Year-on-year expansion of Bahrain’s construction sector accelerated to 6.7% in Q1, according to the Bahrain Economic Development Board
Politics & Economics
Bahrain
UAE, Saudi and Kuwait to announce economic aid programme for Bahrain
Bahrain has a projected state budget gap of $3.5 billion in 2018
Bahrain
Bahrain announces biggest oil find since 1932
The shale oil and natural gas ‘is understood to dwarf Bahrain’s current reserves’
Beirut
Bahrain warns citizens against travel to Lebanon
Warning came a day after Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced his resignation
Amnesty International
Bahrain charges activist with ‘terrorism’: Amnesty
Ebtisam al-Saegh was accused of “using human rights work as a cover” undermine Bahrain’s “status abroad”