Dawson, left, with Kampani at the signing of an agreement betweenthe two companies Long-term financial goals vital for Bahrain residents MANAMA, 1 hours, 52 minutes ago Bahrain’s local and expat population may be too focused on achieving relatively short-term financial goals and neglecting long-term planning, revealed new research. Zurich International Life and Citi released findings of the survey conducted by the Nielsen Company, which show that Read more [...]

A Bahraini court June 16 sentenced prominent Shi'ite leader Sheikh Ali Salman (official profile) to four years in prison for insulting the Interior Ministry, inciting others to break the law, and inciting hatred against Sunnis. Salman, secretary-general of al-Wefaq political opposition group, was arrested in late December for speeches made between 2012 and 2014. Salman was found not guilty of inciting violence and calling for the overthrow of the monarch. Had he been convicted for those offenses, Read more [...]

Police in Bahrain announced today that they had seized Iranian-made explosives intended for terrorist use against neighboring Saudi Arabia. Reuters reported: In a statement, police chief Major-General Tariq al-Hasan said the techniques used in the manufacture of the explosives bore “clear similarities” to methods used by what it called proxy groups of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp. (IRGC). … Hasan said the seized items, including powerful explosive C4, commercial detonators, Read more [...]