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A video showing a Saudi man carrying a baby while firing a revolver in the air after which another man places the weapon in the infant’s mouth has gone viral on social media platforms. In the video, a man is seen holding a crying baby in one hand and firing a revolver with the other. After firing a few shots in the air a second man is seen taking the weapon, emptying the bullets and placing the weapon in the mouth of the wailing infant. The video sparked outrage on social media as various activities and individuals demanded to serve action on…

A meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC), chaired by the Cabinet Secretary, Shri Rajiv Gauba, was held today to review the prevailing flood situation in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Cabinet Secretary took stock of the current situation, preparedness, rescue, and relief operations and directed that immediate assistance, as sought by the states, be provided to meet the crisis. It was informed by both the States that due to extremely heavy rainfall and the consequent discharge of water from the Gandhi Sagar Dam in Madhya Pradesh and other reservoirs in the two states, there has been…

The UAE authorities distributed 650 food basket baskets weighing more than 50 tonnes to people in the Governorate of Hadramaut, Yemen. The Emirati Red Crescent handed over the relief aid packages which benefited 3,250 needy families in the region of Tarim as part of efforts to cater to humanitarian and developmental needs in Yemen. Follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/StarvisionN Like & Follow us on Facebook – www.facebook.com/starvisionnewsenglish

Iran dismissed accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting global energy supplies and warned on Sunday that US bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in the range of its missiles. Yemen’s Houthi group claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attacks that knocked out more than half of Saudi oil output or more than 5% of global supply, but U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the assault was the work of Iran, a Houthi ally. Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi, speaking on state TV, dismissed the U.S. allegation as…

Two Bahraini students attending a US-based university miserably failed in their attempts to invade the football pitch and take selfies with Swedish soccer superstar Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Zlatan is the third-most decorated active footballer in the world, having won 31 trophies in his career. The pair, identified as Yousif Shabib (19) and Sayed Alawi (20), raced towards the 38-year-old star player after the game between LA Galaxy and Colorado but were stopped by security staff. The video of their failed attempt has gone viral across social media networks and leading news websites. Follow us on Twitter – twitter.com/StarvisionN Like & Follow us on…

HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports received in his office Mr Alejandro Blanco, President of Spain’s Olympic Committee in the presence of HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa, member of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Head of the Coordination, Execution and Follow-up Committee, Mr Mohammed Hassan Al Nusf, President of Bahrain Olympic Committee and Mr Abdullah Al Zain, General Manager of the Personal Office. During the meeting, HH Shaikh Nasser discussed with the Spanish official the ways of cementing bi-lateral cooperation between…

HH Receives Vice President of Amazon Web Services’ Worldwide Public Sector  HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports received in his office Ms Teresa Carlson, Vice President of Amazon Web Services’ Worldwide Public Sector in the presence of HH Shaikh Faisal bin Rashid Al Khalifa, member of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Head of the Coordination, Execution and Follow-up Committee as well as HE Mr Aymen bin Tawfeeq Almoayed, Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs. During the meeting, HH Shaikh Nasser pointed out that…

Ministry of Labour, Amazon Web Services and BCCI Join the Programme HH: the Programme in Line with the Royal Vision to Extend Training Opportunities for Bahraini Youth HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs and President of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports announced the launch of “Furas” (Opportunities) program which will provide the Bahraini youth with vocational opportunities in an effort to improve the youth and sports sector. The new initiative is part of the “Estijaba” (Response) program and will be overseen by the Ministry of Youth…

A boy from Ohio had the “worst birthday ever” after his school lunch was taken away because of an unpaid balance on his account. Jefferson Sharpnack told his grandmother, Diane Bailey, that he was denied his lunch tray when he went to check out. Instead of getting the cheesy breadsticks he had picked out, he was given a piece of cheese and bread by the lunch staff at Green Primary School in Uniontown, Ohio. It all happened on his ninth birthday, in front of other students in the lunch line, because of a $9 debt, according to Bailey. Green Local…

Rats can be taught to play hide and seek — and they squeal with joy when they win, scientists have found. Both wild and domesticated animals have been known to play, but neuroscientists from Berlin’s Humboldt University wanted to know more about the topic after hearing from pet owners and vets that rats seemed to be engaging in more complex forms of play. “It has long been known that rats engage in simple forms of play — rough and tumble — but we wanted to know if they could do more complex games, like hide and seek,” neurobiologist Michael Brecht, an author of…