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Bahrain opposition walk out of National Dialogue session

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:50:01 +0300

Manama, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Bahraini opposition delegation withdrew from the 21st National Consensus Dialogue on Wednesday in protest against the government’s refusal to listen to its demands.Representatives of the National Democratic Opposition Societies refused to take part in the second session of Wednesday’s National Dialogue at the Isa Cultural Centre, complaining about a lack of movement on the equal representation issue. ...

Bahrain dismantles pro-Iran group

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:22:00 +0300

Bahrain announced yesterday the arrest of leading members of the radical opposition February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition, an influential clandestine cyber-group accused of links to Iran.“After an extensive investigation, several members of the February 14 terrorist organization were identified ... (and) the main actors who took part in criminal acts have been arrested,” the Interior Ministry said.The group has been the main motor behind disturbances that began in 2011. ...

$159,000 ex-gratia for family of Indian killed in Bahrain

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:57:36 +0300

Dubai, June 13 (IANS) The family of an Indian man, who died mysteriously during the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain two years ago, has received 60,000 Bahraini dinars (about $159,000) as compensation.

Bahrain arrests 'Iran-linked' cyber group

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:46:12 +0300

Bahrain accuses Hezbollah of interfering in internal security affairs by backing local Shia opposition groups.

Bahrain swoops on opposition youth group

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:47:53 +0300

Bahraini authorities announced Thursday they have identified and arrested leading members of the radical Shiite opposition February 14 Revolution Youth Coalition, an influential clandestine cyber-group accused of links to Iran.

Indian in Bahrain acquitted of raping boy

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:26:30 +0300

Dubai, June 12 (IANS) An Indian man, who was accused of raping a six-year-old schoolboy in Bahrain, has been acquitted by a court there for lack of evidence.

Indian with burn injuries vanishes from Bahrain hospital

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:02:20 +0300

Dubai, June 11 (IANS) An Indian man who was admitted to a hospital in Bahrain with burn injuries has reportedly vanished from the hospital, leading to speculation that he might have been an illegal resident in that Gulf nation.

US lawmakers urge Bahrain to allow UN torture envoy

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:00:49 +0300

Twenty US lawmakers urged the king of Bahrain on Monday to immediately allow the UN envoy on torture to enter the kingdom, after the government postponed his trip at the last minute.

Bahrainis see warmer ties

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 03:02:00 +0300

A delegation from the Bahrain Management Society visited Jeddah with a view to promote relationship between the two countries.The delegation visited the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce, Dallah Al-Barakah and the Islamic Development Bank. It also paid a visit to the semi-museum of Saudi interior designer Huwida Simsim.“We came here to perform Umrah, to visit different Saudi establishments to exchange knowledge in leadership management and to see the work of Saudi artist Huwayda Simsim. ...

Indian jailed in Bahrain for petty crime

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 17:21:51 +0300

Dubai, June 7 (IANS) An Indian man in Bahrain, who broke a car's side rear view mirror in the hope of getting deported to India, has been sentenced to jail for two months.

Bahrainis jailed for attacking Indian tailors

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 16:02:12 +0300

Dubai, June 6 (IANS) A court in Bahrain has sentenced three Bahraini nationals to two years in jail for assaulting two Indian tailors in that country in a case dating back to 2011.

Obama calls for meaningful reform, rights in Bahrain

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 05:20:03 +0300

US President Barack Obama called for "meaningful reform" and respect for universal rights in Bahrain, during talks with Crown Prince Salman at the White House.

Obama urges 'meaningful reform' in Bahrain

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 04:24:46 +0300

US president stresses importance of US partnership in Bahrain while calling for respect for universal rights.

Bahrain to probe Hezbollah 'economic activities'

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:35:11 +0300

The interior minister on Wednesday ordered a probe into any economic activity in Bahrain by the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, which the kingdom has branded a "terrorist organisation".

Indian man in Bahrain jailed for embezzlement

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:26:00 +0300

Dubai, June 4 (IANS) An Indian man in Bahrain has been sentenced to jail for two years for embezzling 30,000 Bahraini dinars from his employer.

Franchising Terrorism

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:12:49 +0300

Two days ago, the Nigerian authorities announced the arrest of a terrorist cell affiliated with the militias of the Lebanese Hezbollah party. According to the authorities, the cell was prepared to carry out a series of bombings there.It is not odd anymore that we see such systematic spread of Hezbollah’s franchise after it has opened branches across the world in a flagrant manner. Everyone is aware that the party has strong presence in the Lebanese state, yet we must acknowledge that the party has active offshoots in Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen, Iran and Sudan. ...

GCC: Hezbollah terror group

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 03:30:00 +0300

The Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday unanimously declared Lebanon-based Hezbollah a terrorist organization and said it would take measures against the group’s interest in the Gulf countries.“All GCC countries are convinced that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization,” Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Ghanim bin Fadl Al-Buainain told reporters following a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah. ...

