(Reuters) - Bahraini forces, in a crackdown on protesters on Wednesday, cleared hundreds from a camp that had become the symbol of an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority. Bahrain had ...

When the crackdown against pro-democracy protests started in Bahrain, blogger and online activist Ali Abdulemam went into hiding. He was later tried in absentia by a military court for plotting ...

Right now in Bahrain, the Sunni monarchy is dissolving two Shiite opposition groups and detaining hundreds of activists in a bloody crackdown against Shiite-led protests. But according to Andrew ...

The small Gulf country of Bahrain said it had made two natural gas discoveries, but it is not yet clear how large they are or whether they are commercially viable. Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, ...

Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the country’s majority Shiite opposition and human rights activists for the pontiff to raise human rights ...

Bahrain has big plans for development, and investors are interested. But its geographic position is both a blessing and a curse. Bahrain was once favored to be the leading financial center of the ...

Meet Bahrain's ruler, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa – a major force in the country's political scene. As the present King, he ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. officials voiced concern on Tuesday that Bahrain's failure to implement key reforms outlined in an independent 2011 report is making political dialogue more ...

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