Manama, Bahrain: Without warning, hundreds of heavily armed riot police officers rushed into Pearl Square Manama early on Thursday, firing shotguns, tear gas and concussion grenades at the thousands ...

US Strikes Iran: Spread over a meagre 20 square kilometres, Iran's Kharg island processes 90 per cent of the country's total oil exports, driving the region to the edge as the US attacked it on Friday ...

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Soldiers look on as diggers move in to destroy the Pearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain (AP) Diggersmove rubble from the base of the Pearl Square monument, in Manama, Bahrain (AP) Authorities in ...

MANAMA, Bahrain – Bahrain’s army has demolished the 300 foot (90-meter) pearl monument that had become a symbol of a monthlong Shiite uprising against the Sunni monarchy. The six white curved beams ...