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Gulf rulers boycotting Qatar skip annual summit

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain sent ministers or deputy prime ministers to the annual event

Dubai schools allowed to raise fees by 6.4%

Bahrain’s GFH sells $150m education stake to UK’s Inspired

The acquisition comes amid rising international interest in the GCC education market

Dubai hotel group Jumeirah to open Bahrain hotel

The move marks Jumeirah’s entrance into the Bahrain market

Bahrain, Manama, Cityscape view of Bahrain World Trade Center and Bahrain Financial Harbor

S&P cuts Bahrain rating to ‘B+’

The downgrade reflected Bahrain’s weak external liquidity and increasing financial risk

Bahrain says deadly bus attack engineered by Iran

Iran denies any role in Bahrain’s unrest

Revealed: Top 10 companies in Bahrain in 2017

The biggest listed companies in Bahrain by market capitalisation

Bahrain calls pipeline blast “terrorism” linked to Iran

The explosion took place about 15km from the Gulf nation’s capital city Manama

Bahrain’s Investcorp acquires New York office buildings for $156m

Investcorp has acquired $2bn of US property over the last 18 months

Bahrain urges citizens to leave Lebanon ‘immediately’

Bahrain’s move comes after Lebanon’s PM Saad Hariri announced his sudden resignation

Bahrain asks Gulf allies for financial aid – report

Bahrain has been among the hardest hit countries in the Gulf Cooperation council by the drop in oil prices

Bahrain accuses opposition leaders of spying for Qatar

Sheikh Ali Salman of al-Wefaq party and Sheikh Hassan Sultan are accused of colluding with Qatar

GCC chief condemns Qatari media comments

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani says GCC crisis has to be resolved by the leaders

Bahrain’s Gulf Air to now offer holiday packages

The airline is working in partnership with online travel booking company Ezeego1.com

Bahrain, Manama, Cityscape view of Bahrain World Trade Center and Bahrain Financial Harbor

Bahrain imposes entry visas on Qatar nationals, residents

Bahrain’s visa requirements will apply from November 10

Bahrain convicts 19 militant suspects

Fifteen of the defendants had their citizenship revoked

Bahrain’s GFH Financial Group eyes Saudi listing

The firm is also in talks to acquire a Gulf financial services company

Bahrain foreign minister calls for freezing Qatar out of GCC

The minister also said Bahrain will not attend the GCC summit if Qatar does not change its stand

Emirates to operate one-off A380 to Bahrain

The special flight will be operated on December 15, one day ahead of Bahrain’s National Day

Bahrain confirms one policeman killed, eight injured in bus attack

A “group of terrorists” targeted the bus with a remotely detonated homemade bomb, the interior ministry said

Bahrain’s Investcorp completes first European real estate portfolio

The investment firm has acquired seven industrial properties across the UK

Egypt says UAE, Bahrain and Kuwait to lift ban on its agriculture exports

The three GCC states had banned certain imports from Egypt such as pepper, lettuce and onion, earlier this year

Bahrain expects boost from top expat destination ranking

The country jumped from 19th place last year to first in 2017’s expat survey by Internations

World Bank lowers GCC growth forecast

Saudi Arabia and Oman will see barely any growth this year and Kuwait’s economy will contract, according to the forecast

Saudi, Bahrain begin joint naval exercise

The exercise, called ‘Bridge 18’, began on Tuesday

New Bahrain-Saudi oil pipeline set to be ready in 2018

The 350,000-barrels-per-day pipeline will help expand Bahrain’s refinery capacity

Bahrain’s Gulf Air, Turkish Airlines enter codeshare deal

The agreement will come into force next month

Founder of Bahrain’s Investcorp retires

Kirdar will be replaced by vice chairman Yousef Al-Ebrahee

Bahrain’s Investcorp eyes businesses linked to Aramco, Saudi healthcare

The firm is eyeing businesses that “live around Aramco”

Bahrain says five policemen injured in ‘terror blast’

The Ministry of Interior said the incident took place while the policemen were securing an Ashura procession

All GCC states to implement soft drinks, tobacco tax by year-end

The tax will see prices of soft drinks increase by 50 per cent and energy drinks and tobacco products by 100 per cent