FIA president Jean Todt is adamant his conscience is clear and the reputation of Formula One remains intact despite damaging headlines this week.

Sebastian Vettel is back on pole position for the 31st time in his Formula One career after grabbing top spot on the grid for tomorrow’s controversial Bahrain Grand Prix.

Nico Rosberg has emerged as the man to beat in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix on a morning when a full complement of cars again took to the track.

A trio of Formula One’s world champions today refused to be drawn on the burning issue overshadowing this weekend’s controversial Bahrain Grand Prix.

Nervous shop owners closed their doors and security forces fanned out across Bahrain’s capital in attempts to quell widening unrest that threatened to overshadow the return of the Formula One Grand Prix to the Gulf kingdom.

A former leading Bahraini politician has claimed there are “fears we could see some casualties” during the course of this weekend’s Formula One grand prix.

Anti-government protesters in Bahrain are expected to step up their campaign this week which is set to have an impact on Formula One.

The Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead as planned on April 22, the FIA have confirmed.

The onus on whether this year’s Bahrain Grand Prix goes ahead has been placed squarely on the shoulders of the FIA.

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

Michael Schumacher is convinced the Bahrain Grand Prix organisers will pull out all the stops to ensure no harm befalls the Formula One fraternity next month.

A CANISTER containing powerful explosive material blew apart the front of a minibus near the British Embassy in Bahrain’s capital.

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.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has voiced his concerns with regard to the “rather worrying” situation in Bahrain.

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’s biggest Shiite party today pulled out of the US-backed talks with the Gulf kingdom’s Sunni rulers, claiming the government was not serious about addressing Shiite demands for greater rights and political freedoms.

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.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone yesterday made a last-ditch bid to keep the Bahrain Grand Prix on this year's calendar.

Former FIA president Max Mosley does not believe there is “the slightest chance” the rearranged Bahrain Grand Prix will go ahead this year.

The Formula One teams appear to be on a collision course with the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone after today’s contentious decision regarding the rescheduling of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

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.

Organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix have been granted an extended deadline to provide assurances to the FIA that they will be able to safely stage the event later this year.

Formula One’s governing body, the FIA, today refused to be drawn on when a decision will be taken over the future of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

BAHRAIN’S security forces fired tear gas at anti-government protesters in the Gulf kingdom after a prominent Shi’ite cleric vowed that their demands for the Sunni monarchy to loosen its grip on power will not be silenced by “brutal force”.

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.

The organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix have been given until May 1 to confirm whether they will be able to stage a race this year.

A senior FIA official has revealed the Bahrain and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix could figure in close proximity to one another on any revamped calendar this year.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has insisted postponing the Bahrain Grand Prix was the only way forward for fear of potential trouble during the race weekend.

THE crown prince of Bahrain has cited his country’s need for time to heal as one of the primary reasons behind the decision to postpone next month’s Formula One grand prix.

Red Bull Racing’s Mark Webber concedes Formula One must be prepared to abandon plans to stage the opening race of the 2011 season in Bahrain amid ongoing unrest in the Gulf Kingdom.

Britain is seeking international condemnation of Libya’s bloody repression of protests against Muammar Gaddafi’s 42-year rule, described by Prime Minister David Cameron as “unacceptable, counter-productive and wrong”.

Thousands of Bahrainis have been demonstrating in the capital Manama demanding a regime change in the Gulf kingdom after two protesters were killed in clashes with police.

The revolution on the Nile raises serious questions about the stability of other Arab regimes, reports Brian Murphy from Dubai

Sainsbury’s suitor and Qatari royal family-backed investment vehicle Delta Two has been thrust into the limelight by its interest in snapping up the supermarket giant, but until now little has been known of the seemingly deep-pocketed fund.

An explosion rocked an area near a Jiddah branch of the Saudi-American bank today, according to early reports.

A shootout in the Saudi capital Riyadh today killed two militants and one policemen, a security official said.

Foreigners fearing strikes by terrorists in Saudi Arabia will be allowed to carry guns, the police minister announced today.

Saudi Arabia’s influential oil minister struggled to rein in a runaway market with assurances about the reliability of supplies as OPEC members gathered in Beirut to consider increasing crude production.

Saudi and US officials say Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida group may launch fresh terror attacks in the United States or against American interests overseas.