Sources: Al Jazeera BBC
The Bahraini government approves booster doses of the Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the first country to approve booster doses of this vaccine. 2021-09-4
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 supercarrier USS "Nimitz" is deployed to the Persian Gulf from its station in Bahrain. The U.S. Navy maintains that the ship's deployment was not related to "any specific threat." 2020-11-28
Australia announces its agreement to join the United States' coalition, along with the United Kingdom and Bahrain, to prevent Iran from targeting ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. Australia will deploy a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and a frigate. 2019-08-21
Bahrain announces it will reopen its embassy in Damascus, Syria, a day after the UAE made the same decision. 2018-12-28
Bahraini state media reports the discovery of the nation's largest known deposit of oil and gas in an offshore field. 2018-04-1
Four people are arrested in a Shiite village in Bahrain after seven policemen are injured in an apparent "terrorist attack". 2012-04-10
Canadian national Naser al-Raas is arrested in Bahrain for attending a rally in the 2011–2012 Bahraini uprising. 2012-02-1
2011 Bahraini uprising: Violent clashes erupt in a Shia village during a "national dialogue" in Bahrain. 2011-07-3
2011 Bahraini uprising: Bahrain arrests two senior members of the Opposition Al Wefaq party, Jawad Ferooz and Mattar Ibrahim Mattar. 2011-05-2