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Bahraini wins second term as Asian football chief
AFP, Published on 06/04/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim al Khalifa of Bahrain has won a fresh four-year term as head of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) , triggering complaints from campaigners who said regional football was in “crisis” over human rights.
'Very disturbed' Australian PM asks Prayut to free footballer
AFP, Published on 06/02/2019
» SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has ramped up pressure on Bangkok to release a refugee footballer held on a Bahrain extradition request, as sporting authorities cancelled two events in Thailand over his detention.
Refugee footballer held in Thailand 'losing hope'
AFP, Published on 24/01/2019
» LONDON: A footballer with refugee status who has been detained in Thailand for nearly two months over his alleged role in Bahrain's Arab Spring protests is "losing hope", according to a global players' union.
Saudi teen runaway in Bangkok is 'legitimate refugee': UN
AFP, Published on 09/01/2019
» The UN has said an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family is a legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to resettle her, Canberra said Wednesday, as the Twitter-led campaign to grant her asylum edged towards resolution.
Thailand extends detention of refugee footballer from Bahrain
AFP, Published on 04/12/2018
» A refugee footballer from Bahrain has been detained for another 12 days, an immigration official said Tuesday, as a rights group decried the "tug of war" over his fate.
Bahrain heads to polls amid boycott calls
AFP, Published on 24/11/2018
» DUBAI - Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday amid calls to boycott the parliamentary election in which dissolved opposition groups have been banned from taking part.
Bahrain opposition chief gets life in jail over Qatar spy case
AFP, Published on 04/11/2018
» DUBAI - Bahrain sentenced the head of the country's Shiite opposition movement to life in prison Sunday for spying for rival Gulf state Qatar in a ruling rights groups have called a travesty.
Turkey's ancient temple site gets UNESCO heritage status
AFP, Published on 02/07/2018
» ANKARA - A Turkish ancient temple site in southeastern Anatolia was given UNESCO World Heritage status on Sunday, the UN agency announced at a meeting in the Bahraini capital Manama.
Unesco lists Korean mountain Buddhist temples
AFP, Published on 30/06/2018
» MANAMA, Bahrain: Seven ancient Korean mountain temples, which typify the way Buddhism in the country has merged with indigenous beliefs and styles, were listed as Unesco World Heritage sites on Saturday.
Saudi to spend billions on Western-style entertainment
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced plans Thursday to spend billions on building new venues and flying in Western acts, in a total overhaul of its entertainment sector that would been unthinkable not long ago.