U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday the United States was satisfied with Qatar's efforts to implement an agreement aimed at combating terror financing, and urged Arab states to lift a "land blockade" on the tiny Gulf nation.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemned the recent ruling issued against Nazeeha Saeed, and called “on the Government of Bahrain to revisit her case and to immediately cease all intimidation and judicial harassment of journalists and media.”

A source close to Saudi Arabia's rulers has given further details of how Mohammed bin Nayef, the former crown prince, was summarily removed from his post last month.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have detained a Saudi Arabian fishing boat and arrested its crew, an Iranian state news agency reported on Saturday, at a time of increased diplomatic tension between the two regional powers.

Index on Censorship criticized in a statement issued on its website the annual 2016 report on Human Rights issued by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Thursday July 20, 2017.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office voiced its concern over measures taken by the government in 2016 which further restricted some civil liberties, including freedom of expression and assembly.

No news were reported about Shiite cleric Sheikh Bashar Al-A’ali after he was summoned by the security authorities to Al-Budai police station on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

Bahrain Forum Human Rights head, Baqer Darwish, revealed that Chief of Terror Crimes Prosecution is one of the state security officers accused of torture in the 1990s.

Qatar's ruler said Friday that the Gulf emirate is ready for talks to resolve diplomatic crisis with Saudi-led bloc so long as his country's sovereignty is respected.

Three people were killed in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, including a Bahraini national, after Saudi special forces opened fire on a vehicle on Friday (July 21, 2017).

The security authorities in Bahrain informed Shiite opposition cleric Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq’s wife that her nationality has been revoked and deported her from the country hours after her arrival in Bahrain.

The Ministry of Education announced that the Bahraini oil company “Bapco” provided 24 scholarships for inside Bahrain and outside, for engineering studies in various specialties.

The siege on Diraz entered its second year, along with the authorities ban on the biggest Friday prayers held by the Shiite majority in Bahrain.

Complaints from Dry Dock prisoners continue to rise as one prison said, “Prison warden Abdullah Rashid al-Shihi increase restrictions, and we are suffering in asking for cold water in this hot summer, since cold water is outside the room where we are locked in.”

Qatar's ruler has amended the country's anti-terrorism laws in a royal decree issued on Thursday, state news agency QNA reported, in a move that appears aimed at countering charges the Gulf Arab state supports terrorism.

Saudi King Salman on Thursday decreed the consolidation of counter-terrorism and domestic intelligence under a new body, in a major overhaul of the security apparatus weeks after the interior minister was ousted from the royal succession.

Kuwait on Thursday expelled Iranian diplomats and closed some embassy missions after the emirate's top court convicted a "terror" cell of links to Iran, the foreign ministry said.

On Tuesday June 20 Mohammed bin Nayef, a powerful figure in Saudi Arabia's security apparatus for the past two decades and the next in line to the throne, was summoned to meet King Salman bin Abdulaziz.

Amnesty International denounced charging Bahraini human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Sayegh with “terrorism,” calling for her immediate release.

The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ratified the unified Family Law (Personal Status Law), despite being rejected by the Shiite Majority in the country.