WASHINGTON: It is in America's strategic interest to help Bahrain as it battles an Iranian plot to destabilise the kingdom, it has been declared. Bahrain is threatened by Iranian agents who are working with protest leaders and radical clerics to overthrow the government, former US representative Dan Bur...ReadMore
A SHORTAGE of ministry staff is crippling development projects across Bahrain, says a top government official.
ISTANBUL: Turkey hailed its second investment grade rating yesterday, seeing it as a seal of approval from international markets for a decade of economic reform.
ATHENS: Despite the country's crippling financial crisis, residents of the Greek island of Ithaca have found new hope after the Qatari Amir, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, bought a nearby island for his summer retreat.
ROME: World number one Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Rome Masters at the hands of big-serving Tomas Berdych yesterday while Maria Sharapova withdrew from the women's event through illness.
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