FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2014 file photo, Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the main Shiite opposition group Al-Wefaq, explains why his and other opposition groups are refusing to participate in upcoming ...

MANAMA, Bahrain – A security court sentenced eight Shiite activists to life in prison Wednesday and issued long jail terms for 13 others in the latest blow by authorities waging a crackdown against ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — A Bahrain appeals court Tuesday upheld jail sentences against 20 opposition figures convicted of allegedly plotting to overthrow the state, including eight prominent activists ...

(NAPSI)—Democracy is on the rise in the Middle East. For example, Bahrain, a small island state in the Persian Gulf, recently gave the elected chamber of Parliament much greater control over the ...

Bahrain’s military tribunal on Wednesday sentenced eight Shiite Muslim political dissenters to life imprisonment, and 13 others, including a prominent Sunni critic, to between five and 15 years in ...

The rise of Saudi Arabia, just 15 miles away, has boosted its fortunes, too, as many expats based there flock to Bahrain on ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain’s highest court on Monday upheld life sentences for a prominent Shiite cleric who led the country’s now-outlawed opposition party and two of his colleagues ...

Bahrain has achieved a notable position in the 2025 Human Development Report issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ranking third among Arab countries and 38th worldwide with a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A Shiite cleric who was a central figure in Bahrain's 2011 Arab Spring protests was sentenced to life in prison Sunday on spying charges. The ruling by the Supreme Court ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain says a special security court has upheld sentences for 21 activists convicted for their roles in anti-government protests, including eight prominent political figures ...