Bahrain issued two alerts of potential threats on Sunday, its first such warnings since September as blasts rocked the capital, Manama. It comes after Iran targeted an airbase in the US-allied island state, ending a long lull in strikes during the Middle East War and comes as negotiations to end the conflict remain at a stalemate, with the US maintaining its naval blockade and Iran its stranglehold over the strait of Hormuz. Story by Rachael Griffiths.