Bahrain

In the Middle East even flattening the curve will only widen the gap.

Trump’s chaotic policies are leading to strategic recalculations in and around the oil-rich Persian Gulf. Israel may help defend Saudi Arabia. Russia and China could defend Iran.

Award-winning reporter Anna Therese Day and three other journalists have been detained in Bahrain and have not been released.

The tiny Gulf dictatorship has stopped listening to America’s gripes about its poor record on human rights, which got worse this week when its king had a well-known activist arrested.

Opposition groups are clashing with the king’s men. Are his reforms too little too late? By Vivian Salama.

Crisis for Royals as King of Bahrain Accepts Jubilee Invite