Bahrain

Archaeologists in Bahrain have uncovered what they believe to be the remains of a Christian monastery or bishop's home under the ruins of an ancient mosque. The discovery dating...

Football fan from Bahrain is stunned after Japanese fans fill bags of litter from the opening World Cup game, before their team have even played.

The United States is working to build an "integrated" infrastructure for air and maritime defence in the Middle East, a US official said. The National Security Council coordinator for...

Bahraini voters went to polling stations on Saturday to cast ballots in the country's parliamentary and municipal elections, reports Anadolu Agency. Polling stations opened at 8 a.m. local time...

The Arab League summit which has just ended in Algiers was hailed by Algerian officials, pro government media and commentators as a success despite all of its shortcomings manifested...

Oman's SalamAir withdrew from participating in the Bahrain International Air show, while the Kuwaiti Finance House removed its logo from the list of sponsors due to the participation of...

Pope Francis on Friday appealed to religious leaders to help bring the world back from "the brink of a delicate precipice" and oppose a new race to rearm that...

Pope Francis arrived in the Bahraini capital Manama yesterday in the first visit to the Gulf kingdom by the supreme pontiff.

Pope Francis arrived in Bahrain on Thursday, on a trip aimed at improving ties with the Islamic world but which could thrust him into a human rights conflict between the Sunni Monarchy...

Israel and Bahrain agreed on Monday to seek to sign a free trade agreement between the two countries by the end of the year, Anadolu News Agency reports. This...

Families of death row inmates in Bahrain appealed to Pope Francis, on Monday, to speak out against capital punishment and defend political prisoners during his trip to the Gulf...

Saudi Arabia's first female professional tennis player won the J5 Isa Town tournament held in Bahrain yesterday. Yara Al-Haqbani beat her Russian opponent Tamara Ermakova in the final after...

Activists in Bahrain have criticised actress Shaima Sabt after she appeared in a photograph with Israeli Ambassador Eitan Naeh. The ambassador posted photographs on his Twitter account showing himself...

Israel and Bahrain have signed an agriculture cooperation agreement, it was announced yesterday. The deal was signed on Wednesday by Oded Forer, Israel's Agriculture Minister, and his Bahraini counterpart...

Britain's University of Huddersfield has faced renewed calls by politicians and human rights groups to sever relations with Bahrain's security services. The University runs a masters degree programme in...

You have probably heard of OPEC: Oil Producing and Exporting Countries. Nowadays, the news headlines are much about OPEC+, which includes OPEC members plus Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brunei, Kazakhstan, Malaysia,...

The United Kingdom has funded Bahraini security services with millions, despite allegations and reports of human rights violations including torture, drawing more criticism on the UK's support for Gulf...

Bahrain is committing serious human rights violations by sentencing to death eight men, human rights groups have stated. In a joint report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the...

Naval forces from the United States and United Kingdom have tested unmanned surveillance ships in the Arabian Gulf with the aim of enhancing "maritime monitoring" by crewed ships and...

Bahraini authorities announced yesterday that they had started receiving applications for candidacy for the parliamentary elections scheduled for next month. According to the official elections website, registration for candidates...

The Director-General of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva, said on Tuesday that the economies of the Gulf States are expected to grow by 6.5 per cent this year....

Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN's top human rights body later this month, a UN website showed, after critics drew attention to alleged human...

Arab Gulf states yesterday discussed the developments of the programme to achieve economic unity amongst them by 2025. This was during a meeting of the GCC Financial and Economic...

Ambassadors of Arab countries in the United Kingdom wrote to Prime Minister Liz Truss to urge her not to move the British Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to...

Pope Francis will visit predominantly Muslim Bahrain from 3 – 6 November to attend an international conference, the Vatican announced on Wednesday, Reuters reports. The Vatican said the Pope...

Israel and Bahrain on Tuesday announced the start of negotiations to reach a free trade agreement between the two countries, Anadolu News Agency reports. Israeli Economy Minister, Orna Barbivai,...

Bahrain reported, Friday, its first case of monkeypox in a foreigner travelling to the Gulf nation from abroad, the Bahraini Health Ministry said, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The first...

Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, announced on Friday plans for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to expand, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking at a meeting of the SCO leaders in...

I believe that there is no further point in either hosting or even holding the Arab League's summits. After being an "honour" for the host country and a source...

Bahrain has the largest number of political prisoners among Arab states, an independent human rights organisation said. According to a recent report by the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights...

Gulf Arab states have demanded that US streaming giant, Netflix, remove content deemed offensive to "Islamic and societal values" in the region, Saudi Arabia's media regulator said on Tuesday,...

The UAE is collaborating with Israel to sabotage Gulf reconciliation efforts, disturb relations between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, and deepen the rift with Bahrain, Al-Quds Al-Arabi has reported. Citing...