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Bahrain, hoping to ride the crest of the renewable energy wave, is set to build a pilot power plant that will produce up to five megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable resources, said a report. The project, to be carried Read more
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani denounced the blockade imposed by three Gulf neighbors (Saudi arabia, UAE and Bahrain) in addition to Egypt as “futile” and voiced confidence in his country’s ability to ward off the ramifications of Read more
Demonstrators in shia-dominated Bahrain locked horns Wednesday with security forces as they marked the seventh anniversary of the 2011 uprising that was clamped down by the ruling Sunni family. Dozens demonstrators took to the streets in capital Manama. They chanted Read more
Bahraini authorities held Iran responsible for a plot to bomb a pipeline connecting the country to Saudi Arabia, after the arrest of a four-member terrorist cell with ties to Iran. The Bahraini Interior Ministry said two of the group members Read more
Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani Sunday sent UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan a cable of condolences following the death of his mother, marking the first public direct official communication between the two rivals since Read more
Kuwait has slammed a Saudi top official’s tilt at the Kuwaiti sports minister over his recent visit to Qatar, a country facing a regional isolation from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt. Kuwaiti deputy foreign minister Khaled Read more
Emiratis authorities have told their army to avoid confrontation with isolated Qatar following aggression accusations traded by the two countries over the past few weeks, as the Gulf crisis enters its seventh month. “We got orders not to escalate and Read more
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Civil Aviation Authority Monday accused Qatar of intercepting with fighter jets two of its commercial flights in two incidents that it described as violation of the internal law conventions including threats to safety of civil Read more
Qatar’s ambassador to the UN has filed a complaint with the world body’s Security Council as her country accuses United Arab Emirates (UAE) of violating its airspace. UAE fighters allegedly entered the Qatari airspace in December, amid the ongoing crisis Read more
A court has sentenced blogger Abdullah al-Saleh to five years in prison in absentia for criticizing Saudi Arabia in the diplomatic showdown between the kingdom, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain plus Egypt on one side and Qatar on the other. Read more