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Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister, Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani received on Thursday the Founder and Chairwoman of the Bahrain Entrepreneurship Organisation (BEO), Feryal Abdulla Nass and reviewed with her the latest economic developments, in general, and the entrepreneurship sector, in particular. The minister lauded BEO’s meaningful programmes, positive initiatives and remarkable efforts aimed at advancing and empowering the entrepreneurship sector, as well as strengthening its major role in the kingdom’s economic development. He underlined the government’s support for BEO’s efforts, and keenness to ensure all requirements and facilities for their success so as to enhance BEO’s development goals at the…

Facebook on Thursday said its WhatsApp messaging app would start to offer in-app purchases and hosting services, as it moves to boost revenue from the app while knitting together e-commerce infrastructure across the company. The world’s biggest social media company has been trying to boost sales from higher-growth units such as Instagram and WhatsApp, which it bought in 2014 for $19 billion but has been slow to monetize. With the changes, WhatsApp will enable businesses sell products inside WhatsApp via Facebook Shops, an online store launched in May to offer a unified shopping experience across Facebook’s apps. The company will…

A fire erupted on Wednesday in Saudi Arabia’s Tanouma, located in the Kingdom’s southwestern Asir region, and the General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defense said there were no injuries reported so far. “The civil defense teams in Asir continue their tasks in extinguishing the fire in Tanouma and prevent it from reaching residential areas, without reporting any injuries so far, thank God,” the General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defense said in a tweet on Thursday. Earlier, the Kingdom’s General Directorate of Civil Defense said the fire started in a rugged area in Tanouma’s Jabal Ghulamah. “The strong winds contributed to…

The Supreme Committee confirmed its decision about the start of the academic year for all schools in Oman on November 1, and on the conclusion of a partial curfew at 5am on Saturday 24 October. Oman is currently on a curfew that doesn’t allow any movement, unless for emergency purposes and for exempted categories, from 8pm till 5am, since 11 October. The Supreme Committee addedschools will adopt a curriculum that involves blended learning. The statement expressed concern about the persistence of some members of the community bent on social gatherings. Irrespective of numerous warnings and advice, there were some sections…

Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun designated Saad al-Hariri as prime minister on Thursday to form a new government to tackle the worst crisis since the country’s 1975-1990 civil war. Hariri won the backing of a majority of parliamentarians in consultations with Aoun. He faces major challenges to navigate Lebanon’s power-sharing politics and agree a cabinet, which must then address a mounting list of woes: a banking crisis, currency crash, rising poverty and crippling state debts. A new government will also have to contend with a COVID-19 surge and the fallout of the huge August explosion at Beirut port that killed nearly…

Health Minister Faeqa bint Said Al-Saleh received Dr. Jameela Al-Salman and Dr. Najat Abul Fate and congratulated them on winning the first edition of the Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa Award for Bahraini Doctors in its first category (“Innovation and Creative Award in Therapeutic, Clinical and Medical Research Award”. The minister also expressed congratulations to Dr. Mariam Ebrahim Al-Hajeri, recipient of the award in its second category (“Extended Loyalty and Giving Award). In attendance were Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Waleed Al-Manea, Assistant Undersecretary for Primary  Care Dr. Manal Al-Alawi and Government Hospitals Acting Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Ansari. Al-Saleh…

Bahrain will reopen the internal services of restaurants and cafes, with a limit of 30 people in each facility, starting 24th October. The reopening is based on developments and data that are studied periodically and according to the recommendations of the National Medical Team. “Based on developments and data that are studied periodically and according to the recommendations of the National Medical Team, the implementation of what was previously announced will be implemented by reopening the internal services of restaurants and cafes, with no more than 30 people in each facility, starting next Saturday corresponding to 24 October,” said Dr. Waleed Al Manea,…

The Court of HRH the Prime Minister today announced the winners of the first edition of the $ 200,000-worth “Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Award for Bahraini Doctor”. Earlier this year, His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued directives to celebrate the Bahraini Doctors’ Day on the first Wednesday of November each year, and launch a US $ 200,000-worth award carrying his name to honour outstanding Bahraini doctors in the medical, clinical and treatment research. The jury submitted the names of the laureates to the Award’s Board, chaired by the Undersecretary of HRH Premier’s Court,…

Israel and the United Arab Emirates will a sign a deal on Tuesday to allow 28 weekly commercial flights between Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Israel’s Transportation Ministry said on Sunday. The agreement, which also allows unlimited charter flights to a smaller airport in southern Israel and 10 weekly cargo flights, comes after Israel and UAE agreed to normalize relations. The aviation deal will be signed at Ben Gurion airport and flights are expected to begin within weeks, the ministry said. (Reuters)

Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadl Al-Buainain, has announced the establishment of a new specialized Prosecution Unit to be housed within the Public Prosecution. The announcement follows decision 34/ 2020 to set up a Prosecution of Trafficking in Persons dedicated to investigating the crimes stipulated in Law 1/ 2008 regarding combating trafficking in persons or related to it in any other law. This includes forced labour, withholding wages and crimes committed under the laws of the Labor Market Regulatory Authority, the regulation of tourism, beggary and homelessness, and other crimes affecting human rights and freedom in which exploitation may arise…