Billed as the Middle East’s "fastest growing airshow," the biennial Bahrain International Airshow achieved a 70 percent increase in exhibitors in 2018, according to the organizer, as event timing moved to November to dovetail more neatly with the Dubai Airshow.

One year ago the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh/ISIS, in conjunction with our local partners, liberated ISIS’s last remaining stronghold in Baghouz and crushed its territorial ambitions. Today, nearly eight million people have been freed from ISIS’s control in Iraq and Syria. Many have returned home to rebuild their lives thanks to various forms of Coalition assistance and stabilization support.

Formula One's debut Esports Virtual Grand Prix pulled in 3.2 million online viewers, the global motorsport series’ head of digital growth and esports, Julian Tan, has told SportsPro.

The end of 2019 marked a pivotal year for Bahrain Bourse-listed Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), as the business completed expansion works on its Line 6 Potline, achieving the status of the world’s largest smelter outside China.

Bahrain’s government has made vital steps to encourage entrepreneurship to stimulate its economy. In doing so, it has created a startup-friendly environment, with easy access to funding, long-term visas and a regulatory environment that is responsive to startup needs.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA)–A big announcement came out of Lockheed Martin on Tuesday, and its one that will generate hundreds of jobs in the Upstate. The company announced it will be manufacturing a new fighter jet for the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Gulf Air received its seventh Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner at Bahrain International Airport in its special 70th anniversary livery.

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Fintech has become an obsession across the Arab region’s key financial centres. Ostentatious conferences, seminars, workshops, hackathons, accelerators and even festivals are popping up at an extraordinary pace, while social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Instagram are abuzz with the latest developments.

Bahrain has been a successful banking centre for decades, but technology is changing the financial landscape and transforming customers’ expectations from their financial providers. Determined to retain its key position in regional finance, Bahrain is incubating new technology-based financial services in its FinTech Bay. Arab Banker asked David Parker, a Board Member of Bahrain FinTech Bay, to describe Bahrain’s fintech infrastructure and explain what has been achieved so far.

Bahrain and UAE are in a race to become the region's leading fintech hub. According to a report by American online publication Stratfor, both these countries are in a race to portray themselves as the one-stop shop for cryptocurrencies.

New AWS Region expands cloud pioneer’s global footprint, enabling customers to innovate faster and run workloads from data centers located in the Middle East. Hyper scale infrastructure includes three Availability Zones and connects the Middle East to AWS’s global network to power the region’s push for digital transformation.

One year ago the Global The new $58.5 million Air Cargo Area at Bahrain International Airport is set to welcome its first tenant. US-based FedEx Express has signed a deal to move to the expanded freight complex at the Bahrain International Airport, further strengthening its operations as a GCC logistics hub.