Hosting Formula One is a point of pride for Bahrain's rulers, who pay an estimated $40 million a year for the privilege. An image of the circuit is on the country's half-dinar note.

MANAMA, Bahrain – Authorities in Bahrain have detained the daughter of a jailed opposition leader and two other activists seeking to enter a village under a security clampdown following a ...

MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Authorities in Bahrain have detained the daughter of a jailed opposition leader and two other activists seeking to enter a village under a security clampdown following ...

Her sister in Bahrain is on a hunger strike to protest the arrest. Officials contend that he “violently resisted arrest and had to be subdued,” but family members put the lie to that.

To the people of Bahrain: We stand with you against your oppressors. This is not only your struggle, but one of people who are struggling for freedom all over the world. With the recent success in ...

A bomb blast Tuesday killed one person in a Shiite village in western Bahrain, according to the authorities, who have faced years of simmering unrest since crushing pro-democracy protests in 2011.

"Some villages saw rioting, vandalism and the targeting of policemen. This required police to respond to these criminal acts through legal means," the interior ministry said.

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman al-Khalifa, who attended Sunday's race, dismissed the suggestion the government was using the race to paper over human rights abuses. Speaking on Saturday, he said ...