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Bahrain and Kyrgyzstan are set to enhance relations and expand cooperation across several areas, the Kyrgyz foreign minister has said. “Talks with HRH the Crown prince and Prime Minister, the Speaker and the Minister of Foreign Affairs were highly successful,” Jeenbek Kulubaev said. “There was full understanding and we had agreements all the way. Both our countries are committed to boosting relations and to boosting the exchange of visits at the highest levels,” the minister told Bahrain News Agency (BNA). Kulubaev on his first visit to the Kingdom said he was “very impressed” by what he saw in Bahrain, its…

U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday signed into law the first major federal gun reform in three decades, days after a decision he condemned by the Supreme Court expandingfirearm owners’ rights. “God willing, it’s going to save a lot of lives,” Biden said at the White House after signing the bill with his wife Jill by his side. The bipartisan bill came together just weeks after mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo that killed more than 30 people, including 19 children at an elementary school. The law includes provisions to help states keep guns out of the hands of those…

Russian forces have fully occupied Sievierodonetsk, the mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city said on Saturday, confirming Ukraine’s biggest battlefield setback for more than a month, after weeks of some of the bloodiest fighting of the war. Pro-Russian separatists said Moscow’s forces were now attacking the last major Ukrainian-held bastion in eastern Luhansk province, Sievierodonetsk’s twin city Lysychansk on the opposite bank of the Siverskyi Donets river. The fall of Sievierodonetsk – once home to more than 100,000 people, now a wasteland – was Russia’s biggest victory since capturing the port of Mariupol last month. It transforms the battlefield in…

Afghanistan’s Taliban administration called on international governments on Saturday to roll back sanctions and lift a freeze on central bank assets following the earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people and left thousands homeless this week. The 6.1-magnitude quake that struck the east of the country early on Wednesday damaged or destroyed 10,000 homes and also injured about 2,000 people, straining the country’s fragile health system and posing a major test for the ruling Taliban. While humanitarian aid continues to flow to Afghanistan, funds needed for longer-term development were halted when the Taliban seized control of the country last August…

President Joe Biden’s administration indicated it will seek to prevent states from banning a pill used for medication abortion in light of the Supreme Court ruling overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, signaling a major new legal fight. The administration could argue in court that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of mifepristone, one of the pills used for medication abortions, pre-empts state restrictions, meaning federal authority outweighs any state action. That same argument has already been raised by Las Vegas-based GenBioPro Inc, which sells a generic version of the pill, in a lawsuit challenging Mississippi’s restrictions…

Jennifer Kerns, a California physician, will soon also practice 1,800 miles away at an abortion clinic in Kansas, where women from nearby states in the Midwest with bans on the procedure are expected to seek care. Abortion clinics and providers say Kerns is among dozens of doctors who have recently sought new medical licenses in states where abortion could remain legal, anticipating Friday’s landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to end recognition of a woman’s constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy. “We felt like this was part of our responsibility – to provide services in a place where they’re…

Interior Minister and Chairman of the National Anti-Drug Committee, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, today attended the celebration to mark the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The celebration was attended by the Minister of Youth and Sports Affairs, Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Affairs, Information Affairs Minister, Interior Ministry’s Undersecretary for Nationality, Passports and Residence Affairs, Inspector-General, Deputy Public Security Chief and senior officials. The Interior Minister expressed thanks and appreciation for the sincere efforts of the committee and the role of the Anti-Narcotics Directorate and all security authorities in protecting the community.…

Health Ministry Undersecretary Dr. Waleed Al Manea stressed the importance of continuing to adhere to precautionary measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 to preserve the health and safety of citizens and residents in Bahrain. The undersecretary pointed out that the Kingdom is keen on the health and safety of everyone, as it is a top priority and a constant goal in all efforts to confront the virus. Dr. Al Manea indicated that health facilities require wearing masks according to their guiding instructions, and that wearing a mask is optional in the interior and exterior areas according to the guiding…

Bahrain Defense Force (BDF) held a graduation ceremony of a specialized courses for officers, Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations Major General Ghanim Ibrahim Al Fadhala, was present. At the end of the ceremony, the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations presented the graduates and top achievers with their certificates and prizes of appreciation. Officers from Kuwaiti armed forces of participated in the graduation.

A Bahraini student, Fatima Abdulnabi Mansour Al Said, came fourth in a speech competition held in Egypt. Fatima, from Al Ahed Al Zahir Girls’ Secondary School also excelled in the rhetoric, poetic recitation and grammar components. No stranger to accomplishments, Fatima won the public speaking competition in Bahrain. “My talents vary between speech, public speaking and acting, and I began to practice them early,” she said. “I benefited greatly from the activities and competitions held by the Ministry of Education, and the real breakthrough was in the intermediate school.” She kept the pace in the secondary school thanks to support…