(MENAFN) An industry official said that aluminum production in the Gulf region will reach 1.6 million tons by 2013, and up to 11 plants for the production of aluminum would start operating in the next...

(MENAFN - Arab News) Hundreds of Saudi women each year apply for Bahraini driving licenses and drive legally on the island's roads without any fear, something impossible in the Kingdom where women dri...

Abu Dhabi: UAE riders led by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, along with Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ministe...

BAHRAIN picked up their maiden victory in the GCC Volleyball Championship being held in Oman, defeating the UAE 25-11, 25-18, 25-22 yesterday at the Sohar Sports Complex, writes RAMI HULAYYEL. Having ...

By GEOFFREY BEW HOTELS and restaurants in Bahrain have no plans to seek compensation after being forced to cancel their New Year's Eve entertainment at the last minute, it has emerged. Five Star H...

By GEOFFREY BEW A SOCIAL worker who dedicated 30 years of her life in Bahrain to help people in distress is planning to carry on the same work as she returns home to her native India next week. Sa...

THREE Bahraini doctors left for Al Arish, Egypt, yesterday to attend an emergency meeting with representatives of the Arab Medical Association to discuss how to administer aid to Palestinians in Gaza....

BAHRAIN take on Oman tonight in a must-win for both teams in the basketball competition of the 19th Gulf Cup, taking place in Muscat, writes PATRICK SALOMON. The winner will likely secure the final q...

By NOOR TOORANI A MAN, who issued a dud cheque for BD1,200, has been sentenced to a month in prison. The Lower Criminal Court found the 46-year-old Bahraini guilty of fraud and set his bail at BD...

BAHRAIN'S young musicians could get a taste of the rock star lifestyle when they apply to take part on a local television talent show. Youngsters, aged under 18 years, are being urged to come forward...

TICKETS are still available for British rock star Denny Laine's Bahrain concerts that will take place later this month. The legendary 1960's multi-instrumentalist will perform alongside bassist and m...

By REBECCA TORR BAHRAINI youngsters expressed their solidarity with the Gazans at a protest held in front of the United Nations House in Manama last night. The protest called by Al Shabeeba Societ...

By ANIQA HAIDER MORE than 100 tonnes of food had to be dumped by Bahrain hotels due to the cancellation of New Year's Eve events, in support of war-torn Gaza, it emerged yesterday. Bahrain cancell...

NO CLAIMS: Hotels in Bahrain, including Manama, will not be seeking compensation after New Year parties were banned at the last minute. (Getty Images)

MANAMA: Hundreds of Saudi women each year apply for Bahraini driving licenses and drive legally on the island's roads without any fear, something impossible in the Kingdom where women driving is taboo.

Abu Dhabi: UAE riders led by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, along with Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ministe...

The Green City Project was launched two years back and aims to plant palm trees in 18 locations, including health centres, schools, roads and other public places in

MANAMA - Lovers of the legendary Egyptian singer Um-Kulthoum will have the opportunity to know more about her singing and life in an exhibition opening here on January 10.

Jan 6, 2009 - 11:20 - Abu Dhabi, 6 Jan. 2009 (WAM) - H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education '&' Scientific Research, received here this evening Sheikha May Al Khalifa, ...