EU adds Bahrain to new tax haven blacklist

EU adds Bahrain to new tax haven blacklist

Jerusalem crisis raises sensitive political dilemma for Bahrain’s leadership December 5 European Union adds Bahrain to new tax haven blacklist The EU has added Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates, to a new blacklist consisting of 17 jurisdictions deemed by Brussels...
US approves $3.8 billion in arms sales to Manama

US approves $3.8 billion in arms sales to Manama

• Officials in Manama maintain hardline stance against Doha amid Qatar crisis • Bahraini monarch opposes Arab boycott against Israel • U.S. approves USD 3.8 billion arms sale to Bahrain • Bahraini leadership blasts Amnesty International’s “inaccuracies” in report on...
Bahrain rejects ‘attempts by Qatar to politicize Hajj’

Bahrain rejects ‘attempts by Qatar to politicize Hajj’

• Manama accuses Doha of sponsoring 2011 terrorism in Bahrain • Bahraini authorities disband terrorist cell in the archipelago sheikdom August 6 Bahraini foreign minister rejects attacks on Saudi Arabia and attempts by Qatar to politicize Hajj In an interview with...