Gulf Arab countries to consider action against Hezbollah

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 21:44:03 +0300

JEDDAH, June 2 (Reuters) - Gulf Arab countries will consider taking action against Hezbollah if the Shi'ite Muslim Lebanese movement continues its involvement in Syria's civil war or interferes in Gulf Arab affairs, Bahrain's deputy foreign minister said on Sunday. Ghanem al-Buainain said the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) regarded Hezbollah's involvement in Syria as "sectarian intervention", but had not discussed listing the group as a terrorist organisation, a step taken by Bahrain last week. ...

Bahraini lawyers to train Indian social workers

Sat, 01 Jun 2013 16:24:49 +0300

Dubai, June 1 (IANS) Lawyers in Bahrain will train Indian social workers to familiarise them with the laws of the country.

Explosion in Bahrain wounds several police

Fri, 31 May 2013 05:15:35 +0300

At least seven policemen are wounded after a homemade bomb explodes in Bani Jamra village outside the capital.

7 Bahrain cops injured in ‘terrorist’ explosion

Fri, 31 May 2013 03:00:00 +0300

A homemade bomb planted by “terrorists” has exploded in a village outside the Bahraini capital, wounding seven policemen on patrol, police said yesterday.Among them, one was seriously hurt and two others moderately by the blast in Bani Jamra village on Wednesday night, said Northern Province police chief Ibrahim Al-Sheeb.Sheeb, quoted by BNA state news agency, said an investigation had been launched into the attack, which he blamed on “terrorists.”The Interior Ministry said on Twitter that 10 people had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the explosion. ...

Indian teenaged student killed in Bahrain accident

Thu, 30 May 2013 16:32:19 +0300

Dubai, May 30 (IANS) A 19-year-old Indian student was killed and six others, including five Indians, were injured when the car they were travelling in hit the compound wall of a school in Bahrain.

'Terrorist' bomb wounds Bahrain policemen: police

Thu, 30 May 2013 15:25:45 +0300

A homemade bomb planted by "terrorists" exploded in a Shiite village outside the Bahraini capital, wounding seven policemen on patrol, police said on Thursday.

Bomb injures seven policemen in Bahrain - source

Thu, 30 May 2013 00:36:40 +0300

DUBAI, May 29 (Reuters) - A remotely-detonated bomb injuredat least seven policemen on patrol in Bahrain on Wednesday, asecurity source said. "There was an ambush ... while they (the police) were workingon unblocking roads, they were targeted and three of them areseriously wounded," the source said. At least four other policemen were less seriously hurt inthe attack in Bani Jamra village, west of the capital Manama,where youths have regularly blocked roads and clashed withpolice in recent months. Police say they have been frequently attacked with homemadebombs since April 2012. ...

Bahrain bans contact with 'terrorist' Hezbollah

Mon, 27 May 2013 22:44:05 +0300

Bahrain on Monday banned opposition groups from having contacts with Hezbollah, as the Sunni-ruled kingdom moves to limit the Lebanese Shiite movement's suspected influence on its restive Shiite majority.

Bahrain bans contact with Hezbollah

Mon, 27 May 2013 18:34:35 +0300

Shiite-majority Bahrain banned on Monday opposition groups from having contact with Lebanon's Hezbollah, a day after the foreign minister of the Sunni-ruled kingdom branded the Shiite group's head as a "terrorist".

Bahrain jails 14 Shiites for killing Pakistani

Mon, 27 May 2013 18:25:11 +0300

A top Bahraini court upheld a 15-year jail term for 14 Shiites on Monday after they were convicted of killing a Pakistani in Manama during the 2011 uprising, a judicial source said.

Bahrain bans political groups from contacting Hezbollah

Mon, 27 May 2013 17:31:56 +0300

* Bahrain foreign minister calls Nasrallah a "terrorist" * Move reflects regional sectarian tensions over Syria war DUBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - Bahrain on Monday banned politicalgroups from making any contact with Lebanese militant movementHezbollah, a day after the Gulf Arab state's foreign ministercalled the head of the Shi'ite Muslim group a "terrorist". ...

‘Terrorist Nasrallah should be stopped’

Mon, 27 May 2013 03:27:00 +0300

The leader of Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, is a “terrorist” who must be stopped, Bahrain's foreign minister said yesterday.“Terrorist Nasrallah has declared war on his nation,” said Sheikh Khaled Al-Khalifa on his Twitter account. “Stopping him and rescuing Lebanon from his grip is a national and religious duty for all of us,” he said.The minister's remarks come a day after Nasrallah explicitly acknowledged his forces were fighting in Syria against the opposition, which is bidding to oust President Bashar Assad's regime. ...

