As CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports, Bahrain's government says the Formula One Grand Prix race should be trouble-free.

Marketplace Middle East looks at Virgin Galatic's ambitious plans to revolutionize space access.

After five years of trying, an international group of authors have achieved their aim of taking their Palestine Festival of Literature to Gaza for the first time. Previously each year the literary festival had visited several cities in the West Bank, but was unable to gain permission from Israel to visit Gaza.