A front page article this morning was absolutely shocking as we thought that the “troubles” that Bahrain has been through in the 90’s were over. Completely over. The attack on a police van – or any manner of violence for that matter – cannot be condoned. I have no idea who or why this attack …

An inquiry has begun in Saudi Arabia into allegations that a clinic ejected a terminally-ill Aids patient and left him in the street barely conscious. Abulraheem Mahmood, 57, was taken in a pick-up truck and left on the pavement by his employer’s office in Jeddah, the Saudi newspaper, Arab News, reported. He was then taken …

I don’t think so. I’ve all but lost hope of this so called democratic movement that we’re going through if we continue to be represented by completely ineffective members of parliament, with one having his immunity lifted and is under investigation for writing dud cheques, while another crows of his “greatest achievement” of getting a …

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