Bahrain’s assistant under secretary for aviation services, Ahmed Nemat Ali, announced late June that the kingdom could soon have the region’s first refitting and maintenance facility for executive luxury jets. Ali added that such an idea made sense in light of the fact that there are already around 350 such jets of various sizes in [...]
Drugs are a major problem in Bahrain’s prisons, according to a human rights group. Some prisoners who did not take drugs before are introduced to them in prison, says the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS). Some prisoners claim that they have been supplied with drugs by wardens, according to the findings of the investigation during [...]
The tragic boat accident that killed 58 off the coast of Manama last Thursday night touched the lives of families in all the corners of the world. It also raised some question marks over just how effective local marine licensing procedures are. In a country the size of Bahrain, the tragedy left a cloud over [...]
