Bahrain

Bahraini forces have clashed with anti-regime protesters in Bilad al Qadim village near the capital Manama on the eve of the first anniversary of the Bahraini uprising.

As the year comes to close, many are relieved that a year of stormy clouds and unabated anger is behind us. Things can only get better or is there still worse to come? In 2011, it turned out that we could not forecast the range of violent weather, nor could we predict the rage of people. From the Gulf to the Caucuses, and from the USA to Japan the world felt pain in 2011.

The relationship of Arab and Persian can be summarized as one of antagonistic alternating bouts of best of friends with worst of neighbors!

A special commission investigating Bahrain's March crackdown on Shiite-led protests said on Wednesday that police used "excessive force"

In the first such visit by an Arab or foreign ruler since he stepped down on February 11, ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met earlier this week Bahrain's King Hamad bin Issa

The Kingdom's Minister of Industry and Commerce has announced a $13 billion commitment to Bahrain International Investment Park.

Chairman of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce, Dr. Essam Fakhro, said on Monday that Bahrain’s economy lost approximately $2 billion dollars due to the political unrest.

ABOUT 30 percent of all food purchased in Bahrain during Ramadan will be thrown away, says a top environmentalist.

Massive efforts to boost Bahrain's energy reserves were recently urged by His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.

The Bahrain bourse had a turbulent first half of 2011, brought on by the political unrest that hit the Middle East, and extended to the country’s capital Manama.

Middle East investment professional Douglas Hansen-Luke argues that financial experts in Bahrain's private sector should decide where the money goes.

Batelco, Bahrain's leading telecom operator, plans to invest up to $199 million over the next three years on developing infrastructure in Bahrain.

These are the poster children and heroes of the Arab revolutions. Some are just that- children, kids who have been raised as human faces of an otherwise anonymous maelstrom of anonymous popular demonstrations.