A driver, who was sentenced to nine years in prison for causing a car crash that killed a father, mother and child, has lodged an appeal against the verdict. In two separate trials the 29-year-old ...

A unified memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed to co-ordinate and unify national efforts to support Bahraini women in humanitarian situations. This is part of ongoing efforts in Bahrain ...

AN annual midday ban on outdoor work during the hot summer months has seen 99.96 per cent compliance by companies, according ...

The United Nations says the minimum emergency level of water consumption per person is 15 litres a day for drinking, cooking, cleaning and washing. Average daily domestic consumption in Israel is 165 ...

Work has started on Bahrain’s first solar power plant to generate electricity, with a planned production capacity of up to 150 megawatts, the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) announced yesterday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost ...

His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, accompanied by His Excellency Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al ...

A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday was spreading more slowly yesterday but was still not under control, officials said ...

The slow lane for westbound traffic on Government Avenue in Manama will be closed for storm water drainage work, the Works Ministry announced yesterday. One lane will be provided for traffic, it added ...

A shop owner who opened pesticide and fertiliser containers and repackaged them without official approval has been fined BD2,200 by the Lower Criminal Court. The man, whose age and nationality were ...

The Shaikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Pearl Diving Competition kicks off today as part of the eighth edition of the Nasser bin Hamad Marine Heritage Season. The contest will be held at the Heyr ...

The body of a 36-year-old Bahraini man was recovered from the sea near King Fahad Causeway by the Coastguard and Police Aviation yesterday. Initial reports indicated that the man died while practising ...