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  FIFA To Investigate Bahrain's 10-0 World Cup Win

  Football | March 02, 2012 11:13 IST

  Geneva, Mar 2  :  FIFA has launched an investigation into the "unusual outcome" of Bahrain's 10-0 victory over a weakened Indonesia team in a World Cup qualifying match.Bahrain's win on Wednesday has raised suspicion because

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  Bahrain King Vows Reform After Rights Violations Report

  World | November 24, 2011 9:07 IST

  Manama, Nov 24: Bahrain's king vowed reforms on Wednesday after a commission of inquiry found that his security forces used “excessive force” and tortured detainees in a March crackdown on Shiite-led protests.King Hamad commissioned the

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  Banned Bahrain Player Joins Australian Club

  Football | August 16, 2011 11:03 IST

  Brisbane, Australia, Aug 16 : Banned Bahrain defender Sayed Mohamed Adnan has joined Australia's Brisbane Roar in a one-year deal.Adnan, a Shiite Muslim, was one of several players not included in Bahrain's World Cup qualifying

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  17 Killed As Yemen Boils; US Pushes For Saleh's Removal

  World | April 05, 2011 9:56 IST

  Saana, Apr 4 : Yemen came close to the brink today as security forces shot dead 17 people among the thousands of anti-regime protesters who stormed the Governor's headquarters in the city of Taiz, and

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  Foreign Plot Against Gulf Foiled: Bahrain King

  World | March 21, 2011 19:55 IST

  Manama, Mar 21: Bahrain's monarch Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today said an external plot to "subvert security and stability" in the country had been foiled as he praised the Saudi-led GCC force for helping

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  Bahrain King Says Foreign Plot Against Gulf Foiled

  World | March 21, 2011 14:34 IST

  Manama, Mar 21: Bahrain has foiled a "foreign plot" to target Gulf countries, King Hamad said in a possible reference to Iran, after security forces crushed Shiite-led unrest, the state news agency reported today.He said

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  Bahrain Crackdown Enrages Shiites Across Region

  World | March 19, 2011 8:42 IST

  Manama, March 18: Bahrain's army today demolished the 90-metre monument that had become a symbol of a monthlong uprising against the monarchy in the Gulf nation. The destruction of the six white curved beams topped

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  Bahrain Locks Down Kingdom As Uprising Surges

  World | March 17, 2011 12:48 IST

  Manama, Bahrain, Mar 17: Soldiers and riot police in Bahrain overran a protesters' camp, imposed a 12-hour curfew and choked off movement in this tiny island kingdom that has been rocked by a month of

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  Bahrain Forces Overrun Protest Camp, Six Dead

  World | March 16, 2011 20:32 IST

  Manama, Mar 16: Backed by tanks and helicopter gunships, army and riot police today cracked down on anti-government protesters driving them out from a landmark square in the heart of Bahrain Capital leaving at least

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  Bahrain Unleashes Forces On Protesters' Camp

  World | March 16, 2011 15:01 IST

  Manama, Bahrain, Mar 16: Military troops and security forces opened a large-scale assault Wednesday against hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed and clashes

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  Bahrain King Clamps Down; Several Dead As Unrest Spreads

  World | March 16, 2011 8:12 IST

  Sitra, Mar 16: Bahrain's king declared a three-month state of emergency on Tuesday to quell a Shiite uprising, as clashes spread through the capital and surrounding villages in a showdown that drew in the region's

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  Bahrain Under Emergency, Indian Community Safe

  World | March 15, 2011 22:13 IST

  Dubai, March 15: Bahrain's monarch today declared a three-month state of emergency, amid growing pro-democracy protests in the country, forcing it to invite troops from Saudi Arabia and UAE to quell the unrest. Bahrain's King

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  Indians Should Keep Low Profile In Bahrain

  India | March 14, 2011 21:10 IST

  New Delhi, March 14 : Indian has asked its nationals in Bahrain to keep a low profile during the current political unrest.Speaking to newspersons here today, E. Ahamed, Minister of State for External Affairs said,

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  Bahrain's King Visits Saudi Allies Amid Protests

  World | February 23, 2011 17:30 IST

  Manama, Bahrain, Feb 23:  Faced with mounting pressure from demonstrators, Bahrain's king is visiting ally Saudi Arabia for talks on the unrest. Tens of thousands of protesters have flooded the tiny kingdom's capital, calling for

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  Bahrain Needs To Reform Quickly, Says Clinton

  World | February 21, 2011 9:18 IST

  Washington, Feb 20 : Bahrain should roll out an immediate process of political reform, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today, while deploring the use of force against peaceful protesters.Clinton said violence against peaceful

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  Protesters Help The Wounded In Bahrain Hospital

  World | February 19, 2011 13:21 IST

  Manama, Bahrain, Feb 19 : The scenes inside the hospital were so horrific even doctors cried."He was shot in the head. I saw it, it was in the head," a nurse said to a group

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  Bahrain Troops Shoot At Protesters

  World | February 18, 2011 22:40 IST

  Manama, Feb 18: Bahraini troops shot at protesters near Pearl Square on Friday and wounded many, a former Shi'ite lawmaker said, a day after police forcibly cleared a protest camp from the traffic circle in

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  Egypt-Like Protests In Iran, Bahrain, Yemen

  World | February 15, 2011 13:48 IST

  Dubai, Feb 15 :  The possible heirs of Egypt's uprising took to the streets in different corners of the Middle East: Iran's beleaguered opposition stormed back to central Tehran and came under a tear gas