Bahrain News
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Dubai -
Bahrain has told a senior U.S. diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition, that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately.
In the Media
by Ali Khalil (AFP)
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Dubai -
A police officer died in a "terrorist" blast in a Shiite-populated village in the Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, an interior ministry official announced Saturday.
In the Media
by AFP
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Manama -
In a bid to undo its reputation of decadence and vice among its neighbors Bahrain is taking steps to ban alcohol and other un-Islamic activities subjects of the kingdom partake in.
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London -
Protests are expected to greet Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa when he arrives in London on Friday for engagements with Britain's royal family.
In the Media
by AFP
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Qatar has claimed that the dispute it and three of its fellow Gulf Cooperation Council member states were locked in is now over.
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Manama -
Two people were killed Saturday when their car exploded in a Shiite village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, although it was unclear whether the vehicle itself had been targeted.
In the Media
by AFP
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Foreign Ministers of Arab states on the west side of the Persian Gulf are meeting in order to discuss the tensions between three Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states with their fellow member Qatar.
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Manama -
Bahrain tightened security Thursday, as the three-day Formula One Grand Prix was about to get under way, with the country's Shiite opposition planning protests to seize world attention for pro-reform demands.
In the Media
by AFP
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The ambassadors of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have withdrawn their respective ambassadors against Qatar alleging that country of interfering in their internal affairs.
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Riyadh -
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recalled their ambassadors from Doha in an unprecedented move Wednesday in protest at Qatar's alleged interference in their internal affairs.The three Gulf Arab states made the decision following what ...
In the Media
by AFP
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The authorities on the island kingdom of Bahrain have said they will eliminate terrorism following a deadly attack that killed three police officers in a Shiite village.
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Seven times world champion Michael Schumacher, still in a coma in a French hospital after a skiing accident in late December, is to have the first corner of Bahrain's Formula One circuit named after him.
In the Media
by Reuters
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Manama -
In Bahrain security forces arrested Hussein Sehwan who is a representative of the al-Welfaq National Islamic Society the country's main opposition group.
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Manama -
A Bahraini policeman died of wounds sustained in a bomb blast during protests marking the anniversary of a crushed 2011 uprising as supporters of the main Shiite opposition bloc took to the streets on Saturday.Thousands of demonstrators were expected t...
In the Media
by AFP
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Manama -
The Sunni-dominated government of King Hamid Khalifa has officially suspended the national reconciliation talks with the opposition. The main opposition group had already boycotted the talks.
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Chuck Hagel reiterated U.S commitment to the security of the Arab Gulf allies of the United States recently. He should also emphasis strongly and unambiguously that this does not mean the U.S will tolerate those countries human rights abuses.
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On a visit to Bahrain US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has assured his country's Gulf Arab allies that the US will retain a strong military presence in the Persian Gulf following its interim agreement with Iran.
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Manama -
Two days after opening, an exhibition in Bahrain dedicated to the Arab Spring-type uprising in the country was stormed by riot police who closed it down. Authorities claimed the material was likely to incite further violence.
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Manama -
Human Rights Watch claims that Bahraini security forces have often used disproportionate amounts of tear gas in suppressing anti-government demonstrations since 2011 when protests first began demanding reforms to the ruling monarchy.
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Manama -
The deputy leader of Al Wefaq party the largest opposition party in Bahrain has been jailed and faces charges of inciting terrorism among others the public prosecutor announced on Saturday (Oct. 5). A hearing will be held on the charges on October 24.
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Manama -
In continuing repression of any opposition to the ruling Khalifa monarchy, 37 activists were jailed for up to 15 years for "terrorist crimes." The day before (Sunday Sept. 29) another 50 activists and protest leaders had been sentenced as well.
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The Bahraini regime has accused and charged 50 of its citizens. Some of them for spying for the Iranian regime as well as planning “vandalism and rioting.”
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The drumbeat of war is deafening once again. These days, if the US is not fighting simultaneous wars the White House seems to reel from ennui. This time, the target is Syria.
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Manama -
In Bahrain demonstrations are banned. It is a crime to "incite hatred" against the security forces and people who have called the king a "dictator" have been thrown in jail.
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Two attacks were carried out in villages in Bahrain. One saw a bomb explode at a police station killing a police officer. The second saw three policemen injured in a petrol bomb attack.
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Bahrain’s criminal court has sentenced a 15-year-old boy named Hossein al-Havaj to five years in prison, for simply igniting a trashcan on fire, reported the Mer’at al-Bahrain news agency.
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Manama -
In Bahrain, a court sentenced six Twitter users to a year in prison for the crime of insulting the king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and of "misusing the right of free expression",
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Bahrainis protesting their governments treatment of the kingdoms Shiite majority have clashed with police when they tried to disrupt the sporting event.
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Zayed Al Zayai the chairman of the circuit that is to host the upcoming Bahraini Grand Prix says it will be absolutely safe.
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The Shiite Al Wefaq opposition party in Bahrain has called on Bahrainis to gather for a major demonstration before the Formula One Grand Prix race scheduled to take place in the kingdom on Sunday.
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Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Alkhawaja helping an old woman after police attacked a peaceful protest in August 2010
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Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs
File photo: Meeting of Turkish Foreign Ministry and GCC
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The Foreign Minister of Bahrain meets Saudi Arabia's aging monarch HM Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (L)
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Assange's "The World Tomorrow" Ep. 4 - Nabeel Rajab and Julian Assange.
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A protest sign has fallen to the ground in Pearl Roundabout, Manama.
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Violence in Bahrain.
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Assange's "The World Tomorrow" Ep. 4 - Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Egypt.
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Assange's "The World Tomorrow" Ep. 4 - Nabeel Rajab, Bahrain.
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Bahrain bans the Guy Fawkes "Anonymous" mask from protests
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Fatma is paralysed and has been sitting on the mattress in this bedroom for eight years.
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A Shia girl at the Pearl Roundabout sit-in, Manama.
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A 123 m (404 ft) high fountain off the coast of Manama. The mechanism is contained in a barge, anchored to the seabed.
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Ahmed and Fatma receive BD30 (approx. £49) per moth in government support each month.
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A tent in Pearl Roundabout, Manama.
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With permission by Reuters
Photographers and citizen journalists hold a banner of their fellow photographers currently in prison saying during an anti-government protest organized by Bahrain's main opposition party al-Wefaq in the village of Bilad al-Qadeem, south of Manama
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Shia men sit at a protest in Pearl Roundabout, Manama.
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Bahrain: Anti-government protesters throw stones at riot police during clashes with police in the village of Sanabis west of Manama
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Bahrain: Anti-government protesters throw stones at riot police during clashes with police in the village of Sanabis west of Manama
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With permission by Reuters / Hamad I Mohammed
Anti-government protesters sit by the roadside with molotov cocktails as they wait for others to join during clashes with riot police in the village of Sanabis west of Manama
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