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Bahrain PM, world's longest-serving, dies at 84

Bahrain's Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who has died at the age of 84, was a controversial figure who was deeply unpopular with the Sunni-ruled kingdom's Shiite majority

Bahrain's Prince Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa, the world's longest-serving prime minister who had held the post since independence in 1971, died Wednesday at the age of 84, state media announced.

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