Bahrain News

BEIRUT: Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman cautioned the Shia group Hezbollah yesterday over its militia fighting alongside regime troops in neighbouring Syria.

Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'ite Muslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's home clashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered in the cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against their Sunni-led government.

Tens of thousands of Bahrainis have participated in a sit-in in protest at a raid on a senior Shia cleric's home.

An academic delegation from Brunel University, London headed by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Julia Buckingham has paid a visit to Bahrain.

International law firm Trowers & Hamlins and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Bahrain, have teamed up to offer a series of seminars for members of RICS Bahrain and their guests.

Batelco, Bahrain's leading telecommunications company, is now offering the new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone paired with an amazingly high speed 4G LTE packages.

Bahrain's main opposition group suspended its participation in reconciliation talks with the government for two weeks on Wednesday, blaming the slow pace of talks and the raid last week on a top Shi'ite Muslim cleric's home.

Capital Intelligence , the international credit rating agency, announced that it has affirmed National Bank of Bahrain 's Long- and Short-Term Foreign Currency Ratings at 'BBB+' and 'A2', respectively, both on 'Negative' Outlook.

Editor's Note: The following story was written by Capt. Sterling Smith, U.S. Navy.

A House committee taking Congress' latest look at the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of tea party groups will apparently have to do so without input from the star witness.

This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week.

The site in Bahrain, thought to be the location of the enigmatic Dilmun civilisation, was recently discussed at a conference in Manama, the Gulf nation's capital, organised by the UN's educational, scientific and cultural body .

The group Al Wefaq says security forces entered the home of Shiek Isa Qassim early Friday in Diraz, about 10 kilometers west of the capital, Manama.

The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken a step closer to developing a new 3D enabled spatial data model of the nation following a new partnership between Ordnance Survey International and the Survey and Land Registration Bureau .

The Central Bank of Bahrain has granted a license to NextCare Holding W.L.L. to establish NextCare Bahrain B.S.C. in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Senior Shia cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim , speaks with Bahraini MP Hussain Al Mutagawi after Friday prayers at a mosque in the village of Diraz, west of the capital Manama.

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

Bhopal, May 16 : The Madhya Pradesh Government's Cottage and Village Industry Department has bagged United Nations Public Service Award for year 2013.

A Bahraini protestor holds a national flag wearing a mask used by the Anonymous movement during a protest.

The Bahrain All-Share Index slipped 0.05% to 1,147.85 in a dull trading session on Thursday.