A court in Bahrain has handed down a death sentence to one activist and life imprisonments to 22 others in the latest instance of the regime's intensifying crackdown on dissent and members of civil society.The tiny Gulf state's High Criminal Court also revoked the citizenship of two of those convicted, terror crime prosecution chief Ahmed al-Hammadi said in a statement published by the official BNA news agency. Judicial sources said that all the defendants were Shiite and that 16 were tried in absentia, Read more [...]

Home News Liaqat ToorSaturday, January 02, 2016 - Islamabad—Lt.Gen Sheikh Mohammed Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Commander of Bahrain National Guard while appreciating the success of the joint exercise Al-Badr -1 has said relationship between Pakistan and Bahrain, especially in the military and security fields have steadily strengthened and has become a model for allied and friendly relations. The joint Al-Badr-1 exercise was conducted between special forces of the Bahrain National Guard and Special Service Read more [...]

Bahrain: STRAY dogs are being rounded up and driven out into the desert where they are left to starve to death, an animal rights activist  has claimed. Bahrain Strays founder Fathiya Al Bastaki told the GDN that her group, which promotes animal welfare and feeds homeless dogs around the country, had received several reports of strays being dumped in remote locations. Killing   “These people take these poor animals and instead of caring for them they drive them out into the Read more [...]

DUBAI, Jan 1, (Agencies): A Bahraini court sentenced a Shiite citizen to death and jailed 22 others for life Thursday for forming a “terrorist group” that killed two people, including a policeman. This is the second such ruling this week in the tiny Sunni-ruled Gulf kingdom, where members of the Shiite majority population have led an uprising. The court also revoked the citizenships of the 23 convicts and fined two of them 200,000 dinars ($530,000/480,000 euros), terror crime Read more [...]

Gulf Air has become the first airline in the Middle East to offer its passengers BBC Worldwide’s three newest brands - BBC Brit, BBC Earth and BBC First – as part of its inflight entertainment.The new service was launched mid-air on December 2 by BBC Worldwide’s global editorial director, content, George Dixon on board GF003 from Bahrain to London, UK.Commenting on the launch, Gulf Air acting chief commercial officer Ahmed Janahi said the airline was delighted to offer BBC Worldwide’s premium Read more [...]

A number of Bahraini demonstrators were injured late Thursday when the regime troops used internationally prohibited weaponry to disperse them in Abu Sbei and Shakhora neighborhoods in Manama.The Iranian Foreign Ministry denounced the Bahraini regime's measures, calling on Manama to resume a serious dialogue with known leaders of the popular currents, to focus on constructive and genuine political methods, and to fundamentally solve the crisis rather than insist on its inefficient security approach Read more [...]

Manama, Jan. 1 (BNA): Energy Minister Dr. Abdulhussain Mirza received Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology (MEACO) PresidentDr. Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed and Dr. Ebtisam Al Alawi, Chairperson of the Organising Committee of the council’s 13th International Conference, being held in Bahrain later this year. The event, under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister, Read more [...]