TEHRAN, Sep. 3 (MNA) – SHANA news agency quoted Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi as saying that the deal to export gas to Bahrain will soon be finalized after negotiations between gas specialis...

KUALA LUMPUR Sep 03 (BNA) Malaysia has welcomed the new round of peace negotiations between the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority, but said iy was not too optimistic that the latest tal...

Moscow Sep 03 (BNA) Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry has said that five people died and hundreds lost their homes as a wave of forest fires spread through central Russia amid an ongoing heat wav...

Thursday, Sep 02, 2010As teargas slowly dissipates into the night air, a Shia protester rails against Bahrain's government during another bout of unrest in the Gulf kingdom.Suddenly, police approach t...

Seoul Sep 03 (BNA) Five people were killed due to the Typhoon Kompasu which lashed South Korea with strong winds and heavy rain, the disaster relief centre said Friday.

Doha Sep 03 (BNA) Qatar Premier and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani today received a phone call from the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell, wh...

Vienna Sep 03 (BNA) International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano has called on Israel to join the Non proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allow IAEA inspectors to monitor its nuclear fa...

Tokyo also intends to reduce its oil imports from Iran, which is considered its major supplier.The BBC said the measures go beyond those which were imposed by the UN Security Council and ban transacti...

Pre-paid mobile phone users in Bahrain who failed to register their details by last month’s deadline will be given a final chance to come forward before their SIM cards are permanently disconnected,...

Manama, Bahrain: Recognizing the Bahrain government's continued move to create awareness on health issues, the Bahrain Exhibition and Convention Authority (BECA), is introducing a new Health and Welln...

The fast-attack submarine Norfolk is due home next week, the Navy announced today.

investigation into torture allegations [press release] made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after 15 days of solitary confinement, Abd al-Jalil al-...

Tehran Sep 02 (BNA) His Majesty King Hamad today sent a letter to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dealing with good bilateral relations in all fields and issues of j...

Several bloggers such as Andishe Sabz and news sites reported [fa] that the internet connection in Iran was interrupted on Thursday as Iranian regime fears the demonstration in "Quds Day" . Iranina bloggers also reported that access to Gmail and Yahoo messanger became very difficult.

Manama Sep 02 (BNA) Interior Minister Lieutenant General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa today met outgoing Jordanian liaison officer to Bahrain Brigadier General Hussain Yusif Al Malakawi and hi...

Beirut Sep 2 (BNA) An Israeli reconnaissance plane today violated the Lebanese airspace over Al Naqoura village in the South, where it conducted several unwarranted flights before leaving later from a...

Manama Sep 02 (BNA) A key meeting was held between the Isa Humanities Award board of trustees and the Thai Prince Mahidol Award delegation at Gudaibiya Palace.

As teargas slowly dissipates into the night air, a Shia protester rails against Bahrain’s government during another bout of unrest in the Gulf kingdom.Suddenly, police approach the gathering, nervou...

Bahrain's Oil and Gas Affairs Minister Abdul-Hussain Bin Ali Mirza, in a meeting with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has lauded the Islamic Republic's progress. The Bahraini minister, during the meeti...

Manama Sep 02 (BNA) His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa today received a cable of congratulations from Shura Council president Ali bin Saleh Al Saleh, secretary gene...