A British resident has been sentenced in absentia by a court in Bahrain for allegedly trying to overthrow the government.

A jailed activist who has been on a hunger strike since February made his first public appearance in months yesterday, attending a court hearing in a wheelchair.

Human rights groups criticise guest list that included despotic King of Bahrain

Among the nations of the Arab Spring, Bahrain is an unusual case.

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain discussed a political union at a meeting in Riyadh yesterday in a development that could see the tiny Gulf kingdom largely absorbed by its neighbour.

Closer political union is blow to Shia protest movement

Rights activists convicted of trying to overthrow the state claimed yesterday that they were forced to sign confessions

Bahrain has arrested a prominent human rights activist and critic of the country's ruling family.

Activists warn ruling for 21 jailed dissidents may be attempt to deflect international criticism

There are growing fears for the life of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the jailed Bahraini human rights leader who has been on hunger strike for 78 days, as his family say they have been unable to contact him since Monday.

Sebastian Vettel says Red Bull have lost self-belief after failing to replicate last season's dominance so far in 2012. Red Bull won 12 out of 19 races in 2011 and took 18 pole positions to wrap up their second world titles in as many seasons.

The daughter of a jailed hunger striker has been remanded in custody for protesting during the Formula One Grand Prix last weekend.

A Bahraini politician who defended the Gulf state's government's torture and jailing of doctors was invited to privately discuss bilateral security cooperation with the UK by a London think-tank last month.

Bahrain's highest appeals court has delayed giving a verdict on a jailed hunger striker and other activists seeking to overturn their sentences linked to the Shia-led uprising against the Sunni monarchy.