Bahrain accuses Iran of training opposition militants

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 22:41

Bahrain accused Iran`s Revolutionary Guards on Friday of providing opposition militants with explosives training in order to carry out attacks in the Gulf kingdom, announcing that it had arrested five suspects.

Fresh drive to help illegal Indian workers in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 16:29

Saudi Arabia is the world`s largest oil exporter and has the Arab world`s largest economy with a bilateral trade of more than USD 43 billion with India.

Kerry travelling to Riyadh to soothe Saudi-US tensions

Last Updated: Thursday, October 31, 2013, 20:39

US Secretary of State John Kerry will launch a nine-day trip by travelling to Riyadh for talks on Sunday with King Abdullah amid tensions with the Gulf Kingdom.

Bahrain jails 18 Shiites for police station attack

Last Updated: Thursday, October 10, 2013, 21:44

A Bahraini court on Thursday sentenced 18 Shiites to between five and seven years in prison after they were convicted of attacking a police station, a judicial source said.

Thousands protest against government in Bahrain

Last Updated: Saturday, August 24, 2013, 00:23

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Bahrain to demonstrate against the government in a permitted protest in the Gulf kingdom.

Bahraini activist barred from flight to gulf kingdom

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 21:43

A prominent Bahraini rights activist has been barred from a flight to the gulf kingdom after a request from government authorities.

Bahrain opens trial against alleged militants

Last Updated: Thursday, July 11, 2013, 20:26

A defence lawyer in Bahrain says state prosecutors have opened their cases against 50 suspected members of a shadowy anti-government faction.

Indian paid Rs 36 lakh to rescue compatriot in Saudi Arabia

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 15:07

A Saudi-based Indian businessman has secured the release of a compatriot serving a jail term in the Gulf Kingdom for killing a local resident in Jeddah by paying blood money to the family of the victim.