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Russia said on Monday it had launched mass strikes overnight on the Ukrainian military and associated military targets, using its air force, missile forces, artillery and air defence systems to hit hundreds of targets across its southern neighbour. The Russian defence ministry said in a statement that air-launched missiles had destroyed 16 Ukrainian military facilities overnight, including five command posts, a fuel depot and three ammunition warehouses, as well as Ukrainian armour and forces. It said those strikes took place in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions and in the port of Mykolayiv, and that the Russian air force…

Authorities in Ukraine’s Western and Southern regions of Lviv and Dnipropetrovsk reported multiple explosions on Monday, while a Reuters reporter heard a series of blasts in Kyiv, as Russia’s invasion of the country continues. Six people were killed and eight wounded in Lviv where missiles struck military facilities and a car tire service point, regional governor Maksym Kozystkiy said. Separately, authorities said some of the missiles hit areas close to a railway station and other railroad facilities, briefly disrupting normal traffic. According to media outlet Suspilne, two people were wounded in the Dnipropetrovsk attacks. In Kyiv, a Reuters reporter heard…

Four civilians were shot dead while trying to flee by car from the town of Kreminna in Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region during a Russian attack, regional governor Serhiy Gaidai said in a post on messaging app Telegram on Monday. A fourth person was seriously injured, he said. Reuters could not independently verify the information.

Ukraine has completed a questionnaire which will form a starting point for the European Union to decide on membership for Kyiv, Ihor Zhovkva, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, said. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen handed the questionnaire to Zelenskiy during her visit to Kyiv on April 8th, pledging a speedier start to Ukraine’s bid to become a member of the EU following Russia’s invasion of the country. “Today, I can say that the document has been completed by the Ukrainian side,” Zhovkva told the Ukrainian public broadcaster Sunday evening. The European Commission will need to issue…

Manama: The General Directorate of Traffic is cooperating with Talabat Company to offer training for its drivers. The service is part of the General Directorate’s dedication to promoting the safety of road users. Deputy Director-General of Traffic Col. Mohammed Al Daraj said that the directorate offers multi-lingual training courses and organises awareness campaigns to inform about traffic rules and limit wrong practices. The training for the company comes in relation to the increasing number of delivery drivers from various companies. The Deputy Director-General valued the cooperation of Talabat with the directorate and its dedication to directing its drivers to follow traffic rules. Talabat…

Manama: The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) has today announced the licensing of the first injectable medicines manufacturing site in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Gulf Biotech Company, established in 2015 as part of a joint Bahraini-Saudi venture, will be granted a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certificate to start producing and marketing sterile and injectable formulations subject to passing an NHRA inspection. Commenting on the facility’s impending inspection, Her Excellency Dr Maryam Al Jalahma, CEO of the National Health Regulatory Authority, said: “The NHRA will ensure that the injectable medicines manufacturing site meets the necessary safety and quality standards in-line with…

Information Affairs Minister, Ali bin Mohammed Al-Romaihi, has underlined the Ministry’s keenness to provide a variety of television and radio programmes during the holy month of Ramadan that reflects the authentic Bahraini heritage and appeals to Bahraini and Arab viewers. The minister made the statements while visiting “Souq Al-Baraha” at Diyar Al-Muhrarraq, where the Al-Sariyah TV Quiz show is filmed and produced. Al-Romaihi was informed about the progress of the TV quiz show, praising the support enjoyed by the media sector, in general, and the Al-Sariyah Programme, in particular, from HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs…

Bahrain has condemned the Israeli police’s storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday, and the resulting acts of violence, injury and arrest of dozens of worshipers, which represents a provocation to Muslims, especially in the Holy Month of Ramadan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stressed the importance of respecting the sanctity of Al-Aqsa Mosque and Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and the need to respect the role of Jordan in caring for sanctities and endowments in accordance with international law and the existing historical context. It affirmed the need to stop any provocative measures that would fuel violence, religious hatred, extremism and instability. The…

The qualifying stage of the “His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa Quran Award” has started with the participation of as many as 600 contestants, the organisers announced. Patronisied by HH Shaikha Lulwa bint Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the award is organised by the Al-Noor Charity Welfare Society for the second straight year. The organising committee said that there is a fierce competition among the participants, noting that the competitions are held for 61 contestants every night, after the Al-Taraweeh prayers, via Teams application. The panel asserted that the award jury comprises specialists in the holy Quran…

Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saudi, today held a telephone call with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China. During the telephone conversation, the distinguished bilateral relations between the two countries and ways of developing them within the Saudi-Chinese Joint Committee were discussed, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The two sides also agreed to exert more effort to enhance partnership and strategic relations between the two friendly countries. The overall international situations and issues were also reviewed. During the telephone conversation, China’s President lauded…