Author: News Desk

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today received a cable from Labour and Social Development Minister, Jameel in Mohammed Humaidan. The minister extended, on behalf of all workers in the kingdom, deepest thanks and gratitude to HM the King, marking the International Workers’ Day, which is observed all over the world on May 1. The minister commended HM the King’s unlimited interest in workers and constant keenness to patronise the kingdom’s celebrations of the Labour Day to honour dedicated and distinguished workers in various production sectors. Minister Humaidan affirmed HM the King’s unwavering support for workers’ rights and…

The moon-sighting panel will convene today, Saturday evening, to receive news and testimonies about the birth of the new crescent, of the month of Shawwal for the year 1443 Hijri, signaling the advent of  Eid Al Fitr The panel will meet at the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (SCIA) headquarters, it was announced. The SCIA urged the public who sights the new Shawwal crescent to contact the moon-sighting panel. The sighting of the moon signifies the end of Ramadan, the ninth month on the lunar-based calendar. In the Islamic calendar, Ramadan is followed by the month of Shawwal. The first…

The General Directorate of Traffic today announced that there will be high traffic presence during Eid Al-Fitr holidays, through monitoring main roads and junctions near commercial malls and roads of heavy traffic. It called upon road users to follow traffic rules, including the speed limits, especially in residential areas and not to cross the red signals.

The United Arab Emirates has announced the launch of a new space mission to the International Space Station that will last for six months. The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) signed a new strategic cooperation in human spaceflight with Axiom Space Inc., a leading human spaceflight and infrastructure company, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, said: “We launched the ” UAE Astronaut programme” more than five years ago. The UAE sent the first Arab astronaut on a historic trip to the International Space Station……

Bahrain has invested BD3.3 billion to finance social housing projects since the establishment of the Ministry of Housing. The partnership between the public and private sector is expected to further boost housing projects over the coming years, said Housing Minister Basem bin Yacoub Al Hamer. He was addressing the UN High Level Meeting on the Implementation of the Urban Agenda in New York, which also discussed the 2030 Social Development Goals (SDGs). He highlighted His Majesty King Hamad’s royal directives to construct 40,000 units, underlining the efforts of the Government, chaired by His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al…

Russian forces pounded Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Saturday but failed to capture three target areas, Ukraine’s military said, while Moscow said Western sanctions on Russia and arms shipments to Ukraine were impeding peace negotiations. The Russians were trying to capture the areas of Lyman in Donetsk and Sievierodonetsk and Popasna in Luhansk, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a daily update. “Not succeeding – the fighting continues,” it said. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in remarks published early on Saturday, said lifting Western sanctions on Russia was part of the peace talks, which he said were…

India said on Saturday it had seized $725 million from the local bank accounts of China’s Xiaomi Corp after a probe found the smartphone maker had made illegal remittances to foreign entities by passing them off as royalty payments. India’s financial crime fighting agency, the Enforcement Directorate, had been investigating the Chinese company’s business practices over suspected violations of Indian foreign exchange laws. The agency said on Saturday it had seized the bank account assets from Xiaomi Technology India Private Limited after finding the firm had remitted the foreign currency equivalent of 55.5 billion rupees to three foreign-based entities, including one…

Twitter Chief Executive Parag Agrawal sought to quell employee anger on Friday during a company-wide meeting where employees demanded answers to how managers planned to handle an anticipated mass exodus prompted by Elon Musk. The meeting comes after Musk, the Tesla chief executive who sealed a $44 billion deal to buy the social media company, repeatedly criticized Twitter’s content moderation practices and a top executive responsible for setting speech and safety policies. At the internal town hall meeting, which was heard by Reuters, executives said the company would monitor staff attrition daily, but it was too soon to tell how the…

The United States does not believe that there is a threat of Russia using nuclear weapons despite a recent escalation in Moscow’s rhetoric, a senior U.S. defense official said on Friday. “We continue to monitor their nuclear capabilities every day the best we can and we do not assess that there is a threat of the use of nuclear weapons and no threat to NATO territory,” the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told reporters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday the West should not underestimate the elevated risks of nuclear conflict over Ukraine. Russia said earlier…

A Russian law firm on Friday said it had filed a lawsuit against U.S. tech giant Apple seeking 90 million roubles ($1.28 million) in damages for consumers affected by Apple withdrawing its payment service from Russia. Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Law firm Chernyshov, Lukoyanov & Partners said Apple had violated Russian consumers’ rights after the company restricted the use of its built-in Apple Pay service on March 1 in response to Moscow sending troops into Ukraine. The lawsuit, which it said had been filed with a Moscow court, is seeking 90 million roubles in damages,…