Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain's public prosecutor says the trial of 24 people accused of forming a local Islamic State branch and plotting attacks will begin Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): A prominent Bahraini human rights activist charged over tearing up a picture of the island's king saw her sentence reduced to a year in prison Wednesday, though her lawyer said she would refuse to turn herself in.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's opposition on Wednesday condemned what it called the police's use of "excessive" force during clashes with Shiite villagers commemorating the religious festival of Ashura.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Wednesday charged 24 people with forming a cell of the Islamic State group, plotting suicide attacks and recruiting fighters for the jihadist organisation.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's appeals court has reduced the sentence of an opposition figure convicted of insulting the king by ripping up a photograph of him, Amnesty International said Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain should immediately release two "unjustly imprisoned" regime opponents, Human Rights Watch said Thursday, urging the kingdom's allies London and Washington to intervene on their behalf.

Reuters: Bahrain's Gulf Air is in final talks to place an order for up to 50 aircraft to meet the airline's needs over the next decade, the carrier's chief financial officer said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror: The latest national field study conducted by the Psychiatric Hospital included 1,114 citizens. It was revealed that 71% suffer from anxiety and 35% from depression.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): The tiny island kingdom of Bahrain has ended its government subsidies on meat and poultry products as countries across the Persian Gulf scramble to deal with low global oil prices.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain ordered the acting Iranian charge d'affaires to leave within 72 hours Thursday night and recalled its own ambassador over allegations the Islamic Republic sponsored "subversion" and funneled arms to militants in the island kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Iran on Thursday and ordered Tehran's envoy to leave within 72 hours, claiming interference in its affairs, the official BNA news agency reported.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain said on Thursday it had recalled its ambassador to Iran, a day after it said security forces had discovered a large bomb-making factory and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain more than doubled the prices of beef and chicken on Thursday, removing meat subsidies in a politically sensitive move designed to save money as low oil prices slash the government's revenues.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain is in talks with banks about potentially issuing an international bond this year, three sources aware of the matter said on Thursday, as the Gulf country seeks to raise funds to cover a budget deficit created by cheap oil.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahraini police announced Wednesday they seized 1.5 tons of explosives in a warehouse and underground bunker system south of the capital, Manama, in one of the largest such busts amid ongoing unrest in the tiny island kingdom.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Authorities in Bahrain said they had uncovered a large stash of weapons and arrested a number of people suspected of having links with Iran and Iraq.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahraini security forces have discovered a large bomb-making factory and arrested a number of suspects linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): The new leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party criticized Saudi Arabia and Bahrain on Tuesday for repressing their own citizens and called on Prime Minister David Cameron to stop his "uncritical support" for such countries.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have signed contracts worth around $300 million to lay a new 350,000-barrel per day (bpd) oil pipeline between the two countries, with the link due to be operational in 2018, Bahrain's Energy Minister said on Thursday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Thursday ordered the formation of a "smaller cabinet" within the government that will look specifically at financial problems raised by lower oil prices, state news agency BNA reported.