DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain tried to return to the island kingdom on Friday to press for her father’s release but was ...

Maryam al-Khawaja poses for a photograph outside Heathrow airport, in London, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, as the daughter of the long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain, 62-year-old Abdulhadi ...

Bahrain, considered by the U.S. to be a major non-NATO ally, hosts the U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet, which patrols the region's waterways and often has tense encounters with Iran.