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Bahrain and Iran yesterday said they will sign a security agreement "in near future", according to a joint communiqué issued at the end of His Majesty the King, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's two-day visit to Tehran.

All Arab states must learn from the September 11 attacks on the U.S. to develop genuine constitutional systems as democracy is the only effective weapon against political extremism.

In a surprised move, the body representing Bahrain's workers yesterday declared the recently introduced Trade Unions Law does not meet the basic requirements for the establishment of independent unions.

A new controversial law to regulate the establishment of labour and trade unions in Bahrain will undergo a revision, taking into consideration views of the workers' representatives as well as employers, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister, confirmed.

On his way to Beirut in 1971, his first diplomatic assignment, Peter William Ford expected to see a whole lot of sand and camels.

The new Indian Ambassador to Manama has urged the Indian community here to continue their sustained efforts and contribute to Bahrain's development and prosperity in all respects.

The Bahraini government is committed to promote and preserve human rights, Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa told officials of the local human rights watch body.

His Majesty the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, will start an official two-day groundbreaking visit to Iran tomorrow, announced the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.

His Majesty the King of Bahrain, Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in Iran yesterday on a first visit by a Bahraini leader to the Islamic republic in more than two decades, state media reported.

Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Angelo La Marte, a career diplomat, arrived in the capital of East Germany as a Minister Counsellor, second man in the Italian embassy.

Bahrain's main opposition group, the Islamic National Wefaq Society, is likely to boycott island's first general elections in three decades, set for October 24, the group's president told Gulf News.

The Bahraini government will make full effort to sustain social and economic growth by eliminating red-tapism and tightening financial and administrative controls, according to a four-year plan presented to the National Assembly yesterday.