Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect to 5 years in prison and another one to 3 years and ordered the confiscation of seized items over a case of planting hoax bomb and acquiring Molotov in Budai Street.

Bahrain’s Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 6-month jail term against a suspect in a case linked to assembling and burning tires in Salmabad.

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court sentenced 2 suspects to 3 years in prison and 4 others to 5 years over setting fire and planting hoax bomb.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised the policy of President Donald Trump in a telephone call with US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson.

The Supreme Court of Appeals ignored the rejection of a dissident for not attending the hearing. The dissident is sentenced to 5 years in prison over case of assembly and riot in Juffair.

Bahraini Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa today held a meeting with the Qatari Amir and discussed bilateral relations. Bahraini Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met today the Crown Prince of Kuwait and discussed ways to enhance bilateral collaboration across a wide range of areas.

Al-Wefaq Society said that the Bahraini regime’s crossing the line through any measure adopted against Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, will lead the country into the unknown, and into a dark tunnel.

Bahrain Watch organization has estimated the cost of internet shutdown on residents to be over $500 thousands, noting that telecom companies in Bahrain have been deliberately disrupting internet services in the village of Diraz between 7:00pm-1:00am everyday for 250 days.

Al-Wefaq Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman said on Tuesday that the opposition figures decided to abstain from family visits, in protest of prison authority decision to reduce time of visit from 1 hour to half an hour.

Bahrain’s scholars said on Tuesday (February 28, 2017) that the public prosecution’s demand to issue the harshest sentences against Shiite leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim for performing one of the sect’s rituals “threatens the sect and targets its rituals and beliefs.”

Emirates News Agency said that Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, inspected the UAE’s forces as part of the "Waves of the Gulf Duty" force in the Kingdom of Bahrain and delivered the regards of President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, to the visiting force.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced the first suspect to 15 years in prison and the third one to 7 years. The court also handed down 3-year jail term to the fifth suspect, acquitted the second and fourth suspects and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Bahrain’s Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 5 suspects to 3-5 years in prison over planting hoax bomb in Al-Daih.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 suspects to 5 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items over putting a hoax bomb in Jid Ali.

Gulf countries must tighten coordination to fight an increasing number of cyber attacks, experts said on Monday, as one official blamed hackers in Iran.

Saudi Arabia may increase its domestic gasoline prices by 30 percent from July, industry sources said, part of a reform plan by the world's top oil exporter to align its fuel prices with global benchmark levels, Reuters reported.

The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein, warned political leaders who launched campaigns against universal human rights.

Brian Dooley said the decision allowing civilians to be tried in military courts “is the final kiss goodbye to any pretense of the rule of law.”

Information reported that detainee Sayed Alawi Moussawi is being transferred to hospital on a regular basis over fear of his death, and to ensure his ability to withstand more torture.

Brian Dooley stressed that the sale will encourage further repression in the island kingdom of Bahrain, which, in turn, will cause greater instability and violence in the country.