Bahrain's King Hamad said on Wednesday he would not allow any more "insults" of the armed forces in the Gulf state in an apparent warning to leading Shi'ite opposition party Wefaq after criticisms ...

Bahrain's King Hamad has toughened penalties in anti-terrorism laws before planned anti-government protests this month, approving proposals that have alarmed human rights groups which fear a ...

Washington also has granted Bahrain major non-NATO ally status. But the king's comments Sunday mark Bahrain's clearest opposition yet to the idea of American military intervention in Iraq.