The Yemeni government on Friday rejected a new council formed by senior tribal, military and political figures that seeks the secession of southern Yemen, saying it would deepen divisions and play into the hands of Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

The Under Secretary of the Bahraini Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Fareed Al-Muftah, said in a statement to the Al-Ayam local newspaper that he is currently studying a law for preachers and Imams of mosques.

The General Director of Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science warned on Saturday internet users from a virus in a form of an email that hit thousands of organizations around the world. The virus hides data and asks for money to bring them back.

Bahraini security forces detained family members of three U.K.-based activists on Saturday over their protests against the Gulf king's attendance at a royal horse show in Britain, one of the activists said.

Bahrain detained three activists over protests targeting the tiny island nation’s king during a royal horse show in the United Kingdom, a fellow campaigner said Saturday.

The High Criminal Court overruled the appeal of a defendant against a 10-year prison verdict, and upheld the sentence in a case lined to burning a petrol station on the Formula 1 road.

The UK-based Bahraini activist Isa Al-A'ali said that the Bahraini authorities arrested his father and summoned his mother over his participation in an anti-King protest.

The Fifth High Criminal Court of Appeal overlooked the appeal presented by two defendants, and upheld 3 and 5 year-prison verdicts against them, along with a third defendant.

The High Criminal Court upheld a first instance verdict in a case lined to attacking a security officer, illegal assembly and riot, ruling a 3 years imprisonment against 3 appellants in this case.

The Minister of Transportation and Telecommunication Kamal Ahmad revealed in his response to a parliamentary question that “the land of East Sitra Industrial City was transferred in 2016 to Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company by the Ministry of Finance.”

The Bahrain News Agency published photos of Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa meeting UK Queen Elizabeth during the Windsor Horse Show.

Activists circulated photos on social media networks for protest in the UK calling against the Bahraini King’s visit to the UK.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said it received reports that Bahraini authorities arrested the father of Bahraini activist whose citizenship was revoked, Youssef Al-Houri.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized President of the Asian Football Confederation, Bahrain’s Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, for voting against a Palestinian proposal to halt Israeli football matches on occupied territories.

British rights activists have called on the queen to protest against rising repression, torture and executions in Bahrain when she meets the Gulf state's king in the UK on Friday, according to Middle East Eye website.

Saudi forces continued their military attack on the eastern town of Awamiyah, already launched at dawn Wednesday (May 10, 2017), claiming the lives of at least 3 martyrs and injuring dozens.

Army Commander Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa honored a number of soldiers returning home from the war in Yemen, as part of the Saudi-led offensive launched March 2015.

The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread allegations of ill-treatment and torture of detainees.

The FIFA Congress was held on Thursday (May 11, 2017) in Bahrain with the participation of Israeli Football Union amid popular Bahraini rejection.

The Third High Criminal accepted the objection of a suspect in form and substance, annulling the appealed verdict and accepted the appeals in form but in substance rejected the appealed verdict and ordered to stop the execution of 3-month jail verdict that starts from the date of issuing the verdict against a policeman accused of beating a detainee.