Bahrain

A Bahraini girl holds up a placard bearing a portrait of jailed human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and reading in Arabic "Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, will and determination, hunger strike" during an anti-government protest in the village of Jannusan, west of the capital Manama, on September 5, 2014.
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Bahrain activist launches hunger strike in prison over detention

Bahraini activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest his detention, 13 years after Bahrain’s Arab Spring uprising.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2025
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Gaza flotilla
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Gulf states push Israel to let Gaza flotilla activists free

The New Arab Staff
04 October, 2025
There has been an active call for a boycott of Carrefour since 2022 due to its links to illegal Israeli settlements
Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement
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Carrefour quits Kuwait, Bahrain following BDS boycott pressure

The New Arab Staff
17 September, 2025
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Book Club
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Lebanon is Burning: Yazan al-Saadi's defiant graphic dispatches

The New Arab Staff

Sarah Khalil

10 September, 2025
Royal Navy Frigate HMS Montrose Participate In Joint Military Exerci
Royal Navy
MENA
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UK to have no warships in Gulf for first time in decades

The New Arab Staff
28 July, 2025
Crown Prince of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (L) listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House
Bahrain
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Bahrain to announce $17 billion in US deals during Trump talks

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
16 July, 2025
US 5th Fleet Command in Bahrain's capital Manama on December 17, 2019
Israel-Iran conflict
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Bahrain, Kuwait prepare for possible Iran conflict spread

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 June, 2025
ASEAN-GCC-China Summit at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia on 27 May, 2025
China-Arab relations
MENA
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China expands visa-free entry to all Gulf Arab states

The New Arab Staff
09 June, 2025
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) attends the 11th Summit of the Developing 8 Countries (D-8) held in Cairo, the capital of Egypt on 19 December 2024. [Getty]
Iran
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Starting with Bahrain and Egypt, Iran tries diplomatic comeback

A correspondent in Iran
28 May, 2025
A Syrian flag is displayed on an official car inside the Elysee Palace during the visit of Syrian President in Paris on May 7, 2025.
Syria
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Syria's interim president makes first official visit to Bahrain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 May, 2025
UAE and Bahrain jointly propelled themselves into the space race with their own satellites [Getty]
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UAE, Bahrain launch satellites to boost space and track climate

The New Arab Staff
16 March, 2025
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Bahrain
MENA
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Rights groups accuse Bahrain of mistreating detained minors

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 March, 2025
An areal photo shows crowds of Syrians raising a giant independence-era flag, as they celebrate the fall of Bashar al-Assad's rule earlier this week at the central Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 13, 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty)
Syria
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Bahrain 'ready to work with new Syria govt' amid talks in Jordan

The New Arab Staff
13 December, 2024
Hans Grundberg, the United Nations' special envoy for Yemen, meets with local officials in the country's third city of Taiz
Yemen
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Yemen can't wait 'forever' for peace roadmap, UN envoy says

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2024
Saudi Arabia's Prince Turki bin Faisal Al-Saud attends the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Manama Dialogue in Bahrain's capital
Gaza War
MENA
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Saudi royal slams 'genocidal' Israel, welcomes Trump

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
07 December, 2024
Palestine is the lynchpin of regional liberation
Gaza War
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Palestine is the lynchpin of regional liberation

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Yara Hawari

08 October, 2024
Bahraini Shia women protest
Bahrain
MENA
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Bahrain set to free more political prisoners: activists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 September, 2024
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Saudi Arabia
Economy
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Gulf central banks cut key interest rates, mirroring Fed move

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
19 September, 2024
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Abraham Accords
MENA
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What have the Abraham Accords achieved four years on?

The New Arab Staff
15 September, 2024
Bahrain
MENA
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Bahrain: Dissidents among 450 prisoners released in royal pardon

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 September, 2024
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Sports
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Bahrain's track team is sanctioned over doping

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 August, 2024