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Bahrain issues an emergency approval for the vaccine candidate developed by Valneva, becoming the first country to approve the usage of the vaccine candidate. 2022-03-1
Bahrain approves the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved in the country. 2021-02-10
Bahrain grants emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech, becoming the second country after the United Kingdom to approve the vaccine. 2020-12-4
Iran's special advisor to the parliament speaker, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, says Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain are "toying with regional security by giving territories to a foreign power". 2019-06-25
Bahrain recalls its ambassador to Iran and expels the Iranian acting "chargé d'affaires" who is declared "persona non-grata", a day after Bahraini security forces discovered a large bomb-making factory in Nuwaidrat and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Bahrain's decision to recall its ambassador comes "in light of continued Iranian meddling in the affairs of the kingdom of Bahrain in order to create sectarian strife and impose hegemony and control." 2015-10-1
A 16-year-old child is shot dead at close range in Al-Daih, a village west of Manama, Bahrain. 2013-02-14
A fire sweeps through a complex containing housing for foreign workers in Manama, Bahrain, leaving 13 foreign nationals dead. 2013-01-11
The government of Bahrain pledges to adopt most of the recommendations in a United Nations report on the country's human rights situation. 2012-09-20
2011 Saudi Arabian protests: Demonstrations occur in the east of the country in support of anti-government rallies in Bahrain and calling for political freedoms in Saudi Arabia. 2011-04-1
Thousands of protesters defy martial law in Bahrain and continue pro-democracy demonstrations. 2011-03-18