Rockets hit south Beirut after Hezbollah vows Syria victory

Sun, 26 May 2013 22:53:34 +0300

(Adds U.S. comment, EU meeting, Bahrain minister) * Attack highlights threat of Syrian civil war spillover * Assad government set "in principle" to attend peace talks * Syrian opposition leadership talks mired in factional rows * US, Russian foreign ministers to meet Monday on peace push By Dominic Evans BEIRUT, May 26 (Reuters) - Two rockets hit a Shi'ite Muslimdistrict of Beirut on Sunday, driving home the risk of spilloverfrom Syria's civil war, after the head of Lebanese Shi'itemovement Hezbollah said it would keep fighting on the Syriangovernment's side until victory. ...

Opinion: Iran is striving to expand Middle East war zones

Sun, 26 May 2013 18:26:12 +0300

Is the Arab world going to witness new developments in the regional confrontation with Iran? I’m afraid so. The region is witnessing political and military escalations which have most recently included the shooting down of a surveillance aircraft over Bahraini airspace. According to the Syrian opposition, a similar aircraft was shot down in Al-Qusayr in Syria.If this is true—if Iran has developed the audacity to direct aircraft to remote airspaces, effectively violating the norms of political engagement—it is a sign of dangerous developments. ...

Bahrain calls Hezbollah head a terrorist, says must be stopped

Sun, 26 May 2013 17:03:10 +0300

DUBAI, May 26 (Reuters) - Bahrain's foreign minister hascalled the head of Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah a"terrorist" after Hassan Nasrallah said his fighters would helpbring victory to its ally President Bashar al-Assad in Syria'scivil war. The comments represent a departure from the traditional Arabview of Hezbollah as a main force against Israel and show thewidening sectarian divisions in the region over the war inSyria. Sunni-ruled Bahrain has been rocked by political turmoilsince majority Shi'ite Muslims took to the streets in 2011 topush for reforms and more say in the government. ...

Bahrain court cuts policeman's seven-year jail term

Sun, 26 May 2013 16:42:01 +0300

A Bahraini appeals court on Sunday reduced a seven-year jail term handed down to a policeman accused of killing a Shiite protester in 2011 to six months, a judicial source told AFP.

International media: So wrong, so often

Sun, 26 May 2013 03:23:00 +0300

Last December The Associated Press committed a blunder that could have resulted in the expulsion of its correspondent from Saudi Arabia, severing a vital information link between the Kingdom and the rest of the world.The mistake occurred during The AP’s coverage of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) conference in Manama, Bahrain, where attendees discussed security issues in the Syrian region among other topics. ...

Bahraini protesters clash with police over raid on cleric's home

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:13:54 +0300

LONDON, May 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Bahraini Shi'iteMuslims angered by a raid last week on a top cleric's homeclashed with police on Friday, while thousands more gathered inthe cleric's village for a peaceful sit-in against theirSunni-led government. The raid by security forces on the home of Ayatollah SheikhIssa Qassim on May 17 infuriated the opposition and drewcondemnation from neighbouring Shi'ite power Iran. Bahrain, home to the U.S. ...

Iran denies its drone violated Bahrain's airspace

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:38:51 +0300

DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - Iran denied on Thursday that oneof its drones had violated the airspace of Bahrain, home to theU.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, Iranian media reported. Bahrain's Information Minister Samira Rajab told Reuters onThursday that an unmanned spy drone was found in the Gulf watersbetween Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. The incident could furtherinflame tensions between the two countries. In a report carried by Iran's official IRNA news agency, anunnamed official at the Foreign Ministry denied an Iranian dronehad violated the Gulf kingdom's airspace, without giving furtherdetails. ...

Not ours, says Iran of drone found off Bahrain

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:42:48 +0300

Tehran on Thursday denied a Bahraini claim it had found an Iranian drone in the sea near Saudi Arabia, and urged Manama to refrain from making "baseless accusations", the ISNA news agency reported.

Iranian drone found in Bahrain near Saudi: spokeswoman

Wed, 22 May 2013 20:00:12 +0300

Bahrain on Wednesday said it has found an Iranian drone in the kingdom's north near Saudi Arabia and called for increased cooperation between regional security services to face "threats" from Tehran.

Iranian drone spotted in Bahrain's airspace

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:32:58 +0300

Manama, May 22 (IANS) Bahrain's Interior Minister Wednesday said an Iranian drone was spotted in Bahrain's airspace in the northern part of the country near Saudi Arabia.

Aadhitya packs off Jaideep

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:10:26 +0300

Bangalore, May 20 (IANS) S.M. Aadhitya of Tamil Nadu knocked out the seventh seed from Bahrain Rahul Jaideep 6-0, 6-1 to author the only upset result of the day in the Karle Infra ATF Under-14 Series Asian Ranking junior tennis tournament which began here Monday.