Forces affiliated to Ministry of Interior launched vast security campaign targeting villages of Bu Quwah and Al-Qidam, hours after the blast that the Ministry of Interior said it killed policeman and injured 8 others.

The European Union said that "The decision by the High Appeal Court of Bahrain of 26 October to uphold the Appeal Court ruling to dissolve the National Democratic Action Society (Waad) contravenes provisions on the freedoms of speech and association as enshrined in the Constitution of Bahrain and therefore risks further polarizing Bahrain's society."

Five Bahraini female political prisoners have gone on hunger strike to protest against ill-treatment and a glass barrier that prevents contact with visitors, a rights group said Friday.

Militants attacked a Bahraini police bus near the Jidhafs area outside the capital Manama, killing one policeman and wounding eight others, the interior ministry said on Friday.

Israeli Channel 10 interviewed former member of the Bahrain National Unity Assembly, in a new sign revealing Bahraini King Hamad’s orientation towards normalizing his country’s relations with Israel.

Fifteen international rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Reprieve, Reporters without Borders (RSF) and Index on Censorship, sent a joint letter to a number of world powers and international and UN groups to urgently raise, both publicly and privately, the case of Sayed Ahmad Alwadaei’s relatives.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered a 24-hour suspension to military operations against Kurdish forces in northern Iraq, to allow for the peaceful deployment of Iraqi troops at the border crossings with the Kurdistan region.

An Emirati soldier has been killed in southern Saudi Arabia while taking part in the Saudi-led campaign against Yemen's Huthi rebels, the United Arab Emirates military said.

A Bahraini policeman was killed and eight others wounded on Friday in a "terrorist" bomb attack on the bus in which they were travelling, the interior ministry said.

A number of human rights groups on Thursday (26 October 2017) condemned the Second High Court of Appeals for the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad).

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said in a statement issued on October 26, 2017, “the Bahraini authorities must protect Nabeel Rajab from harassment and degrading treatment”.

A group of 13 human rights organizations urged the British government to call for the release of three Bahrainis detained in the Gulf State, saying they were being punished because they were relatives of a London-based activist and his wife.

The American CNN channel aired an interview with one of ISIS members in the Syria’s Al-Raqqa, who turned himself over to the Syrian Democratic Forces that took control over ISIS stronghold last week.

The National Islamic Al-Wefaq Society considered that the Court of Appeal’s decision to uphold the dissolution of the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad) "reflects the political bankruptcy the regime is experiencing."

The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court issued a 7-year jail term verdict and citizen revocation against a suspect accused of training to use weapons and explosives in Iraq and Iran.

A row between Qatar and some other Gulf Arab states has paused progress to a single currency in the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Thursday, adding he hoped work on the project would resume soon.

US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain William Roebuck visited Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad and Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Khalifa.

Dozens of citizens took part in a protest that marched the streets of sieged Diraz following the afternoon prayers.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa participated in the funeral procession of Thai King, who passed away a year ago.

The Bahraini security forces continued the house arrest of spiritual leader of Shia majority in the county Sheikh Isa Qassim for the 158th consecutive day.