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Bahrainis repeat call for Sheikh Salman’s release
Dec 29, 2020 15:22Bahrainis have taken to the streets to denounce the continued detention of prominent religious scholar Sheikh Ali Salman and call for his immediate release.
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PGCC ministers discuss resolution of Qatar dispute in online meeting
Dec 28, 2020 10:48The foreign ministers of Persian Gulf Arab countries have held an online meeting ahead of a summit of Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) to discuss settlement of the diplomatic row with Doha.
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Qatar protests to UN over Bahraini fighter jets violation of airspace
Dec 25, 2020 04:42Qatar has protested to the United Nations Security Council and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres over violation of its airspace by four Bahraini fighter jets earlier this month.
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Bahrain opens consulate in Western Sahara after Trump recognizes Morocco’s rule over region
Dec 17, 2020 03:33Bahrain has opened a consulate in Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara, after US President Donald Trump agreed to recognize the North African country’s sovereignty over the disputed territory as part of a normalization agreement between Rabat and the Israeli regime.
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US designates anti-govt. Bahraini group as ‘terrorist’ after Manama inks peace deal with Israel
Dec 16, 2020 05:22The administration of outgoing US President Donald Trump has designated Bahraini opposition group Saraya al-Mukhtar as a “terrorist” organization, months after the Manama regime agreed to a Washington-brokered normalization with Israel.
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Deals with Israel exposed humiliation of compromisers: Top Bahraini cleric
Dec 02, 2020 06:54Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim has slammed Manama’s “shameful” normalization with Israel, saying the humiliation of the regimes compromising with the occupying regime was exposed shortly after they signed the peace deals.
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Bahraini royal family member secretly visits al-Aqsa
Nov 30, 2020 10:29A Bahraini royal family member has secretly paid a visit to al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of East al-Quds amid Palestinian outrage over the normalization deal between Manama and Israel.
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Bahraini opposition parties, Hamas condemn assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher
Nov 30, 2020 02:52Bahraini opposition political parties have condemned the assassination of prominent Iranian nuclear scientist and researcher Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, emphasizing that the targeted assassination will not stop Iran’s progress and will not push the Islamic Republic to forfeit its rights.
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Israel's Netanyahu will soon visit Manama at invitation of Bahraini crown prince
Nov 25, 2020 03:45Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will visit Bahrain “soon” at the invitation of the Persian Gulf kingdom’s Crown Prince and Prime Minister Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah, weeks after the two sides signed a controversial normalization deal.
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Confirming intl. concerns, Bahrain finds coronavirus among inmates
Nov 23, 2020 12:40Bahrain says a number of female detainees who are behind bars in the island country because of visa violations have tested positive for the COVID-19 disease.