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Banned Bahraini Newspaper Fires Staff

A independent Bahraini newspaper has sacked its staff three weeks after Sunni-dominated authorities banned it on...

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Saudis Killed In Car Blast ‘wanted’ For Police Murders

Two Saudi suspects killed when their car exploded in a mainly Shiite district of the kingdom were wanted for murdering...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...

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Qatar Says State News Agency First Hacked In April

Qatari investigators have said that a cyber attack which saw the publication of explosive fake news last month that...

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Bahrain Bans Newspaper For ‘sowing Division’

The government in Sunni-ruled Bahrain announced Sunday an indefinite ban on the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on...

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Bahrain Minister Briefly Hacked After Qatar Cyber Attack

Hackers temporarily took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after a...

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Bahrain Follows Trump Trip With Dissent Crackdown

Authorities in Bahrain have clamped down on dissent in the wake of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Gulf last...

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Bahrain Court Dissolves Secular Opposition Group

A Bahraini court dissolved a secular opposition party on Wednesday, a judicial official said, as authorities in the...

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Bahrain Warns Protesters After Deadly Crackdown

Bahrain on Wednesday warned people against holding protests a day after police shot dead five demonstrators in the home...

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Bahrain Police Fire On Shiite Protest, One Reported Dead

Bahraini police opened fire Tuesday on a protest by supporters of a top Shiite cleric, with at least one demonstrator...

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Protester Killed As Police Raid Bahrain Sit-In

A protester was killed Tuesday in a Bahraini police raid on a sit-in by supporters of a leading Shiite cleric put on...

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Bahrain Police Open Fire On Shiite Sit-In

Bahrain police on Tuesday opened fire on a long-running sit-in in support of a leading Shiite cleric in the Sunni-ruled...

International

2022 World Cup Stadium Ready For Inauguration

Construction work has been completed at this iconic stadium which only highlights the speed at which Qatar is working...

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Bahrain Sends First Civilian Case To Military Court

Bahrain has referred its first civilian case to a military court following a constitutional amendment approved by the...

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Iraq’s Sadr Warns Assad Could Share Kadhafi’s Fate

Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that he risked suffering the same fate as...

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Where Are the Leaders Now?

What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...

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Turkey’s Erdogan In Saudi On Gulf Tour

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday to further strengthen ties as part...