Maneuvers in the Arabian Gulf do not target Iran
Posted by: Fury60
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-05-24 00:03:14 -0700 | political-news
- The Admiral John Miller, commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet said on Sunday that the vast naval exercises in the Gulf began with the participation of 41 countries do not target Iran. The U.S. officer said at a press...
Bahrain accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guards to form a "terrorist" cell
Posted by: Fury60
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-02-20 15:33:33 -0800 | political-news
General Commander of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Mohammad Ali Jafari ABU DHABI Bahrain accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards forming a militant cell to assassinate public figures in the Gulf kingdom and attacking the airport and government buildings. Bahraini authorities said in...
Bahrain government and opposition engage in a new dialogue
Posted by: rsa76
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-03-18 10:21:09 -0700 | political-news
Bahrain's government should begin a new Sunday evening session of the national dialogue with the opposition Shiite, who announced his participation in extremis conditions under talks. The dialogue aims to break the political impasse is plunged this small Gulf kingdom...
Five bomb blasts hit Bahrain kill two foreign workers
Posted by: namedo
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2013-03-11 17:09:24 -0700 | political-news
Five bomb explosions in the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday, killing two street cleaners and wounding another worker, say officials. Government authorities said five homemade explosive devices exploded in the Manama neighborhoods of Gudaibiya and Adliya. where Bahraini state news...
Bahraini human rights activist sentenced to 3 years for participating in unauthorized protests
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-08-17 23:51:36 -0700 | political-news
A Bahrain court has sentenced activist Nabeel Rajab to 3 years in prison. The court convicted Rajab for participating in unauthorized protests against the monarchy. The Al-Khalifa monarchy is Sunni whereas the majority in Bahrain are Shia. Rajab's lawyer commented:“It...
Bahrain King enacts parliamentary reforms
Posted by: StephenManual
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-28 01:42:42 -0700 | political-news
The uprising that started in March last year in Bahrain still continues, though King Hamad bin al-Khalifa has managed to lower intensity of protests against his rule. The monarch has been in power since 1999. Bahrain is a Shia-majority country,...
Bahrain Released British Television Journalists
Posted by: Falconcrest
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-04-26 12:45:51 -0700 | political-news
British Channel 4 News reported ,The government of Bahrain was arrested crew of British Channel 4 News on Sunday, April 22, Jonathan Miller, cameraman Joe Sheffer, and producer Dave Fuller, Bahrain's police clamed the crew worked without accreditation , the...
Bahrain: Monarchy added to internet censorship blacklist
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-26 18:46:14 -0700 | political-news
The organization Reporters Without Border has added Bahrain together with Belarus to the "Enemies of the Internet" blacklist. China, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia were already on the list. The group maintained that internet users were"at the heart of the...
Bahrain: Up to 100,000 demonstrate for reforms
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-26 18:52:12 -0700 | political-news
The demonstrators are demanding democratic reforms in the country. Earlier demonstrations were put down with much force resulting in many dead and wounded. Many protesters were imprisoned including doctors who treated the wounded. Protesters tried to reach the famous Pearl...
Bahrain: Government delays visit by UN torture investigator
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-27 17:11:20 -0700 | political-news
The Bahrain government is also imposing restrictions on groups that are attempting to monitor reforms in the country. The UN Human Rights office reports that Bahrain had requested the investigator's visit be delayed until July. A report commissioned by the...
U.S.activist reports on deportation from Bahrain
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-26 18:59:31 -0700 | political-news
K. Flo Razowsky is a U.S. activist. Razowsky claims that she was arrested and deported from Bahrain for the crime of witnessing how the Bahraini regime reacted repressively against people protesting. Razowsky was never told why she was being arrested...
Bahrain: The new order at the Bahrain International Airport.
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-26 19:04:41 -0700 | political-news
Robert Naiman in the Huffington Post writes about being stranded in the Bahrain International Airport. The Bahrain authorities refuse to let him into the country. In the past Bahrain authorities had almost automatically given Americans visas at the airport. But...
Security forces repel protesters in Bahrain
Posted by: northsunm32
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-26 19:10:33 -0700 | political-news
Using tear gas and stun grenades security forces drove back protesters trying to re-occupy the Pearl Roundabout area. The government destroyed the monument earlier. Some demonstrators west of Manama held up flags featuring the monument. Protests began in Bahrain one...
U.S. Navy: Iran owns suicide boats in the Gulf
Posted by: Abdel Fattah Hussein
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-07-28 03:03:30 -0700 | political-news
MANAMA (Reuters) -Admiral Mark Fox, commander of U.S. naval forces in the Gulf on Sunday said that Iran has strengthened its navy in the Gulf and prepared the boat can be used in suicide attacks, but added that the U.S....
"Hezbullah in bahrain"
Posted by: naseembahrain
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-06-05 16:28:35 -0700 | political-news
Hezbullah in bahrain "alwefaq" become very active in their terrorist attack on police, Amnesty and HRW still calling them peaceful because hezbullah was good in deceiving the international community by their lies and showing the half the story were their...
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