(Reuters) - Bahraini forces, in a crackdown on protesters on Wednesday, cleared hundreds from a camp that had become the symbol of an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority. Bahrain had ...

In 1782, the Al Khalifa family captured Bahrain from the Persians. In order to secure these holdings, it entered into a series of treaties with the UK during the 19th century that made Bahrain a ...

Bahrain has been rocked the region's worst unrest since the 1990s, after activists from the Shi'ite majority launched protests against the Sunni-led government last month. Here are some key facts and ...

(Reuters) - Bahrain declared martial law on Tuesday as it struggles to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority, that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbor Saudi Arabia ...

After a 15 week hiatus, F1 finally returns and takes centre stage again starting with the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix. This will be the 19th time that the Bahrain International Circuit has been selected ...

Bahrain was one of the first states in the Gulf to discover oil and to build a refinery. It never reached the levels of production enjoyed by Kuwait or Saudi Arabia, and so has had to diversify its ...

NATIONAL CHARACTER: Bahrain is regarded as one of the more progressive countries in the Gulf region. Bahrain’s tolerance and religious diversity contribute to the attractiveness of the country to ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The non-OPEC oil producer has boosted its oil production to 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 32,000 bpd after it started to overhaul its main oilfield Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, head of the ...

It has now been two years since the publication of a landmark report examining events during antigovernment protests in Bahrain in February and March 2011, including the violent response of the ...