Bahrain's New King Sets Date For Vote. Gulf Leader Starts Move to Democracy. February 14, 2002. By Howard Schneider. CAIRO, Feb. 14 -- Emir Hamad bin Isa Khalifa of Bahrain began a promised move ...

Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Minister of Finance and National Economy, attended a ceremony marking the launch of the ...

Bahrain's king has pardoned 457 prisoners to mark his 25th anniversary as the island nation's ruler, with one activist saying many of those freed appear to be political prisoners.

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's king promised Sunday that the strife-wracked Gulf nation will move ahead with political reforms that widen the powers of the elected parliament to oversee ...

A young Bahraini Shi'ite poet sentenced to a year in prison told Reuters Thursday she had been released and placed under house arrest, but would continue to voice demands for democratic reforms to ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahrain's government has backed proposals to impose penalties of up five years in prison for insulting the Gulf state's king or its national symbols, the media said Monday.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa solved this dilemma with a Rolls-Royce when he attended the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023.