More than 100 rights groups urged Bahrain Wednesday to “immediately release” high-profile activist Nabil Rajab who is serving two separate jail sentences for alleged anti-government statements. The call by 127 non-governmental organizations came after the United Nations denounced the opposition leader’s detention as “arbitrary” and “discriminatory” earlier this month. Wednesday’s ...
Bahrain has stopped issuing new visas to Qataris, the interior ministry said late on Tuesday, in the latest salvo in a months-long feud between the energy-rich Gulf states. The small but strategic island kingdom severed relations with Qatar in June last year at the same time as Saudi Arabia and ...
