Protesters marched on the outskirts of the Bahraini capital on Friday, demanding democratic reforms amid renewed tension in the island nation more than a year after the beginning of pro-reform demonstrations.
Clashes were reported Friday in Bahrain's capital on the eve of parliamentary elections in the country.
At least 101 detained activists have gone on a hunger strike in Bahrain, a panel appointed by King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa said Wednesday.
Riot police clashed Friday in suburbs across Bahrain's capital of Manama with thousands of demonstrators enraged at the government's denial of responsibility in the death of a 14-year-old boy, a human rights advocate in the Arab nation said.
A teenager's death triggers further clashes in Bahrain. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports.
Thousands of people took to the streets in Bahrain Thursday as the funeral took place for a 14-year-old boy whose death a day earlier sparked wide anger, witnesses said.
Clashes between police and Shiite Muslims in Bahrain stretched into Thursday morning, fueled by the killing of a 14-year-old boy by riot police in earlier demonstrations.
Bahrain's main Shiite opposition party, Al-Wefaq, said Sunday that it has decided to withdraw from the so-called National Consensus Dialogue, called for by Bahrain's King Hamad.
Bahrain's government and the opposition started talks Saturday in a bid to agree on reforms following months of unrest in the Gulf state.
The head of the independent commission assigned by King Hamad bin Is al-Khalifa with investigating charges of human rights abuses during recent government crackdowns on pro-reform protesters in Bahrain vowed Thursday to carry out a fair, methodical and transparent investigation.
Bahrain's king has set up an independent commission to investigate possible human rights violations during recent government crackdowns on pro-reform protesters, according to the state-run Bahrain News Agency.
The trial of three Bahraini opposition journalists accused of fabricating news to disrupt peace during the civil unrest in the Gulf state adjourned after a few minutes Wednesday.
Bahrain on Tuesday warned against anti-government activity one day ahead of its plans to lift emergency laws that had allowed for a crackdown on opposition leaders, journalists and other activists.
Bahrain has foiled a foreign plot to destabilize it, the country's king said Sunday.
Security forces in Bahrain demolish the Pearl Monument, the site of massive recent anti-government protests.
America's defense secretary said Saturday he's "convinced" that Bahrain's royal leaders are "serious about real reform and moving forward," but emphasized that they must move quickly.
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Bahrain's king reshuffled his cabinet Saturday as protesters continued to call for reforms and a key opposition leader returned to the country.
The leader of Bahrain's largest opposition party said Friday he didn't know when he can go back home and blamed the kingdom for blocking his return.
A few hundred yards from the Pearl Roundabout, the epicenter of Bahrain's protest movement, you can be blissfully unaware of the turmoil that has suddenly engulfed this island kingdom.
Shot by troops while chanting "peaceful, peaceful," a Bahraini demonstrator is buried. CNN's Arwa Damon reports.
Large crowds of anti-government demonstrators massed on Wednesday in Manama, Bahrain, buoyed by news of the release of high-profile political detainees.
After three months abroad for medical treatment, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah returned home Wednesday to a Middle East shaken by unrest, announcing a series of sweeping measures aimed at relieving economic hardship and meeting with Bahrain's beleaguered monarch.
Hundreds of anti-government protesters gathered Sunday near a university at the Yemeni capital for a 10th consecutive day, witnesses said.
People prayed and demonstrated late Thursday outside a Manama hospital, where scores had come for treatment following a pre-dawn raid by government forces on an encampment of protesters that left at least four dead.
The unrest spreading through North Africa and the Middle East has reached the Persian Gulf nation of Bahrain, according to reports from the state news agency.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the release of secret diplomatic cables by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks "will not have any affect on this region's nations," calling the documents "valueless."
A Jewish female lawmaker has been named as one of Bahrain's ambassadors.
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