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Manama: The annual Heritage Festival returns this year in its 28th edition, as it will be held under the patronage of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.  It will be inaugurated by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA) on Thursday, near Arad Castle. The festival continues to present its activities during  April 7-9, and 14-16, from 9pm until 12am. The activities will highlight gold as a non-material Bahraini heritage, under the title “Our Golden Heritage”. This year’s festival presents a program that celebrates the non-material heritage of Bahrain, including traditional crafts, folk arts, and other events that are suitable…

Manama:  Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, visited today the National Centre for Cybersecurity. He was received by Chief of Public Security, Lt-General Tariq Al Hassan, the CEO of the Centre Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and some officials. At the beginning of the visit, the Interior Minister was briefed on the workflow and procedures to provide the best security services by monitoring and controlling systems for tracking cyber hackings to respond to them and limit their effects. He was also briefed on the government and private networks protection system. During the visit, the Centre’s CEO…

Athens: A fire Wednesday in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, left one patient dead and two seriously injured, firefighters said. The fire department said it evacuated 34 patients from the COVID-19 ward of the Papanikolaou hospital. The blaze was quickly extinguished, reports AP. Four of the uninjured patients who were evacuated had already been in serious condition due to the coronavirus, and were under increased monitoring, authorities said. The body of one patient was found on the second floor, the fire department said. Several fatal fires in COVID-19 hospital wards in…

Manama: His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received today at Al Sakhir Palace – in the presence of in the presence of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa amd Supreme Council for Youth and Sports First Deputy Chairman, General Sports Authority Chairman and BOC President HH Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa and– well wishes from the Governorate of Muharraq marking the Holy Month of Ramadan, The wellwishers greeted HM the…

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Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, today received a parliamentary delegation from the UK Abraham Accords Group, chaired by Dr. Liam Fox, Member of the UK House of Commons, on the occasion of their visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain. They discussed the group’s efforts to spread the values of peace, tolerance and peaceful coexistence emanating from the Abraham Accords signed between the Kingdom of Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, the United States of America and the State of Israel. They also reviewed opportunities to enhance communication and cooperation among these countries for the benefit of…

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Shaikh Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah today presented the government’s resignation to Crown Prince Mishal Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah.

More than 40 local domain names have been reserved in the first three days of the launch of the service. The number reflects the extent of the cooperation’s contribution to boost the local domain (.bh) and the contribution to increase its use by the eCommerce practitioners. The reservation of the local domain name for eCommerce platforms through mall.bh is a new service added to the current services provided by mall.bh. The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism said that the eCommerce practitioners might reserve the local domain name (.bh) by visiting Mall.bh via https://www.mall.bh to complete the reservation process.

More than 60% of Putin’s war chest has been frozen by sanctions but more needs to be done, Liz Truss has said. The foreign secretary said “crippling” sanctions are pushing the Russian economy back “into the Soviet era”. More than $350bn (£266bn) of Russia’s $604bn foreign currency reserves are unavailable to the regime, she added. Her call for more to be done comes amid condemnation after images of bodies in the streets of Bucha, near Kyiv, emerged after Russian troops withdrew. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned he believes the worst atrocities committed by Russian forces are yet to be discovered, but…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that the worst atrocities committed by Russian troops departing from the north of the country are yet to be discovered. He said the town of Borodyanka may have suffered more than others. Horrific images of bodies in streets in towns like Bucha have generated shock and condemnation worldwide. Ukrainian intelligence officials said Russian units based in the region would be sent back to eastern Ukraine. The 64th motorised rifle brigade – which they allege committed atrocities in Bucha – would return to the conflict within weeks, probably to the Kharkiv area, they said. Russia…