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Gulf Air Says Its Data Breached, Vital Operations Not Affected: Report
Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain's news agency BNA reported on Saturday.
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Bahrain's Crown Prince Calls Qatar In Apparent Step Towards Mending Fences
Bahrain's crown prince spoke with Qatar's emir by telephone, the BNA state news agency reported late on Wednesday, in a sign the two Gulf states could move towards repairing relations two years after an Arab boycott of Qatar was lifted.
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Saudi, Arab Nations Discuss Plan To 'Plant 50 Billion Trees'
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional tree-planting project, state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday.
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Bruised But Coping, Qatar's Economy Remains Strong: Experts
Since June 5, Saudi Arabia and allies Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates shut down air, maritime and land links with Qatar, and imposed economic sanctions, accusing Doha of supporting "terrorists" and of being too close to Iran.
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Iran Sends 1,100 Tonnes Of Food To Qatar Daily: Report
Iran is shipping more than 1,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Qatar every day after Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia cut relations with Doha, Fars news agency reported Thursday.Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain are among several countries which announced on June 5 the suspension of all ties to Qatar over what they say is its support for ext...
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Bahrain Foreign Minister Khaled Bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa Hacked Hot On Heels Of Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday just 10 days after a cyber attack on the official news agency of neighbouring Qatar.
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Bahrain Court Sentences 29 People To 5-25 Years Jail For 2014 Explosion: Report
Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced 29 people to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years for detonating an explosive device intended to kill policemen in 2014, state news agency Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Wednesday.
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Bahrain Jails 5 for Iran-Linked Militancy, Strips Their Citizenship
Five Bahrainis were convicted of conspiring with Iran to carry out attacks inside Bahrain, sentenced to life imprisonment and stripped of their citizenship, Bahrain's Public Prosecutor was cited as saying by state news agency BNA reported.
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Bahrain Recalls Ambassador From Iran, Expels Tehran Envoy
Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran on Thursday and ordered Tehran's envoy to leave within 72 hours, claiming interference in its affairs, the official BNA news agency reported.
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Bahrain King Hamad Pardons Shiite Activist Nabeel Rajab for 'Health Reasons'
Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday pardoned leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, serving a six-month jail sentence, for "health reasons", the official news agency BNA reported.
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Bahrain Jails 57 Shiites on Bomb Plot Charges
A court in Bahrain has handed down sentences of up to life imprisonment against 57 Shiites accused of plotting attacks against police and other targets, state media reported.
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Bahrain Revokes Nationality of 72 on Security Grounds
The Bahraini government has revoked the nationality of 72 citizens for damaging national security, the state news agency BNA reported today.
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Qatar Questions Fate of Citizens Detained in United Arab Emirates
Qatar said Thursday it is looking into the fate of two of its citizens reportedly detained in the United Arab Emirates, a day after Emirati media reported that Qatari intelligence agents were being held by the federation.
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Kimi Raikkonen mulls over future driving plans
He said that Thursday's news of Webber's decision to leave Red Bull had made no difference to him. "I still don't have an answer for what will happen next year, it hasn't changed in the last two races," he said.
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Ecclestone receives support in blackmail claim
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's allegation that he was blackmailed into paying a German banker millions of dollars for the commercial rights of the sport have been backed by a former colleague of the banker, Spiegel news magazine reported on Saturday.
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Gulf Air Says Its Data Breached, Vital Operations Not Affected: Report
Gulf Air said its data was breached on Friday but its operations and vital systems were not affected, Bahrain's news agency BNA reported on Saturday.
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Bahrain's Crown Prince Calls Qatar In Apparent Step Towards Mending Fences
Bahrain's crown prince spoke with Qatar's emir by telephone, the BNA state news agency reported late on Wednesday, in a sign the two Gulf states could move towards repairing relations two years after an Arab boycott of Qatar was lifted.
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Saudi, Arab Nations Discuss Plan To 'Plant 50 Billion Trees'
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the leaders of Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq, and Sudan to discuss a massive regional tree-planting project, state news agency (SPA) reported early on Monday.
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Bruised But Coping, Qatar's Economy Remains Strong: Experts
Since June 5, Saudi Arabia and allies Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates shut down air, maritime and land links with Qatar, and imposed economic sanctions, accusing Doha of supporting "terrorists" and of being too close to Iran.
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Iran Sends 1,100 Tonnes Of Food To Qatar Daily: Report
Iran is shipping more than 1,000 tonnes of fruits and vegetables to Qatar every day after Gulf countries led by Saudi Arabia cut relations with Doha, Fars news agency reported Thursday.Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain are among several countries which announced on June 5 the suspension of all ties to Qatar over what they say is its support for ext...
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Bahrain Foreign Minister Khaled Bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa Hacked Hot On Heels Of Qatar Cyber Attack
Hackers took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday just 10 days after a cyber attack on the official news agency of neighbouring Qatar.
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Bahrain Court Sentences 29 People To 5-25 Years Jail For 2014 Explosion: Report
Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced 29 people to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years for detonating an explosive device intended to kill policemen in 2014, state news agency Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Wednesday.
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Bahrain Jails 5 for Iran-Linked Militancy, Strips Their Citizenship
Five Bahrainis were convicted of conspiring with Iran to carry out attacks inside Bahrain, sentenced to life imprisonment and stripped of their citizenship, Bahrain's Public Prosecutor was cited as saying by state news agency BNA reported.
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Bahrain Recalls Ambassador From Iran, Expels Tehran Envoy
Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran on Thursday and ordered Tehran's envoy to leave within 72 hours, claiming interference in its affairs, the official BNA news agency reported.
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Bahrain King Hamad Pardons Shiite Activist Nabeel Rajab for 'Health Reasons'
Bahrain's King Hamad on Monday pardoned leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, serving a six-month jail sentence, for "health reasons", the official news agency BNA reported.
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Bahrain Jails 57 Shiites on Bomb Plot Charges
A court in Bahrain has handed down sentences of up to life imprisonment against 57 Shiites accused of plotting attacks against police and other targets, state media reported.
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Bahrain Revokes Nationality of 72 on Security Grounds
The Bahraini government has revoked the nationality of 72 citizens for damaging national security, the state news agency BNA reported today.
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Qatar Questions Fate of Citizens Detained in United Arab Emirates
Qatar said Thursday it is looking into the fate of two of its citizens reportedly detained in the United Arab Emirates, a day after Emirati media reported that Qatari intelligence agents were being held by the federation.
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Kimi Raikkonen mulls over future driving plans
He said that Thursday's news of Webber's decision to leave Red Bull had made no difference to him. "I still don't have an answer for what will happen next year, it hasn't changed in the last two races," he said.
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Ecclestone receives support in blackmail claim
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's allegation that he was blackmailed into paying a German banker millions of dollars for the commercial rights of the sport have been backed by a former colleague of the banker, Spiegel news magazine reported on Saturday.
