Just days after reports suggested the US would lift human rights conditions on an arms deal with Bahrain, the Gulf kingdom said Donald Trump understands the region ‘better’ than Obama. US President Donald Trump understands [ More … ]
Bahrain has announced that it broke an Iranian-linked “terrorist cell” suspected of involvement in a bomb attack on a police bus in February and plotting to assassinate senior officials, Bahraini state news agency reported. The agency [ More … ]
A Bahraini appeals court sentenced three people to death on Thursday over bombings that targeted police patrols in a majority-Shia village, the state-run news agency reported. Three people were sentenced to death by Bahraini courts [ More … ]
Bahrain has welcomed the decision by the US Department of State to designate individuals affiliated with Al-Ashtar Brigades as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT) under Executive Order 13224. “This stance reflects the position of the [ More … ]
Bahrain’s government approved a constitutional change which will allow military courts to try civilians, the kingdom’s latest rollback on reforms made after Arab Spring protests in 2011. Bahrain’s military courts are now authorised to try [ More … ]
Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in unrest in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, including a deadly jailbreak. Bahrain said Saturday that it had arrested 25 suspects accused of involvement in [ More … ]
Charges include assisting with jailbreak, sheltering fugitives, making bombs Bahraini authorities have arrested 20 people suspected of involvement in “terrorist” activity, according to the Bahraini Interior Ministry. Those arrested included four women who had allegedly [ More … ]
Married couple hurt in explosion on island of Sitra near Manama, says interior ministry tweet A married couple have been injured by a bomb blast on the island of Sitra in Bahrain. The Bahrain Ministry [ More … ]
President Erdogan is in Bahrain as part of his four-day Gulf tour Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late Sunday his country would cooperate with Bahrain for the “stability, peace, and future of the region”. [ More … ]
Exchange of fire at dawn leads to death of three suspects, arrest of seven as they were fleeing by boat towards Iran Bahrain’s interior ministry said that three fugitives were killed in an exchange of [ More … ]
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry visited Bahrain on Wednesday and said that he was assigned by Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to deliver a message to the king of Bahrain, stressing the importance of enhancing bilateral relations [ More … ]
Iraqi Vice-President Nouri Al-Maliki had called the execution of three Bahrainis ‘an ugly crime’ Bahrain’s foreign ministry summoned Iraq’s ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of men convicted [ More … ]
Bahrain on Sunday executed three Shi’ite men convicted of killing three policemen in a 2014 bomb attack, only to face huge demonstrations and clashes with the police. Abbas al-Samea, 27, Sami Mushaima, 42, and Ali [ More … ]
A party to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah has been held in the Muslim kingdom of Bahrain. The Hanukkah party was attended on Saturday night by local and visiting members of the Jewish community [ More … ]
Relations between Turkey and Bahrain are progressing steadily, particularly the economic relations which are being strengthened through mutual high level official visits. Tourism, banking, agriculture, textile and construction industries sectors present promising cooperation opportunities for both countries. [ More … ]
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