Activist says she wants to meet her jailed father Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who is currently on hunger strike. A daughter of prominent Bahraini rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja said she was denied boarding a flight in London as she tried to return to the Gulf state and press for her father’s release from prison. “Effectively we are being denied boarding by British …
Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Khalifa, who was one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers, led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died Wednesday. Prince Khalifa was born into the Khalifa dynasty that for more than two centuries has ruled Bahrain, an island in the Persian …
Bahrain and Israel have agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the small Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalise ties with Israel and clearing the way for the countries to open embassies and exchange ambassadors in the coming months. Key points: Gulf states see bolstering ties with Israel as a way to counter Iranian influence in the Middle …
