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Bahrainis and other Gulf citizens should be "educated" on how to deal with foreigners,especially the expatriates who work in the GCC countries, a human rights watchdog urged yesterday.

Bahrain is a free country but freedom must not be used to divide the nation or hurt its interests, the Prime Minister said yesterday.

A U.S. non-profit organisation yesterday began a three-day workshop to train Bahrain's newly-elected and appointed lawmakers, the organisation's representative said.

A Bahraini human rights watchdog yesterday painted a gloomy picture of the conditions in which most migrant women work as domestics, saying they were faced with "numerous violations" with no one or law to protect them.

Bahraini lawmakers yesterday said they had the constitutional right to investigate the regional carrier, Gulf Air, in which Bahrain owns a 33 per cent share.

An extremist group has placed an advertisement on the Internet seeking to recruit suicide bombers - volunteers who are ready to blow themselves up in "the battle against the infidels."

Artists to make pitch for peace in Bahrain event

Islamist leaders from around the Arab world are set to meet with officials and academics from the US and Europe in Kuwait next month to discuss regional political reforms and the participation of religious movements in the political process, the principle organiser of the meeting said.

A detailed proposal to force expatriates or their sponsors in Bahrain to pay for medical services is being studied and could be implemented in one year, a top health official told Gulf News yesterday.

Addax begins operations in Bahrain

A proposal to raise the minimum wage in the private sector has sparked a controversy among Ba-hraini members of parliament, with those allied with the business community claiming some businesses might go bankrupt while others urging "greedy" traders to help improve the living standard of the working class.

Bahrain-based Taib Bank yesterday announced it was becoming a private bank focused on serving high-networth individuals, families and institutional clients. It also announced plans to increase its authorised capital from $125 million to $200 million.