Manama - Bahrain Friday barred Iranian vessels from entering its territorial waters, as the week-long diplomatic row between Manama and Tehran mounted.
"Iranian shipping vessels had been asked to leave Bahraini territorial waters and no Iranian vessel will be allowed in until further notice," a Bahraini official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.
Officials from Bahrain Civil Aviation Affairs (CAA) said that flights between Bahrain and Iran were not affected.
Manama - Russia and Turkey on Thursday came out in support of Bahrain, in face of renewed Iranian claims that the Gulf island was an historical province of Iran.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Ali Babacan both expressed their countries' support for Manama in separate press conferences with Bahrain's Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al Khalifa at the Bahraini foreign ministry.
Manama, Bahrain - The US Navy said Wednesday that one of its battleships patrolling the Gulf of Aden apprehended seven suspected pirates, marking the first such action by the newly-established multinational Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 to combat piracy.
The guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG 72) apprehended the pirates after responding to a distress call from a nearby merchant vessel on Wednesday, according to a statement from the Manama-based US Navy 5th Fleet Command.
Manama, Bahrain - A Bahraini opposition leader said Saturday that he had filed libel cases against a local paper and several government figures over a series of articles published about him since 1997.
Abdulla Hashim in papers filed with the court said that he was asking Al Ayam, a liberal pro-government newspaper, to pay 50,000 Bahraini dinars (133,000 dollars) in damages for a series of articles about him.
Nicosia, Feb 3: The National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) of Bahrain and Shell International Gas and Power Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning the feasibility of various gas initiatives in the kingdom.
Bahrain in recent years has experienced a sharp increase in natural gas consumption and has been exploring ways of meeting demand both through the development of the country''s own gas resources and through imports.
Manama - Bahrain Friday barred Iranian vessels from entering its territorial waters, as the week-long diplomatic row between Manama and Tehran mounted.
Manama - Russia and Turkey on Thursday came out in support of Bahrain, in face of renewed Iranian claims that the Gulf island was an historical province of Iran.
Manama, Bahrain - The US Navy said Wednesday that one of its battleships patrolling the Gulf of Aden apprehended seven suspected pirates, marking the first such action by the newly-established multinational Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 to combat piracy.
Manama, Bahrain - A Bahraini opposition leader said Saturday that he had filed libel cases against a local paper and several government figures over a series of articles published about him since 1997.
Nicosia, Feb 3: The National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) of Bahrain and Shell International Gas and Power Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) concerning the feasibility of various gas initiatives in the kingdom. 
