funding training programs for priests and nuns. Deviating from his prepared remarks, Francis appeared to refer to a recent Associated Press investigation into financial transfers at the U.S. branch of the Pontifical Mission…

Manama : The Kingdom of Bahrain has extended its utmost sympathy and solidarity with the Republic of India over the victims of the three-train collision in Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, which resulted in the death and injury of hundreds of people. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its sincere condolences and sympathy to the government and the friendly Indian people, as well as to the families of the victims as a result of this painful accident, wishing a speedy recovery to all the injured.

India : Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 280 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail crashes in decades, officials said Saturday. Chaotic scenes erupted on Friday night as rescuers climbed atop the wrecked trains to break open doors and windows using cutting torches. The death toll rose steadily throughout the night. Scores of bodies, covered by white sheets, lay on the ground near the tracks while locals and rescuers raced to free the hundreds of people trapped in the rail…

Dushanbe: The national judo team is participating in the Dushanbe Grand Prix Championship 2023. The tournament is currently being held in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, a made a wide participation from national teams in the Asian continent. The delegation of the national team participating in the Dushanbe Grand Prix Championship includes the technical director of the Bahrain Judo Federation, the national coach Khaled Nabil Al-Arifi and assistant coach Safar. The national team includes Ramazan Hakov (under-66 kg category), Beslan Bligtov (under-73 kg category) Askerby Gerbekov (under-81 kg category), Sulim Marev (under-90 kg category, Zelimkhan Basev (under-100 kg category) and Azmat…

ABU DHABI : Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, attended last night a reception hosted by Lorenzo Fanara, Italy’s Ambassador to the UAE, on the occasion of his country’s National Day. Present at the event, which held at Conrad Abu Dhabi Etihad Towers, were Aisha Ibrahim Al Suwaidi, Director of the European Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a number of Emirati officials, heads of the Arab and foreign diplomatic corps accredited to the UAE and members of Italian resident community in the country. In his opening speech, Ambassador Fanara, said the Emirati-Italian relations…

US President Joe Biden proclaimed a “crisis averted” on Friday after the passage of a debt ceiling bill to avoid the first-ever default in the world’s largest economy and a financial emergency spanning the globe. “Essential to all the progress we’ve made in the last few years is keeping the full, faith, and credit of the United States and passing a budget that continues to grow our economy and reflects our values as a nation,” he said in his first-ever address to the nation from the White House Oval Office. “That’s why I’m speaking to you tonight, to report on a…

Singapore : Political Affairs Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Secretary-General of the Supreme Defence Council, Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, participated in the 20th edition of the Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD), attended by high-level defence, security, political and strategic affairs officials. Dr. Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed expressed pride in participating in SLD, Asia’s premier defence summit, in light of the keenness of Bahrain, under the leadership of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and thanks to the policies of the government, led by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown…

Manama : Chairman of the Bahrain Journalists’ Association (BJA), Isa Al-Shaiji, has extended deepest thanks, appreciation and gratitude to His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for congratulating him and members of BJA’s Board of Directors on winning BJA’s elections for the 2023-2025 session. He also commended HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister’s ongoing support for the role played by the media and press sector in the progress march currently witnessed by the kingdom. Al-Shaiji asserted that the members of the press and media community in the kingdom are proud of…