Charles Leclerc missed out on his first Formula One victory in Bahrain last weekend because of an unprecedented short-circuit in an injection system control unit, his Ferrari team said on Friday.

Unprecedented short-circuit cost Charles Leclerc victory in Bahrain

Michael Schumacher's son Mick finished in the points on his Formula Two debut in Bahrain on Saturday, with eighth place in the feature race ensuring he will start Sunday's sprint from pole position.

Motor racing: Mick Schumacher eighth on F2 debut in Bahrain

Sebastian Vettel will be aiming for his third successive Bahrain Grand Prix win on Sunday as Ferrari seek to show their lack of pace in Formula One’s Australian season opener was a one-off.

Sebastian Vettel seeks Ferrari boost in Bahrain

A refugee footballer who was detained in Thailand and threatened with extradition to Bahrain said he feels sure "no one can follow me now," after becoming an Australian citizen on Tuesday.

Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi becomes Australian citizen after Thai ordeal

Bahrain on Monday said it could still pursue further legal proceedings against Bahraini refugee football player Hakeem al-Araibi after the Thai criminal court dropped the deportation case that would have extradited him back to his native land.

Bahrain says can still pursue further legal action against Hakeem al-Araibi

Mounting pressure on Thailand to release from detention football player Hakeem al-Araibi has not only refocussed international attention on alleged abuse of human rights and due course of law in Bahrain but also the apparent continued ability of autocratic and authoritarian regimes to enlist global police organisation Interpol in efforts to silence critics.

A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage

Bahrain's government has submitted documents for the extradition of Hakeem Al Araibi, a Bahraini refugee footballer held in prison in Thailand, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Bahrain closer to extradition of footballer held in Thailand

'Normalisation (of relations) with the Syrian regime at this stage is the normalisation of a person involved in war crimes, and this should not be acceptable,' said Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani.

Qatar rejects normalising ties with 'criminal' Syrian President Assad

The top US diplomat's visit to the small, energy-rich Gulf state comes amid a more than 18-month-old dispute pitting Riyadh and its allies against Doha.

Mike Pompeo to push for end to Gulf dispute during Qatar visit

The United Nations human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to release activist Nabeel Rajab, saying that the upholding of his five-year jail sentence by the top court this week showed "continued suppression of government critics".

Release activist Nabeel Rajab: UN human rights body to Bahrain

An Indian woman was Sunday rescued by authorities in Bahrain after a Bahraini “enslaver” allegedly threatened to keep her for at least 25 days. The Indian Embassy in Bahrain announced her rescue on Twitter hours after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, in a tweet, directed the Indian Ambassador in the Gulf nation to intervene in the case.

Indian woman in captivity of ‘enslaver’ in Bahrain rescued: Indian mission

The foreign minister of US ally Bahrain has defended Australia's formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the move would not affect a future Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.

Bahrain foreign minister defends Australia's decision on Jerusalem

The Bahrain government is likely to sign an agreement with India early next year for cooperation in space technology, a Bahraini minister has said. In February next year, the Gulf nation, hopefully, will sign a pact with Indian space agency ISRO for training and research purposes, Kamal Bin Ahmed Mohammed, Minister for Transportation and Telecommunications, Bahrain, said.

India, Bahrain likely to ink pact for cooperation in space technology

A Bahraini opposition leader and Shia Muslim cleric was sentenced on Sunday to life in prison by the Supreme Court of Appeals for allegedly spying for Qatar, overturning an earlier acquittal by a lower court, Bahrain's office of the public prosecutor announced.

Bahrain opposition leader sentenced to life in prison for alleged spying

An apartment building collapsed in Bahrain's capital late on Tuesday leaving at least four people dead and 20 injured, the interior ministry said. Three bodies were found at the site in Manama's Salmaniya neighbourhood and one person died in hospital, the ministry said.

Bahrain building collapse kills four, injures at least 20: Ministry

A directive from the economy ministry ordered shops to immediately strip shelves of products from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt

Qatar bans Saudi, UAE goods from stores

Abu Dhabi says Qatari air force jets intercepted two UAE civilian aircraft on commercial flights to Bahrain last month, and Doha says UAE military aircraft violated its airspace on Dec. 21 and January 3

Iran could be winner, US a loser from UAE-Qatar tensions

The UAE Civil Aviation authority condemned the alleged incident and said it would take "all necessary legal measures to ensure the safety and security of civil air traffic."

UAE says Qatari fighter jets intercepted civilian flight

Instead of focusing on the 'removal of poverty' and 'job creating', the country was instead seeing a rise in the 'forces of hate and division', Gandhi said

'Serious problem at home', job creation at 8-year low: Rahul Gandhi in Bahrain

Gandhi will leave next week and will speak to the NRIs on January 8

Rahul Gandhi to visit Bahrain, address NRIs

The crisis-hit Gulf Cooperation Council summit which was going ahead in Kuwait City witnessed the absence of the Saudi King

Saudi, allies snub Qatar at crisis-hit Gulf summit

OPEC and other non-OPEC producers will meet on Nov. 30 in Vienna to decide on oil output policy

No reason not to extend oil cuts agreement: Bahrain oil minister

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates have listed 'six principles' they want Qatar to adopt

Four Arab countries ready to talk with Qatar, with conditions

On June 22, Qatar was?presented with a list of 13 demands and was given 10 days to comply

Saudi Arabia and allies extend Qatar deadline by 48 hours

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