The United Nations signaled on Friday it was not responsible for controlling Yemen's main airport, dismissing a call by a Saudi Arabia-led military coalition for the world body do so.

Kuwaiti authorities have arrested 12 people convicted in absentia of spying for Iran and Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

A three-year-old boy has died from injuries sustained from gunfire in the Saudi town of Awamiyah, several activists have confirmed to “The Independent” newspaper.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warned its citizens in Bahrain of showing sympathy for Qatar whether through social media outlets or by any other means of communication.

Leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada Al-Sadr said that he discussed files of Yemen, Bahrain, Syria as well as others like Jerusalem, Iranian-Saudi relations and Iraqi-Saudi relations during his meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince.

Bahrain's government has hired banks for a planned U.S. dollar-denominated bond issue, sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

A buyer in Bahrain purchased about 25,000 tonnes of wheat thought likely to be sourced from Australia in a tender for the same volume this week, European traders said on Thursday.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of 10 suspects, including an uncle and nephew, who hid 5 among the Jaw Prisoners fugitives, until September 19, in order to summon the attesting witness, give permission to the attorney of fourth suspect to receive copies of the documents and allow the sixth suspect to make a proxy for his wife, with the continued detention of the suspects until the next session.

General Authority for Social Insurance in Bahrain revealed that the total retirement cost of the members of the Shura and House of Representatives during the past eight years (2009-2016) amounted to BD 9 million.

Activists on social media outlets expressed their concerns over health of spiritual leader of Shia majority, Sheikh Isa Qassim, who is still being under house arrest since May 23, 2017. Bahrain: Con

If Emir Tamim’s speech does not precede a new chapter of sincere dialogue and compromise in the Qatar crisis, the long-term prospects for the GCC remaining a six-member institution will dim and disintegration will become an increasingly likely outcome.

The Bahraini security authorities have continued on Friday (August 11, 2017) to prevent the Shia majority from performing their largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz that has been witnessing a security siege since over a year.

The authorities in charge of Hajj affairs in Saudi Arabia introduced a new system this year for meals provided by campaigns for pilgrims.

Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced prominent Shiite cleric, Sheikh Hussein Al-Radi, to 13 years in prison for a Friday speech he delivered, denouncing the war on Yemen.

Saudi authorities have retaken control of a district in the Sunni-ruled kingdom's Shiite-majority east following months of unrest and a police crackdown, according to witnesses, a minister and local media.

Islamic State issued a video on Wednesday threatening new attacks in the Iranian capital Tehran and calling on young Iranians to rise up and launch jihad in their country.

Qatar Airways is evaluating whether it will use air routes which media reports said were opened this week by countries embroiled in a political dispute with Qatar, the airline's chief executive said on Wednesday.

Qatar announced on Wednesday a program to allow visa-free entry for citizens of 80 countries to encourage air transport and tourism amid a two-month boycott imposed on the Gulf state by its neighbors.

A court in the United Arab Emirates has convicted an Iranian national for spying and aiding Tehran's nuclear program, sentencing him to 10 years in jail then deportation, local newspapers reported on Thursday.

A security campaign against Shi'ite Muslim gunmen in eastern Saudi Arabia has reduced dozens of buildings in the town of Awamiya to ruins and forced thousands of residents to flee.