The United Nations says the minimum emergency level of water consumption per person is 15 litres a day for drinking, cooking, cleaning and washing. Average daily domestic consumption in Israel is 165 ...

A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday was spreading more slowly yesterday but was still not under control, officials said ...

US President Donald Trump’s higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in yesterday, raising the average US import duty to its highest in a century and leaving major trade partners such ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost ...

Work has started on Bahrain’s first solar power plant to generate electricity, with a planned production capacity of up to 150 megawatts, the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) announced yesterday.

A unified memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed to co-ordinate and unify national efforts to support Bahraini women in humanitarian situations. This is part of ongoing efforts in Bahrain ...

The slow lane for westbound traffic on Government Avenue in Manama will be closed for storm water drainage work, the Works Ministry announced yesterday. One lane will be provided for traffic, it added ...

The body of a 36-year-old Bahraini man was recovered from the sea near King Fahad Causeway by the Coastguard and Police Aviation yesterday. Initial reports indicated that the man died while practising ...

The Shaikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa Pearl Diving Competition kicks off today as part of the eighth edition of the Nasser bin Hamad Marine Heritage Season. The contest will be held at the Heyr ...

A man who assaulted a policeman on April Fool’s Day, while naked, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison. The High Criminal Court earlier found the 26-year-old from Muharraq guilty of public ...

Foreign investors pulled $27.9 million out of the Bahrain Bourse in the second quarter of 2025, continuing a trend of net selling that has spanned the first half of the year, according to recent ...

The National Committee for the Elderly held its first meeting of 2025, chaired by Social Development Minister and its chair man Osama Al Alawi. Mr Al Alawi highlighted that caring for the elderly is a ...