Bahrain News

Riot police did not immediately intervene as crowds headed to an empty lot dubbed 'Freedom Square' in the village of Miqsha outside the capital Manama.

MANILA, Philippines - Twenty-one Filipino crew members of a Greek-owned but Liberiaflagged ship were kidnapped by Somali pirates off the western coast of the Socotra Islands in Yemen on Tuesday, the Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed Friday.

Despite being a small island the Gulf state of Bahrain benefits from a relatively vibrant civil society - but activists want more freedom.

British and Qatari troops are directing rebel ammunition deliveries and tactics in the bloody battle for Homs, according to an Israeli website known for links to intelligence sources.

Bahrain Telecommunications Co has become the first casualty of the 2G scam with the Manama-based company selling its entire stake in STel Pvt Ltd a week after the Indian Supreme Court scrapped 122 2G licences.

We are living in an Orwellian world where nothing means anything anymore at all" -- to borrow words from Anne Applebaum's article titled The Games Authoritarians Play.

The Bahraini government has been accused of increasing the use of torture of women activists in prison as it hardens its stand against pro-democracy protesters.

MANAMA, Bahrain -- The U.S. State Department's top human rights envoy is urging Bahrain's Sunni monarchy and Shiite-led opposition to resume talks aimed at ending yearlong unrest in the strategic Gulf nation.

Batelco, the Kingdom's leading Broadband services provider has announced the launch of Broadband for All in a fantastic new prepaid initiative, a first for the Kingdom of Bahrain and the region.

DUBAI: Jailed Bahraini activists have ended a hunger strike after eight days of refusing to eat in protest at a new crackdown on demonstrations, a rights activist said on Wednesday.

The funeral march for Mohammed Yaacoub had barely ended last week when police and protesters faced off in the town of Sitra, an impoverished district of Bahrain that has borne the brunt of a year of unrest.

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Manama-Feb7- Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa tonight opened a parallel Japanese exhibition themed: "Contemporary Architecture: 1996-2006". The event is being held at the Bahrain National Museum in cooperation with the Bahrain Embassy.

Ismail Haniyeh, the Palestinians' prime minister in the Gaza Strip, meeting with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa in the Bahraini capital of Manama, Feb.

National carrier Gulf Air's MRO capabilities were highlighted at the MRO Middle East Conference and Exhibition held last week in Dubai.

Proposed substantial changes to the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone action plan are premature and unnecessary, according to NFU Cymru.

Manama, Feb 7: Bahrain's Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa has condemned attacks on the country's expatriate communities in the wake of an Indian and Britons being subjected to assaults.

Former Russian Prime Minister, ex-head of foreign intelligence and renowned Mideast expert Yevgeny Primakov says events in Syria are no drive for democracy but efforts by foreign states to displace the country's leader over close ties with Iran.

'This is a dress rehearsal for the return. We will return! We will return! Soon our sit-in will not be here but at the Pearl Roundabout,' said poetess Ayat al-Qormozi, who became a face of the Arab Spring movement after she was jailed for reading out a poem criticising the king at Pearl Roundabout.

The Bahrain Property Development Association welcomed into its fold its newest member V.K. Universal Property Management Co.