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Manama : Minister of Education, Dr. Mohammed bin Mubarak Juma’a, the Board Chairman of the Higher Education Council, received today Indian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Piyush Srivastava, and discussed with hi cooperation between the two friendly countries in the educational field. The minister praised the Indian students residing in Bahrain and studying in private educational establishments, commending their active participation in the students’ activities. The Indian Ambassador expressed thanks and appreciation to the Ministry of Education, voicing keenness on more cooperation between the two friendly countries in the educational field.

Manama :  President of Hungary, Katalin Novák, attended today the Horse Racing Cup of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and his children. The race was held at the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club in the presence of Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Chairman of the High Authority of the Rashid Equestrian and Horse Racing Club His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa presented a briefing to the Hungarian President about Bahrain’s…

MEMPHIS :  Five former Memphis police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to second-degree murder and other charges in the violent arrest and death of Tyre Nichols, with his mother saying afterward that none of them would look her in the eye in court. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith made their first court appearances with their lawyers before a judge in Shelby County Criminal Court. The officers were fired after an internal police investigation into the Jan. 7 arrest of Nichols, who died in a hospital three days later. His beating was caught on video. At a news…

MUNICH : British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday will call on world leaders to “double down” on support for Ukraine, saying arms and security guarantees are needed to protect the country and the rest of Europe from Russian aggression now and in the future. Sunak will deliver the message in a speech to the Munich Security Conference, an annual meeting of heads of state, defense ministers and other world leaders. This year’s meeting will focus on threats to the accepted rules of international relations a year after Russian troops invaded Ukraine. Highlighting Britain’s recent commitment to provide battle tanks,…

Four people died and 42 were injured when a bus carrying 53 passengers to a holiday resort in Oman veered off the road into the side of a mountain on Friday. State broadcaster Oman TV showed footage on Saturday morning of medical personnel moving the injured from the overturned bus and retrieving bodies. Witnesses said the bus veered off the road while negotiating a turn at high speed. “It was going round the bend on top of a small hill, veered left to right and then hit the side of a mountain and overturned,” Saif Al Rushaidi, who was driving behind the…

Manama : In implementation of the royal directives of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to provide urgent humanitarian relief aid to the victims of the earthquake which rocked Syria and Turkiye, and under the patronage of Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa , Bahrain TV organized in cooperation with the Royal Humanitarian Foundation (RHF) a national campaign under the theme “the Day of Solidarity” to support the quake victims. Bahrainis have shown solidarity in its best with the brethren in Syria and Turkiye…

Antakya : More than 45,000 people have been killed in the earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, and the toll is expected to soar with some 264,000 apartments in Turkey destroyed and many still missing in the country’s worst modern disaster. Eleven days after the quake hit, three survivors were dug out from the rubble in Turkey on Friday. The death toll in Turkey stands at 39,672, while neighbouring Syria has reported more than 5,800 deaths. Syria’s toll has not changed for days. Mosques around the world on Friday performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria,…

Bahrain : Under the patronage of HM King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and on the instructions of HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of HM the King for Humanitarian Works and Youth Affairs and Honourary President of Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation (BREEF), the grand race on HM the King Endurance Cup will take place on Saturday, covering a distance of 160km as part of HM the King Endurance Cup Festival, held at the Bahrain International Endurance Festival. All eyes will be fixed on the race which will exhibit…

Manama : The Cybercrime Prosecution has completed its investigations on remarks and recordings posted on social media that infringe on the foundations of the Islamic religion and defame prophets. Cybercrime Prosecution Chief said that those responsible for the posts had been referred to the Lower Criminal Court, where they will stand trial on February 21. Details of the case reveal that the Public Prosecution had received two reports from the Ministry of Social Development and the Cybercrime Directorate at the Ministry of Interior indicating that three members of a society in Bahrain had posted a number of remarks and broadcast…

Manama : Arena Sport, the leading company in the field of sports media in Serbia and the Balkans and the largest source of sports content in Europe, honored His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports (SCYS), President of the General Sports Authority (GSA), President of Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC), during the international BRAVE Serbia week. HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa was awarded the Positive Impact Award in Mixed Martial Arts as a gesture of appreciation for the efforts made by His Highness to promote the…