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MoI Says it Arrested Suspects in Recent Diraz Blast
2017-06-20
Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that it arrested a group of suspects believed to cause the blast in Diraz.
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Al-Wefaq Says it’s Not Part of Gulf Crisis, Receives Initiatives from Kuwait, Saudi, Qatar & Turkey
2017-06-20
Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it is “not part of the Gulf crisis over Qatar”, commenting on the recent propaganda against it. Al-Wefaq confirmed that it “has, since the beginning of the crisis, received many initiatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and other foreign countries.
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Iranian Official Denies Saudi Claim it Arrested Iranian Military Forces
2017-06-20
An Iranian ministry of interior official said on Monday that Saudi Arabia's claim that it had detained three members of the Iranian military was not correct, according to a report by the Young Journalists Club news site.
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Reuters: Saudi Says Capture Three Iranian Revolutionary Guards from Boat
2017-06-20
The Saudi navy has captured three members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) from a boat seized last week as it approached the kingdom's offshore Marjan oilfield, the Saudi information ministry said on Monday.
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Bahrain Rejects Report of UN Special Rapporteurs, Claims it Used False Content, Sectarian Slogans
2017-06-20
Bahrain rejected in a statement the report issued by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Human Rights situation in Bahrain.
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Bahrain Gov’t Refers Draft Law to Parliament Raising Limit on Debt to BD 13B
2017-06-20
Head of the Parliamentary Financial and Economic Affairs Committee Abdul Rahman Bu Ali said that a new draft law suggests raising the bar on the state public debt from 10 billion BD to 13 billion BD.
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Bahrain: 99.5% of Oil and Gas Revenues go to Incomes
2017-06-20
The final account of Bahrain’s 2016 fiscal year showed that the total incomes and salaries spending for government employees in the past years reached 1.429 billion BD, around 75.2% of the total revenues, which reach 1.898 billion BD that year.
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Legislative Committee Rejects Draft Law Imposing Public Debt Limit at 60% of GDP
2017-06-20
The Parliamentary Committee on Legislative and Legal Affairs rejected a draft law imposing a limit for the public debt not exceed 60% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
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Death Penalty, Life Term Sentence, Citizenship Revocation and 3-Year Jail Term to Defendants over Al-Ekr Blast
2017-06-20
The Fourth High Criminal Court today issued on Monday (June 19, 2017) death penalty sentence against the first suspect, life imprisonment against the second one and 3-year jail term against 7 others over Al-Ekr blast that claimed the life of Fakhriya Msallam. The court also revoked the citizenships of the two first suspects.
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Shiite Cleric Arrested to Be Presented to Public Prosecution
2017-06-20
The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Monday (June 19, 2017) Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein, son of Sheikh Ali Al-Sitri, after interrogating him in Hamad Town police station at Roundabout 17.
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Kuwait, Saudi Arabia Condemn Diraz Blast
2017-06-19
Kuwait and Saudi Arabia condemned Diraz blast, which the Ministry of Interior said it targeted its members and killed at least one policeman.
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Reuters: Gulf Crisis a "Blessing in Disguise" for Qatar Seaport
2017-06-19
Qatar's main seaport shows all the signs of having weathered the storm. Workers in hard hats monitor as giant yellow cranes lift hundreds of containers off cargo ships onto lorries waiting ashore.
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Yemen Government Agrees to U.N. Hodeidah Plan, Houthis Skeptical
2017-06-19
Yemen's Saudi-backed government said on Saturday it agreed to a two-point plan advanced by the United Nations to ease suffering in the country's civil war, but the Iran-aligned Houthi movement remained skeptical.
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Iraqi Forces Storm Islamic State-Held Old City of Mosul
2017-06-19
Iraqi forces began storming the Islamic State-held Old City of Mosul on Sunday, in an assault they hope will be the last in the eight-month-old campaign to seize the militants' stronghold.
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Qatar Petroleum CEO Says Qatar Won't cut Gas to UAE
2017-06-19
Qatar will not cut off gas to the United Arab Emirates despite a diplomatic dispute and a "force majeure" clause in its contract, the chief executive of Qatar Petroleum told Al Jazeera network, two weeks after some Gulf Arab states severed ties with Doha.
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Iran Fires Missiles at Militant Groups in Eastern Syria
2017-06-19
Iran fired missiles on Sunday into eastern Syria, aiming at the bases of militant groups it holds responsible for attacks in Tehran which left 18 dead last week, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported.
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Iraqi PM Abadi Heads to Saudi Arabia at Start of MidEast Tour
2017-06-19
Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi headed on Monday to Saudi Arabia, the first leg of a Middle East tour that will also include Iran and Kuwait, in a diplomatic effort to foster regional reconciliation, his office said.
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Qatar Hits out at Neighbors as Arab Rift Enters Third Week
2017-06-19
Qatar hit out on Monday at four Arab nations for cutting diplomatic ties and transport links over Doha's alleged support for terrorism, accusing them of a "publicity stunt" aimed solely at attacking its image and reputation.
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Kuwait's Ruler Calls for Gulf Unity to Heal Qatar Rift
2017-06-19
Kuwait's ruler called on Sunday for Gulf Arab states to overcome a diplomatic dispute with Qatar that has led to the worst regional split in years, saying all parties had a duty to preserve regional unity.
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Turkish Troops Take Part in Drills in Qatar
2017-06-19
Turkish troops have taken part in long-planned joint military exercises in Qatar, military sources and al Jazeera television reported on Monday, following a diplomatic rift between Doha and four other Arab states.