The Court of Appeals rejected the objection presented by a defendant on a verdict issued against him (i.e. imprisoning him to 5 years) and upheld a 5-year jail term against another over assembling, setting fire and acquiring Molotov in Al-Nuaim village.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa received Ronald Neumann, President of the American Academy of Diplomacy, board member of the Middle East Policy Council and former US ambassador to Bahrain.

U.S. and Saudi Arabian companies signed business deals worth tens of billions of dollars on Saturday during a visit by President Donald Trump, as Riyadh seeks help to develop its economy beyond oil.

Yemen's Houthi movement said on Friday it had fired a ballistic missile toward the Saudi capital Riyadh and the Arab coalition waging war in Yemen said it had intercepted and destroyed a projectile around 200 km (120 miles) west of the city.

Saudi Arabia said on Friday it had blacklisted Hashem Safieddine, a prominent leader of the Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah that is a close ally of Riyadh's arch-regional adversary Iran.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has won the country's presidential election with some 57 percent of the total votes, the country's Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmanifazli said on Saturday.

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will not attend a gathering in Saudi Arabia on Saturday where U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to make his first international trip, state news agency SUNA said on Friday.

Israeli media reported that “a plan under discussion among Gulf state leaders would reportedly offer better ties with Israel”.

A Bahraini court postponed the lawsuit raised by 4 members of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) asking to cancel the appointment of the chamber’s new CEO, until the June 12, 2017 hearing.

A Bahraini court decided to postpone a money laundering case in which a Bahraini police officer and 3 Indians are accused, until June 14, for pleading, with the continued imprisonment of the first defendant.

Member of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee of Medical Services, Fatima Al-Asfour, said that the number of victims who died of medical errors in Bahrain reached 63 cases in 2016, after they were 37 cases in 2016.

Bahraini scholars issued a statement calling on the men and women of the country to fill mosques in all regions in Bahrain on Saturday night (May 20, 2017), on the eve of scheduled trial of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Sunday (May 21, 2017).

Amnesty International launched a worldwide campaign to recognize human rights defenders and protect them, stressing that they are coming under attack in more and more places, on an alarming scale in an age of fear, division and demonization.

Amnesty International called on its followers to "express grave concern that Maher Abbas Ahmad's death sentence was upheld and to urge the King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to immediately commute the death sentence imposed on Maher Abbas Ahmad and establish an official moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty."

Gulf Air yesterday announced on Thursday (May18, 2017) night the appointment of its new members to the board, chaired by Zayed Al-Zayani, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and membership of Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa, Dawood Nassif Dawood, Jameel Ali Al-Matrook, Essa Mohamed Najibi, Jean-Christophe Durand and Jassim Hassan Abdelaal.

Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa lauded the positive changes in the USA policies towards the region and its countries, and the understanding of the US Administration, led by President Donald Trump, of the situation there. "The new vision and understanding will augur a new phase full of optimism and cooperation," he said, adding that "everyone is looking forward to the outcomes of President Trump's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia and expects them to have positive impacts on the Arab and Islamic worlds."

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received former US Ambassador to Bahrain, Ronald Neumann.

Young men mangled in an explosion cling to life, motionless amid the chaos of a crowded hospital in Yemen's main southern city of Aden.

Iran said on Thursday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its ballistic missile program show Washington's "ill will" and could undermine the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, state television reported.

Two people were injured on Thursday when Kuwaiti coastguards confronted and foiled an attempt by an Iraqi vessel to enter Kuwaiti territorial waters, the state news agency KUNA reported.