Bahrainis wielding knives and sticks attacked Shiite villagers overnight, witnesses said on Wednesday, as pressure grew for this month's Formula One race in the Sunni-ruled state to be cancelled over

Hundreds of people demonstrated in Bahrain on Friday for the release of a jailed activist who has been on hunger strike for almost two months.

Two demonstrations – in Jidhafs district of Manama and i

Bahraini police fired tear gas and arrested demonstrators on Sunday in two Shiite villages as protests were mounted against the Formula One race to be held in the Gulf kingdom, activists said.

Dozens

Shi'ite Muslims clashed with riot police in villages across Bahrain on Thursday, the anniversary of a government crackdown last year on a pro-democracy uprising in the Gulf Arab state.

Witnesses said

Bahrain has deported six US citizens for joining pro-democracy demonstrations, a statement said on Wednesday, as the opposition reported dozens of arrests on the first anniversary of a Shiite-led upri

Bahraini riot police waged pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated before the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad suggested prot

Thousands of Bahrainis have begun a week-long rally in a Shiite village, an activist on Sunday said, 10 days ahead of the first anniversary of the start of pro-democracy protest which was brutally cru

Bahrain on Monday admitted that ‘excessive force’ was used during a crackdown on pro-democracy protesters earlier this year that left 24 people dead, a government statement said.

"Regrettably, there

Continued sectarian violence means officials can no longer be confident of hosting the Bahrain Grand Prix.

They have already been working to identify an alternative.

According to the Daily Express,

Thousands of Shiite Bahrainis rallied Saturday answering a call from their largest opposition group, Al-Wefaq, in the first demonstration since a mid-march crackdown on Shiite-led pro-democracy protes