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  • World Bank ranks UAE, Bahrain as top Arab nations for human capital

    The Human Capital Index 2020 measures potential productivity in the health and education sectors across 98 percent of the world’s population — with a focus on the knowledge, skills, and health that a child born today is expected to accumulate by their 18th birthday. In the global rankings, the UAE came 44th against a global benchmark and first in the Arab world in the index, followed by Bahrain at 46th, Oman at 64th, Saudi Arabia at 84th and Kuwait at 88th.

  • Bahrain says foiled ‘terrorist attack’ backed by Iran in early 2020

    Bahrain’s interior ministry said on Sunday it had foiled a “terrorist attack” early this year that was backed by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The statement confirmed earlier media reports about an alleged planned attack and added a timeframe.

  • In U.S. ally Bahrain, Israel deal rallies a weakened opposition

    Bahrain may have won international praise for following in the United Arab Emirates’ footsteps and establishing ties with Israel, but the dramatic move by the close U.S. ally could stir a new wave of opposition at home.

  • Opinion: Israel’s Peace Deals With UAE and Bahrain Are a Strategic Nightmare for Iran

    In point of fact, ever since the 1979 revolution that gave birth to the Islamic Republic, Arab-Israeli schism over Palestine has supplied the Iranian revolutionary establishment with political ammunition in its ideological campaign against the “cancerous tumor” of Israel as well as the “global arrogance” of its allied “Great Satan.”

  • In break with past, UAE and Bahrain forge ties with Israel at White House

    In front of a crowd of several hundred people on the White House lawn, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signed accords with Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani.

  • After UAE and Bahrain deals, is Saudi Arabia softening its stance on Israel?

    While Saudi Arabia is not expected to follow the example of its Gulf allies any time soon, Sudais’ remarks could be a clue to how the kingdom approaches the sensitive subject of warming to Israel - a once inconceivable prospect. Appointed by the king, he is one of the country’s most influential figures, reflecting the views of its conservative religious establishment as well as the Royal Court.

  • Trump announces ‘peace deal’ between Bahrain and Israel

    Bahrain last week said it would allow flights between Israel and the UAE to use its airspace.

  • Bahrain sells $2 billion in sukuk and bonds

    Bahrain sold $2 billion in its second bond offering of the year on Wednesday, a dual-tranche issuance comprising seven-year sukuk, or Islamic bonds, and a 12-year conventional tranche. The small oil producer, which averted a credit crunch in 2018 with a $10 billion aid package from its Gulf neighbors, raised $2 billion in May to bolster finances battered by low oil prices and the coronavirus crisis.

  • Kushner says Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to allow all Israeli flights to use airspace

    “They agreed to open their airspace not just to flights from Israel to the United Arab Emirates and back, but to all eastward travel,” Kushner said. “So when people make requests, they’ll grant those requests. That will save people a lot of time. That knocks down a barrier that’s been up for 72 years.”

  • Bahrain to allow Israel flights to UAE over its airspace

    The state-run Bahrain News Agency made the announcement without directly naming Israel, just as Saudi Arabia had. However, the announcement late Thursday came just days after Saudi Arabia allowed the first direct Israeli commercial passenger flight to use its airspace to reach the UAE. The statement makes no mention of the kingdom’s rival, Iran, nor Qatar, which Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are currently boycotting.