Blast heard in Bahrain, alert sirens sound: AFP journalist

Sirens sounded in Bahrain, the interior ministry said, with an AFP correspondent hearing an explosion two weeks into renewed US-Iran hostilities that have seen near daily Iranian attacks on the island kingdom.

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