Bahraini officials say a young man was killed by gunfire during the latest anti-government protests in the Gulf kingdom.

Bahraini security forces fanned out across the island in unprecedented numbers as Shiites marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country’s Sunni rulers.

Security forces moved out in unprecedented numbers today as Bahrain marked the one-year anniversary of the Shiite-led uprising against its Sunni rulers.

A detainee has died after being taken into custody during clashes between security forces and Shiite-led protesters, Bahrain authorities said.

Anti-government protesters defied a ban by marching on the headquarters of Bahrain’s main opposition party, pressing ahead with their campaign for greater political and civil rights for the nation’s Shiite Muslims.

Bahraini security forces have used tear gas and stun grenades to try to disperse anti-government protesters marching along a road toward the island kingdom’s capital.

Bahrain used torture and excessive force against people arrested in crackdowns on anti-government protests, an official inquiry has found.

Riot police have fired tear gas at demonstrators after clashes erupted in Bahrain just hours before the release of an independent report on the country’s unrest.

Security forces in Bahrain have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters demanding greater rights for the Gulf kingdom’s Shiite majority.

Bahrain’s security court has convicted 33 more activists on charges that include violence and attempted murder during anti-government protests and sentenced them to prison terms.

Bahrain’s special security court has sentenced a protester to death for killing a policeman, and jailed doctors and nurses who treated injured protesters during the uprising earlier this year, a lawyer said.

The harsh crackdown on anti-government protests in Bahrain has failed to silence people’s demands for greater rights, a senior Shiite cleric in the Gulf kingdom said today as thousands of opposition supporters rallied on the outskirts of the capital.

Bahrain will dismiss charges against some people detained during crackdowns against Shiite-led protests and allow compensation to prisoners abused by security forces, the Gulf nation’s king said in a nationally broadcast speech.

Reconciliation talks between Bahrain’s Sunni monarchy and the Shiite opposition have started for the first time since anti-government protests erupted in the Gulf kingdom, an opposition figure said.

Bahrain’s Sunni rulers have started reconciliation talks with the opposition after four months of Shiite-led protests for greater rights and harsh crackdowns on dissent in the strategic Gulf kingdom.

There have been protests in Bahrain as eight activists were sentenced to life in prison for allegedly plotting a coup during anti-government demonstrations earlier this year.

Bahrain has jailed eight Shiite activists accused of plotting to overthrow the state for life.

Dozens of doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during the months of unrest in Bahrain have gone on trial accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy.

Bahrain's king Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa has ordered the state of emergency imposed in mid-March during weeks of protests to be lifted from next month.

Bahrain’s justice minister has said several doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during months of unrest in the Gulf kingdom will be tried in a military court.

A military court in Bahrain has convicted four Shiite protesters and sentenced them to death for killing two policemen during anti-government demonstrations last month, the Gulf kingdom’s state media said.

Authorities in Bahrain have detained and beaten a prominent activist amid a continued crackdown on the opposition in the tiny Gulf nation, according to a human rights group.

One man has died and at least 50 been injured when Bahrain security forces fired tear gas and pellets at anti-government protesters today, activists said.

Bahrain’s king today accused Iran of being behind the Shiite uprising which has rocked the country.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Bahraini embassy in London today calling for the downfall of the Bahraini government.

At least six leading opposition activists have been detained in the continuing crackdown on protesters in the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain, reports say.

Soldiers and riot police in Bahrain overran a protesters’ camp, imposed a 12-hour curfew and choked off movement in this tiny island kingdom that has been rocked by a month of protests.

Troops using tear gas and armoured cars evicted hundreds of protesters from their camp in Bahrain’s capital today trying to squash the growing movement challenging the 200-year-old monarchy.

Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armoured vehicles to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf kingdom.

A combined military force from Gulf states has entered Bahrain to help deal with a month of political unrest.

A parliament group has asked Bahrain’s king to impose martial law after a month of unrest which has left the tiny Gulf nation sharply divided between minority Sunni Muslims backing the ruling system and Shiites demanding sweeping changes.

Bahrain riot police have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at an anti-government protest camp in the capital, eyewitnesses claimed today.

Hundreds of Shiite opposition supporters are holding a demonstration outside the US embassy in Bahrain’s capital, Manama.

Thousands of Shiite opposition supporters in Bahrain blocked the entrance to prime minister’s office but failed to disrupt a government meeting today as the campaign for reform in the strategic Gulf nation enters its third week.

Thousands of Shiite protesters in Bahrain have formed a huge human chain around the capital, Manama, as their campaign to loosen the Sunni monarchy’s grip on power in the strategic Gulf nation enters its third week.

Hundreds of anti-government protesters blocked access to Bahrain’s parliament today and forced officials to cancel a meeting of the ruler’s hand-picked envoys.

Bahrain's king ousted four Cabinet members today as a prominent opposition leader returned from exile and urged the country's rulers to back up reform promises with action.

A prominent Shia opposition leader is returning to Bahrain after months of voluntary exile in London.

Tens of thousands of flag-waving protesters flooded Bahrain’s capital today in a massive show of force against the embattled monarchy.

The streets of Bahrain were calmer today as violent protests were exchanged for political haggling over demands the monarchy give up its near-absolute control.

Bahrain's opposition wants the nation's rulers to guarantee they will back up their conciliatory words with actions, a Shiite leader said today.

Thousands of singing and dancing protesters streamed back into Manama’s central Pearl Square today after Bahrain’s leaders withdrew tanks and riot police following a bloody crackdown by security forces in the tiny monarchy.

Bahrain has ordered its military off the square in the capital that was the heart of an uprising against the Gulf nation's rulers, a key demand by the opposition for starting a dialogue in the political crisis.

Bahrain's Shiite opposition has rejected any dialogue with the Gulf kingdom's Sunni royal family until "tanks are off the streets" and the army stops "shooting at peaceful protesters".