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  • Bahrain, Turkey are Middle East’s biggest eaters: Oxford rankings

    Oxford University's online data-gathering website, Our World in Data, ranked 185 countries around the world according to their average daily kilocalorie consumption in its index. Bahrain has become the world’s sole nation where daily calorie consumption exceeded the 4,000-kilocalorie benchmark, surpassing Ireland and the United States from the previous year. According to data, the average daily calorie consumption in the country reached 4,012 kilocalories. The ranking lists Turkey as the world’s top fifth biggest eater at 3,762.

  • Saudi king, crown prince offer condolences to king of Bahrain on the death of Sheikh Rashid bin Sabah bin Hamoud bin Sabah Al Khalifa

    Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent cables of condolences to the king of Bahrain on the death of Sheikh Rashid bin Sabah bin Hamoud bin Sabah Al Khalifa, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. “We have learned the news of the death of Sheikh Rashid bin Sabah bin Hamoud bin Sabah Al Khalifa — may Allah have mercy on him — and as we send your majesty and the family of the deceased with deep sincere and condolences," SPA quoted the cables as saying.

  • Bahrain’s Mumtalakat extends McLaren group stake in purchase from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) and Ares Management

    Bahrain's state investment fund Mumtalakat said on Thursday it has bought the senior preference shareholder stakes in McLaren Group, as part of a proposed broader restructuring. The move will expand Mumtalakat's majority stake in McLaren, which includes the British supercar maker and McLaren Racing.

  • The Atlantic Council announces 2023 Women Innovators Fellowship recipients from Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain

    The Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East announced today the eighty-six recipients of its 2023 WIn Fellowships for Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain. The fellows will receive a year-long program of executive education, mentoring, and networking opportunities in collaboration with Georgetown McDonough School of Business and with the support of the United States embassies in the three target countries and PepsiCo.

  • Bahrain and Lebanon To Restore Relations

    On Saturday, May 20, Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry announced that it would resume full diplomatic relations with Lebanon amid an effort to “strengthen the fraternal relations between the two countries.” Bahrain and other Gulf countries severed relations with Lebanon in 2021 in response to then-Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi’s statements criticizing the Saudi-led coalition's involvement in Yemen’s civil war.

  • Bahrain to restore diplomatic relations with Lebanon

    Bahrain and Lebanon are to restore diplomatic relations after a year-and-a-half break prompted by a spat over the conflict in Yemen. Bahrain and other Gulf countries followed Saudi Arabia in recalling their diplomats towards the end of 2021 after a Lebanese minister criticised Riyadh's military intervention in the war in Yemen. Manama, a staunch ally of Riyadh, also called on its citizens in Lebanon to leave the country.

  • Saudi and Bahrain launch e-gates on King Fahd Causeway

    Travellers between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on the King Fahd Causeway will no longer need to stop to make cash payments after new digital services have been introduced. The King Fahd Causeway Authority (KFCA) announced four e-payment services to ease crossing of the major bridges on both sides. Using the KFCA’s Jesr (Causeway) app will allow travellers to pass e-gates without needing to stop and hand over cash.

  • Qatar and Bahrain say they will resume diplomatic ties

    Qatar and Bahrain will resume their diplomatic ties, both Bahrain news agency (BNA) and the Qatari foreign ministry said on Wednesday. The move comes over two years after an Arab boycott of Qatar was lifted. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in January 2021 ended a 3-1/2-year embargo of Qatar but all but Bahrain restored travel and trade links in 2021.

  • Bahraini Opposition Divided Over Normalization With Iran

    A recent agreement between Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume diplomatic relations is also preparing the ground for Iran and Bahrain to normalize relations. While one outlawed Bahraini opposition group has welcomed normalizing ties with Iran, another is maintaining its hard-line stance against the Khalifa monarchy.

  • Why the Saudi GP could throw up a different F1 mix to Bahrain

    The 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix will not go down as an all-time classic Formula 1 race. While the sheer dominance of Max Verstappen and Red Bull was deeply impressive, the reality is that audiences will be inclined to switch off if the remaining 22 rounds are similarly one-sided. So, what chance does a third visit to Saudi Arabia have of producing a thriller?