By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:39pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s King Hamad said on Wednesday he would not allow any more “insults” of the armed forces in the Gulf state in an apparent warning to leading Shi’ite opposition […]

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00 GMT By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s economic reforms – once hailed as the most ambitious in the Gulf – seems to have stalled as hardliners in the Sunni ruling family who see Shi’ite […]

By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:00pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain justified moves to ban a small Islamist group on Monday by saying a radical Shi’ite cleric based abroad was its spiritual leader, while the move was seen by […]

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:12 GMT By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, May 18 (Reuters) – Bahrain rejected on Friday an independent medical report that says a Shi’ite man found dead this year was tortured by electric shock, a finding that counters the Gulf […]

By Andrew Hammond and Angus McDowall DUBAI/RIYADH, May 13 (Reuters) – Gulf Arab leaders meeting on Monday are expected to announce closer political union, starting with two or three countries including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, a government minister in Bahrain said. Saudi […]

May 08, 2012|Andrew Hammond | Reuters DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain vowed on Tuesday to crack down harder on anti-government protests as a leading opposition figure said the government had put a stop to talks on addressing the political grievances that fuelled last […]

By Andrew Hammond and Rania El Gamal | Reuters – Sun, May 6, 2012 DUBAI, May 6 (Reuters) – Bahrain has arrested a prominent human rights activist and critic of the country’s ruling family, the Interior Ministry and an activist said on Sunday, as […]

DUBAI, May 3 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s king ratified constitutional reforms on Thursday that the government hopes will help end a year of protests, but the main opposition party denounced them as inadequate and said the struggle for democratic reforms would continue. Bahrain, […]