Authored by Christine Dolan via JustTheNews.com, Bahrain and Belgium report their hospitals are successfully treating coronavirus patients with the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine touted by President Trump as a possible breakthrough in the pandemic. The Kingdom of Bahrain’s Supreme Council of Health chairman said his country was among the first to use the drug and that its impact has been “profound,” according to the Bahrain News Agency. Dr. Shaikh Mohamed, who leads the National Taskforce for […]
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Bahrain’s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa returned to the kingdom after medical treatment in Germany, the state news agency BNA said on Friday. The agency said King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received the prime minister on his return after a “full recovery.” Khalifa, 84, has served as Bahrain’s prime minister since the Sunni Muslim-led island kingdom declared independence from Britain in 1971. […]
The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company a $551 million contract to begin production of the combat-proven Patriot™ air and missile defense system for the Kingdom of Bahrain. The contract was awarded on January 31, 2020. “Raytheon’s Patriot provides the Kingdom of Bahrain and 16 other countries around the globe with a combat-proven system that protects citizens, infrastructure and armed forces from a broad spectrum of threats,” […]
The Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix will go ahead this month without spectators due to the coronavirus crisis, a blow to the Gulf’s Arab states important tourism sector, Reuters reports. Bahrain, which is hosting the second round of the Formula One season on March 22, has reported 83 cases of the virus, mostly linked to people who had travelled to Iran. “Convening a major sporting event, which is […]
Bahraini students will be skipping classes due to a perfectly valid reason for the next two weeks, after the country’s education ministry ordered schools and nurseries to be temporarily closed amid a surge in coronavirus cases. State-run as well as private kindergartens and schools in Bahrain will shut their doors for two weeks starting Wednesday, the Gulf monarchy’s authorities announced on Tuesday, after the 9 new […]
When the Independent newspaper published an exposé last week on conditions inside the Bahraini Isa Town women’s prison, it once again brought into question Britain’s relationship with the tiny island kingdom, which frequently violates international human rights laws. One inmate in the prison, Hajer Mansoor, alleged that she has been singled out to be monitored, barred from observing religious rites during the month of Muharram and […]
Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain have agreed to resume postal services to Qatar almost three years after they were stopped due to a political dispute, the United Nations said on Monday, Reuters reports. The announcement follows a meeting last month of representatives for the countries and the UN postal agency. “The decision to resume international postal exchanges is welcome news,” the UN Universal Postal Union said. […]
A court in Bahrain has sentenced a citizen to three years in prison for burning an Israeli flag during a protest held in support of the Palestinians, Al-Bilad has reported. An appeal against the sentence has been rejected by the High Court of Appeal. The identity of the man involved was not revealed. The court convicted him and others on charges that included rioting and burning […]
Human rights experts in Bahrain are concerned that a court has upheld the death sentences in a case in which the torture of the defendants has been exposed, Anadolu Agency has reported. The two defendants were convicted of killing a police officer in a bomb explosion in 2014. The authorities in Bahrain arrested Mohamed Ramadhan and Hussain Moosa in February 2014 and they were convicted ten months […]