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Fact Sheet on U.S. bilateral relations with Bahrain. ... Note to our readers: Background Notes are no longer being updated or produced.

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a Middle Eastern archipelago in the Persian Gulf, tucked into a pocket of the sea flanked by Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It's an oasis of social ...

The U.S. Navy has ordered service members on a military base in Bahrain to discontinue a long-standing tradition of a "Live Nativity" after a military atheist group ...

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Big News on Bahrain. Includes blogs, news, and community conversations about Bahrain.

In 1783, the Sunni 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 ...

MANAMA: Salaries in Bahrain are set to increase by 4.3 per cent next year, up from 3.8pc as companies have improved allowances and bonuses for their employees ...

COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: The Kingdom of Bahrain is a hereditary monarchy and is home to both Bahrainis and a sizable expatriate community. In 2002, the ...

World news about Bahrain. Breaking news and archival information about its people, politics and economy from The New York Times.

An appeals court in Bahrain has reduced the prison sentence handed to prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab from three years to two. The court upheld Mr Rajab ...

Welcome to the Kingdom of Bahrain, home of the FIA Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The Economic Development Board is the first point of call for businesses ...

A defense lawyer says a Bahrain appeals court has reduced the prison sentence of a prominent human rights activist from three years to two.

MANAMA, Bahrain - (AP) -- U.S. Sen. John McCain says Washington is committed to keeping its Persian Gulf naval hub in Bahrain despite an Arab Spring ...

Bahrain is an important ally for Washington and hosts the American navy's Fifth Fleet, stationed here as a bulwark against Iran, but activists have accused ...

News ; The Kingdom of Bahrain condemns the Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip. The Kingdom of Bahrain strongly condemns the brutal Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip ...

HRW: Bahrain: Release People Jailed for Speaking Out; Children in Bahrain: Victims of physical & sexual abuse, abduction, arbitrary detention and unfair trial

Bahrain's Shiite religious leaders must more forcefully denounce violence as a key step to ease the kingdom's 22-month uprising, the country's crown prince said ...

In a case criticised by rights groups, Nabeel Rajab, founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, had been serving three years for leading protests ...