Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): An American journalist said on Wednesday she and the three members of her camera crew were safe and in good health after being released from detention in Bahrain, where they had been accused of participating in an illegal gathering in the U.S.-allied Gulf kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): The United States on Wednesday praised Bahrain's steps toward political reforms but said the country needs to do more, adding that U.S. officials will continue to press concerns over freedom of expression and other related rights.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain said on Wednesday that it was talking with the lead managers of its latest sovereign debt offer after Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit rating.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Bahrain and Oman's credit ratings on Wednesday, in its second mass cut of large oil producers in almost exactly a year.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The British national newspaper, The Independent, reported that despite years of crackdowns, torture and oppression in Bahrain, the UK has drawn even closer to the Gulf state.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini detainee Taleb Ali, who is sentenced over the "5 Tons" case on smuggled explosives, was able to recognize the police officer who tortured him in the courtroom.

Bahrain's Third High Court of Appeals upheld the acquittal sentence of a policeman accused of firing a shotgun at a protestor in the Bilad Al-Qadeem area.

Bahraini activists stated that the authorities in Bahrain released Layla Abdulnabi who was arrested on March 10, 2015, when unrest broke out in Jaw Central Prison

The Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, saluted the Bahraini people on the fifth anniversary of their peaceful uprising, stressing that the conflict in Bahrain is political and not sectarian.

The English Football Association chairman Greg Dyke criticized Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa’s candidacy for FIFA over probably being involved in human rights violations in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): An American journalist and her camera crew who were arrested in Bahrain and accused of participating in an illegal gathering have left the country after being released on Tuesday, their families said in a statement.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's main opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, offered its sincere condolences for the loss of Lord Eric Avebury, describing him as "the defender of the freedom of all nations,"

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said it recorded 46 demonstrations staged in 26 different areas across the Kingdom of Bahrain, marking the fifth anniversary of the Bahraini uprising that erupted on February 14, 2011.

Bahrain Mirror: Hundreds of people took to the streets in Nigeria to voice their support for the demands of the Bahraini people.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Four U.S. journalists arrested in Bahrain while covering the anniversary of the island nation's 2011 uprising were charged, released and heading for the airport Tuesday to fly out of the country, a lawyer said.

Following interrogation, the Public Prosecution released on Monday (February 15, 2016) the prominent Shiite cleric and president of the dissolved religious scholars council, Sayed Majeed Al-Mashal, on the condition of staying at a specified place of residence.

The Bahraini Public Prosecution accused cleric Sayed Majeed Al-Mashal of participating in unlicensed protest in Al-Musallah area.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahraini prosecutors began questioning four detained American journalists on Tuesday following their arrest in the tiny island kingdom on the anniversary of its 2011 uprising, a lawyer said.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): A U.S. journalist and three members of her camera crew were detained in Bahrain on Sunday, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday, urging Bahrain to release the four American citizens "rapidly and without harm."

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain has arrested four American journalists covering the anniversary of its 2011 uprising amid a long crackdown on dissent in the tiny Gulf nation, witnesses said Monday.