Bahrain

Renowned Kuwaiti actress Muna Shadad has begun filming the first scenes of her new television drama “Muhal” (The Impossible) written by Wael Najm.

A session of the Bahraini parliament was suspended on Tuesday when a rowdy argument between MPs erupted over last week's political turmoil and protests.

The UAE has granted Bahrain $2.5 billion to help fund development projects.

Police fire tear gas and use stun grenades to disperse demonstrators marching towards Pearl Roundabout in the capital.

Bahrain has opened a new round of dialogue between opposition and pro-regime groups aimed at solving the two-year-old political crisis.

The government is pushing for an end to blanket subsidies as part of attempts to slash "unnecessary spending."

Bahrain is set to reconsider the rates of so-called 'Bahrainisation', the cost of hiring a certain number of expatriate workers, in an effort to boost the economy.

Bahrains to build and hand over more than 30,000 government homes to citizens over the next five years, a senior government official said.

Bahrain hotels reported an increase of 7 per cent in occupancy rates overall and by 4 per cent last November, said a report, adding that hotel room profitability has also gone up by nearly 21 per cent.

The third Arab Economic and Social Development Summit kicks off in Riyadh on Monday aiming to boost economic integration and tackle people’s aspirations amid the Arab world’s turbulent political changes.

Bahrain will subsidies basic food staples of meat, poultry and flour to the tune of $180 million.