Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat has an "impressive" pipeline of promising investment deals in Russia, with some existing projects already offering double-digit return rates, fund CEO Mahmood Alkooheji told Reuters.

On 26 May 2017, human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Saegh was summoned by the National Security Agency (NSA) to Muharraq police station, in the North of the country, Front Line Defenders (FLD) stated.

Bahrain's dissolution of a major political opposition society is the latest troubling move in its blatant campaign to end all criticism of the government, Amnesty International said.

Bahrain should investigate claims by a human rights activist who says she was tortured and sexually assaulted while in detention last week, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Authorities in Bahrain have clamped down on dissent in the wake of US President Donald Trump's visit to the Gulf last month -- a move that experts say is no coincidence.

A number of Jaw prisoners complained about ongoing restrictions on them and lack of food, as some of them spent days of Ramadan month without receiving Iftar meal.

Unknown assailants attacked an oil tanker on Wednesday in a strategic Red Sea waterway near Yemen in the latest flare-up in an area through which much of the world's oil passes.

A gunman killed two staff at a private school owned by a prominent Saudi billionaire in Riyadh on Wednesday, a security source told AFP.

Just 10 days after President Donald Trump called on Muslim countries to stand united against Iran, a public feud between Qatar and some of its Gulf Arab neighbours is jolting his attempt to tip the regional balance of power against Tehran.

Deputy attorney general Ahmed Al-Qurashi said that the high administrative court issued its sentence against a defendant in a case related to money laundering and fundraising for private aims without a license and publicly insulting a sect and a person considered an idol for it. The court sentenced the defendant to 5 years in prison, 5000 BD fine and ordered the confiscation of money and seized items.

The British “The Independent” newspaper said that the proposed slashes to the US’ diplomacy and foreign aid budgets cut aids to several Middle East countries.

Bahrain condemned the terrorist bombings that took place in Baghdad and Kabul that left scores of dead and injured people.

Information report death of Bahraini Turki Al-Binali in a raid carried out by the international coalition on a car carrying him along with two other ISIS leaders on Monday (May 29, 2017).

The Bahraini authorities closed on Wednesday (May 31, 2017) headquarters of the National Democratic Action Society, Wa’ad, hours after court ruled its dissolution and liquidation of its assets.

Al-Wefaq Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the international community has legal and moral obligations to provide protection for peaceful protesters and civil community in Bahrain.

Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh recounted to Amnesty International details about the torture she was subjected to at the National Security Agency (NSA) building last Friday (May 26, 2017).

US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Stuart Jones, said that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will meet within a year in Washington with US President Donald Trump.

Bahraini activist Ebtisam Al-Saegh told Amnesty International that she was subjected to torture at the National Security Apparatus building, after she was summoned for interrogation on Friday.

An eyewitness reported that the said detainee Sayed Alawi Al-Moussawi in the Public Prosecution building today Wednesday (May 31, 2017).

Six human rights organization said that some activists and bloggers were recently summoned to the National Security building, and were subject to torture and sexual assault to force them into suspending their human rights and media activism.