Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
..., the 22-year-old tweeter, Hamad al-Naqi, was also charged with insulting the Gulf regimes of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain and for spreading false news that undermined Kuwait's image abroad, Shatti told AFP.The charges were ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...Islamic Republic of fomenting Shi'ite Muslim unrest in Bahrain - a charge that Tehran and the protesters deny. Bahrain, the base for the U.S. Fifth Fleet, has been in turmoil since pro-democracy rallies first erupted in ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...Bahrain faced calls at the United Nations on Monday to release its political prisoners, including prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab who is charged with tweeting insults against the government.The Gulf kingdom came u...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...able Shi'ite minority may turn restive. Kuwaiti authorities have been closely watching Shi'ite-led protests in Bahrain and unrest in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, home to more than two million minority Shi'ites. ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
...rters of Assad and the Lebanese army left at least eight people dead. The violence prompted four Gulf states - Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait - to warn their citizens on Saturday to stay away from Le...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Reuters
... vowed to get tough on security as talks with the opposition stalled. The desire to contain Shi'ite dissent in Bahrain and counter Iran's sway drove efforts to unify the six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...he headquarters of Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil company, for which many of the school's parents work. Bahrain is just across the King Fahd causeway, and the other wealthy oil states of Qatar and Kuwait are not m...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Agence France Presse
... Lebanon in order to relieve the pressure on his embattled regime. Reflecting mounting fears of an escalation, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates urged their citizens to avoid travel to Lebanon.Sheikh Na...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Agence France Presse
...shed a month-old Shiite-led uprising against the regime.Iran has repeatedly voiced support for the protests in Bahrain and strongly condemned the deployment of Saudi-led forces. ...
Published on May,20 2012 - by Reuters
...ncil conducts its Universal Periodic Review of the country on Monday. "The international community should push Bahrain to adopt specific measures to ensure free expression and peaceful assembly, end torture, free politic...