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 DUBAI | Thu May 17, 2012 11:46am EDT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s thrust for a Gulf Union, driven by fear of Arab Spring contagion and spreading Iranian influence, has stumbled on misgivings among smaller neighbors about a loss of […]
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, […]
Wed May 2, 2012 3:33pm EDT * King Hamad: ‘Wilful foreign media campaign to distort facts’ * Solve any such problem by letting in foreign media -watchdog * Bahraini monarch expresses commitment to media freedom By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, May 2 (Reuters) […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:16am BST (Reuters) – Wary of Iran and regional protest movements, Gulf Arab states are pushing ahead with plans for a political union that would involve joint foreign and defense policies, the Saudi […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:06am EDT (Reuters) – Hardliners in Bahrain’s Saudi-backed Sunni Muslim ruling family may dig in their heels after a Formula One Grand Prix debacle that spotlighted a frustrated pro-democracy uprising instead of projecting […]