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Bahrain :  The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman, HE. Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humood Al Busaidi, and his accompanying delegation, arrived in the Kingdom of Bahrain today heading his country’s delegation to the seventh session of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Committee, which will convene tomorrow. Upon arrival at Bahrain International Airport, the Omani Foreign Minister was received by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, HE. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Oman, HE. Dr. Juma bin Ahmed Al Kaabi, the Ambassador of the Sultanate of Oman to the Kingdom of…

Bahrain : Animal Resources Undersecretary at the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning, Dr. Khalid Ahmed Hassan, said that the Works Ministry welcomes and encourages foreign investments that contribute to achieving food security and taking advantage of technology and modern techniques to increase animal production. While receiving the newly-appointed Bahraini Ambassador to Brazil, Badr Abbas Al-Hulaibi, the undersecretary said that achieving sustainable food security requires focusing on many areas, including increasing animal products (poultry and eggs), using modern technology, such as industrial intelligence, investment in agricultural lands in countries that are politically and economically stable and possess the…

Bahrain :  Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) has welcomed the decision taken by the transitional government of the Republic of Sudan to stop the suspension of the license granted to the “Khayrat Al Bahrain” project in Al-Dabbah, as part of the distinguished relations between the two brotherly countries. The company commended the major role played by the Foreign Affairs Ministry and its Sudanese counterpart in canceling the decision to suspend the license. Mumtalakat re-affirmed its keenness to contribute to the efforts to achieve food security for the Kingdom, in line with its objectives and investment vision. It added that since…

US : President Biden approved the strike against the ISIS-K planner, an official said. According to a statement from Central Command spokesperson Capt. Bill Urban, “the unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target.” The US has conducted an airstrike against an ISIS-K planner, Central Command spokesperson Capt. Bill Urban said in a statement. “US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,”…

Bahrain : Over the last few months, Amin “Fierceness” Ayoub and Ahmed “The Butcher” Amir have built an ongoing rivalry. The banter between the two mixed martial artists extended far outside the cage. However, Ayoub wasn’t the original speck in the eye of Amir as the Egyptian bruiser wanted revenge on Cleiton “The Predator” Silva, whom he shared a bloody history with when they fought at BRAVE CF 11 in April 2018. Silva walked out of the grueling encounter with his hand raised in triumph, defeating Amir by way of second-round stoppage. More than a year after their encounter, the…

Kabul : Western forces running the Afghan airlift braced on Saturday for more attacks after the United States launched a drone strike, apparently killing a Daesh “planner”, two days after the group claimed a deadly bombing outside Kabul airport. Among the 92 killed in Thursday’s suicide blast, claimed by Afghanistan’s Daesh affiliate, were 13 U.S. service members, the most lethal incident for U.S. troops in Afghanistan in a decade, Reuters reported. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” the U.S. military said in a statement, referring to the overnight drone strike. U.S. Central…

New York : Tennis fans 12 years or older will be required to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine in order to attend the U.S. Open, tournament officials announced Friday, just three days before the main draw was set to begin. The New York City mayor’s office on Friday mandated proof of vaccine to enter Arthur Ashe Stadium, where the major puts on its primetime matches, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said. The USTA then elected to extend the vaccine requirement to all attendees 12 years old or older at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, regardless of…

Tokyo :  Two people died after receiving Moderna (MRNA.O) COVID-19 vaccine shots that were among lots later suspended following the discovery of contaminants, Japan’s health ministry said on Saturday. The men in their 30s died this month within days of receiving their second Moderna doses, the ministry said in a release. Each had a shot from one of three manufacturing lots suspended on Thursday. The cause of the deaths is still being investigated, Reuters said. Japan halted the use of 1.63 million Moderna doses shipped to 863 vaccination centres nationwide, more than a week after the domestic distributor, Takeda Pharmaceutical…

The House select committee investigating the deadly invasion of the Capitol on Jan. 6 said Friday it is demanding a trove of records from 15 social media companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google and a slew of pro-Trump platforms. The requests for records stretching back to the spring of 2020 are related to “the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election or prevent the certification of the results, domestic violent extremism, and foreign influence in the 2020 election,” the committee said in a press release.

Moscow : At least nine people are known to have died and four are still unaccounted following a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Kazakhstan, the country’s Emergency Situations Ministry announced on Friday. Around 90 people, all military and emergency services personnel, were injured in the blast, which took place on Thursday evening at a military facility in the Jambyl region of southern Kazakhstan, dpa reported. According to Kazakh state media, the ammunition depot is used to store more than 500 tons of explosives. Debris from the explosions was found as far as 2 kilometres from the blast…