People in Bahrain have once again taken to the streets to voice their anger at the ruling Al Khalifa regime’s policies to curb religious freedom as well as jailing activists. On Thursday, Bahraini demonstrators staged a fresh protest rally in the country’s northeastern island of Sitra, condemning attempts by the Manama regime to discourage people from attending religious ceremonies such as Ashura - the 10th day of the lunar month of Muharram when Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam, was Read more [...]

Officials of external affairs ministry on Thursday met Bahrain’s Ambassador to India Mohamed Ghassan Shaikho to discuss the charges of molestation against the country’s consul general in Mumbai.NEW DELHI: Officials of external affairs ministry on Thursday met Bahrain's Ambassador to India Mohamed Ghassan Shaikho to discuss the charges of molestation against the country's consul general in Mumbai but did not initiate any legal action against the accused. This was India's way of setting an example Read more [...]

BEIRUT: Al-Manar accepted Director-General Abdullah Qasir’s resignation from his post as head of the Hezbollah-affiliated TV station a week after he submitted it, a Hezbollah spokesperson told The Daily Star Thursday, following media reports of his departure. “Al-Manar and the Hezbollah leadership have accepted Qasir’s resignation,” Ibrahim Moussawi confirmed to The Daily Star, a week after the former Tyre MP of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to the Resistance bloc submitted it. The resignation Read more [...]