Sources: BBC
Bahrainis head to the polls to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. 2022-11-12
Bahrain's National Health Regulatory Authority approves the registration of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine developed by Sinopharm after Phase III clinical trials results showed an 86% efficacy rate. 2020-12-13
The White House is expected to announce the first part of their Middle East peace proposal in what officials are calling an economic "workshop" to encourage investing capital in the West Bank, Gaza, and the region. The workshop is expected to happen on June 25 and 26 in Manama, Bahrain. 2019-05-19
After a meeting in Najaf, Islamic Dawa Party leader Premier Haider al-Abadi and Shi'a Sadrist Movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr announce their parties' alliance. Together, they control 96 of 329 seats in Parliament. 2018-06-23
The Bahrain High Civil Court in Manama dissolves Al Wefaq, Bahrain's main Shia opposition group, accusing it of helping to foster violence and terrorism in the Sunni-led, Shia-majority island country. The Bahraini court previously issued a three-month suspension of the group last month. 2016-07-17
Bahraini authorities strip Isa Qassim, the kingdom's most influential Shia cleric, of his citizenship after they accused him of promoting "sectarianism and violence". 2016-06-20
Protesters demanding political reform leave Baghdad's Green Zone after camping for 24 hours in the heavily fortified government district. These activists, followers of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Muqtadā al-Ṣadr, support Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's anti-corruption proposals to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats. A grid-locked parliament has been unable to act on these changes. 2016-05-1
Bahrain's public prosecution charges seven police officers with torturing Shia medics to obtain confessions during the ongoing Bahraini uprising. 2012-09-18
Four people are arrested in a Shiite village in Bahrain after seven policemen are injured in an apparent "terrorist attack". 2012-04-10
2011–2012 Bahraini uprising: Authorities in Bahrain refuse to transfer jailed Shia political activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been performing a hunger strike for two months, to Denmark. 2012-04-9