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Bahrain HIMARS Order Boosts Gulf Arab’s Formidable Rocket Arsenals

Bahrain HIMARS Order Boosts Gulf Arab’s Formidable Rocket Arsenals

US soldiers inspect a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at the Bahrain International Airshow in Sakhir on November 13, 2024. (Photo by MAZEN MAHDI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The small island kingdom of Bahrain has...

King Hamad Issues New Law on Minor Crimes and Fines

JL TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Decree-Law No. (32) of 2025, amending certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law issued under Decree-Law No. (46) of 2002. The decree was...

VA Tech WABAG bags repeat order from Kingdom of Bahrain for setting up treatment plant

VA Tech WABAG bags repeat order from Kingdom of Bahrain for setting up treatment plant

Water treatment player VA Tech WABAG has secured an order worth 5.12 million Bahraini dinars, about Rs 118 crore, from the Kingdom of Bahrain for setting up a 40MLD sewage treatment plant, the company said. This is a repeat order for the...

VA Tech Wabag secures ₹118-crore repeat contract in Bahrain

VA Tech Wabag secures ₹118-crore repeat contract in Bahrain

Indian water technology firm, VA Tech Wabag, announced on Tuesday it has secured a repeat order worth ₹118 crore from the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning (MoW) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. According to the press release,...

Uzbekistan FM To Visit Bahrain And Qatar

Uzbekistan FM To Visit Bahrain And Qatar

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) TASHKENT , Uzbekistan , August 19. A delegation from Uzbekistan, headed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bakhtiyor Saidov, is set to hit the road for official visits to the Kingdom of Bahrain and the State of Qatar from...

Bahrain to strengthen strike power with US HIMARS rocket artillery system

Bahrain to strengthen strike power with US HIMARS rocket artillery system

According to information published by the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency on August 14, 2025, the United States has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Bahrain worth $500 million for the acquisition of the M142...

Kingdom’s judokas strike double gold in Amman

Kingdom’s judokas strike double gold in Amman

JUDO – THE kingdom’s senior men’s judo national team struck double gold last night on the opening day of action in the Amman Asian Open 2025 in Jordan. The two-day meeting is being held as part of this year’s International Judo Federation (IJF)...

Bahrain players claim top individual awards

Bahrain players claim top individual awards

BASKETBALL – BAHRAIN’S Somto Patrick Onoduenyi and Hussien Fouad both came away with top individual awards in the 22nd U16 Arab Basketball Championship for Youth in Cairo, Egypt. Onoduenyi and Fouad were instrumental in helping spearhead the...

Bahrain Updates Penal Code to Strengthen Accountability for Negligence

TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Decree Amending Laws on Death and Injury by Negligence His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Decree-Law No. (31) of 2025, introducing key amendments to Bahrain’s Penal Code. The move...

Bahrain Approves Unified GCC International Land Transport Law

Ashen Tharaka TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Manama, August 19 – His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Royal Decree-Law No. (35) of 2025 approving the Unified International Land Transport Law among the Gulf...

King Hamad Approves New Oil and Gas Concession Agreement in Bahrain

JL TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Decree-Law No. (33) of 2025, approving a new concession agreement for the Jubbah and Pre-Tawil sites in the Bahrain oil field. The decree comes...

Bahrain Tightens Road Safety Laws Under Royal Decree

TDT | Manama Fines Up to BD 10,000 and Jail Terms Up to 10 Years Under New Traffic Law HM King Issues Decree to Toughen Traffic Law Penalties in Bahrain His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has issued Royal Decree Law No. (30) of 2025,...

Bahrain duo win top awards at U16 Arab Championship

Hussain Almaskati Bahrain’s Somto Patrick Onoduenyi and Hussien Fouad claimed individual honours as the kingdom’s youth team celebrated a first-ever title at the U16 Arab Basketball Championship in Cairo. Onoduenyi was named Most Valuable Player,...

King Hamad Sends Congratulations to Hungarian President on Constitution Day

JL TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a congratulatory message to His Excellency President Katalin Tamás Shuyok of Hungary on the occasion of Hungary’s Constitution Day. In the message, the...

Bahrain’s U-16 basketball team claims Arab title

SK TDT | Manama Email : editor@newsofbahrain.com Bahrain’s under-16 national basketball team returns home today after clinching the 22nd Arab Basketball Championship in Cairo, marking the Kingdom’s first-ever Arab title in the sport. The young...

King of Bahrain Sends Congratulations to King of Morocco on National Revolution Anniversary

SK TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain, sent a congratulatory message to His Brother, King Mohammed VI of Morocco, on the occasion of the anniversary of the King and People’s...

Abdulla scores in Bahrain’s win

Abdulla scores in Bahrain’s win

FOOTBALL – BAHRAIN’S under-23 Olympic football team registered a narrow 1-0 victory over their counterparts from Bangladesh last night in a friendly match played in the kingdom. Issa Abdulla scored the lone goal of the contest, held at the Bahrain...

Rise in use of AI tools ‘is complicating medical care’ in Bahrain

Rise in use of AI tools ‘is complicating medical care’ in Bahrain

Doctors across Bahrain are warning that the rise of AI tools is complicating medical care, as more patients arrive at clinics armed with self-diagnoses drawn from digital assistants ... having galloped away in distress with unfounded conclusions....

Bahrain: Three initiatives launched to save water

Bahrain: Three initiatives launched to save water

Bahrain - Three initiatives have been launched by the United Nations Habitat office in Bahrain, in partnership with local entities, to save more than 250,000 cubic metres of water. The programme will include leak repairs in 250 households,...

iGA organises successful technical program for 80 young Bahrainis

SK TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com The Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA) organised an introductory session for 80 young Bahrainis newly accepted into the third batch of its Technical Development Program (TTDP). His Excellency...

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