The Force India team confirmed it is withdrawing from the second free practice session on Friday for the controversial Bahrain Grand Prix for 'logistical reasons', sources told.

Four members of the t

The close proximity of civil unrest and danger in Bahrain was made clear to the Force India Formula One team on Wednesday night when a firebomb exploded as they returned from the Sakhir circuit to the

Bahraini riot police waged pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated before the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad suggested prot

Iran has built up its naval forces in the Gulf and prepared boats that could be used in suicide attacks, but the U.S. Navy can prevent it from blocking the Strait of Hormuz, the commander of U.S. nava

A blast occurred on Sunday in a bus parked near the British embassy in Bahrain capital Manama, the interior ministry said. There were no reports of any casualties.

The blast took place early morning

Tens of thousands of supporters of Bahrain's Shiite-led Opposition poured into Manama's Pearl Square calling for the government's downfall in the largest rally in more than a week of protests.

Unrest flared anew in the Arab world on Saturday as reports emerged of more than 80 killed in a bloody crackdown in Libya and thousands of Bahraini protesters again seized a key square in the capital.

Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group said on Saturday that the government must resign and the Army pull off the streets of the capital before it will take up an offer of dialogue from the crown prince.

A "savage and unjustified" police assault on protesters in Manama that left two people dead will have "catastrophic repercussions", the leader of Bahrain's main Shiite opposition said on Thursday.

Policemen behind the killing of two Shiites in Bahrain have been arrested pending investigation, the interior minister said as protesters on Wednesday continued their demonstration in the centre of Manama.