Bahrain’s Public Prosecution decided on Thursday (December 29, 2016) to detain prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab for 7 days pending investigation after he was accused of spreading false news.

The New York newspaper said in an article it published that “Orthodox Jews in black coats and skullcaps danced with Arabs in flowing robes and checkered kaffiyehs at a Hanukkah celebration over the weekend in Bahrain.”

Chief of the Military Judiciary Yussef Rashid Flaifel said investigation into the murder of a Bahraini woman (journalist Eman Al-Salehi) on Noon Highway, in Riffa, on December 23 is still underway.

The slaying stunned the small island of Bahrain: A young mother gunned down in the street as her 6-year-old son watched from inside their car.

A Bahraini court decided on Wednesday (December 28, 2016) to release the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, however, the Public Prosecution refrained from executing the court’s decision.

More than 2,000 Saudis are fighting abroad with jihadist groups, with over 70 percent of them in Syria, the kingdom's interior ministry was reported as saying Monday.

An Omani appeals court on Monday cancelled an order to close down a newspaper that had reported on alleged corruption within the judiciary.

Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing into some eastern districts where the battle has been in deadlock for nearly a month.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Tuesday it would take three months to remove Islamic State from Iraq, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from Mosul, their last major stronghold in the country

Saudi Arabia should not be allowed to take part in the Syrian peace process, Iranian Defence Minister Hossein Dehghan told Russia's state-backed RT TV station in an interview, according to the RIA news agency on Tuesday.

Oman, which has traditionally resisted Gulf Arab states' efforts to close ranks against Iran, has joined a Saudi-led coalition of Muslim countries to fight terrorism, Saudi and Gulf sources said on Wednesday.

Kuwait is set to begin importing up to 200 million cubic feet of gas daily from neighboring Iraq, oil ministers from the two Arab nations said after talks Wednesday.

Hopes that Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab would be freed were dashed Wednesday after the prosecution said he will stay in custody pending another case, shortly after he was granted bail.

A leading Bahraini human rights activist who is on trial for tweets alleging rights abuses was to be freed on bail on Wednesday after months in detention, but was immediately re-arrested in a separate case.

Australian “News” website deleted an article in which the former private masseuse of Bahrain King’s wife, Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, narrated details about her life in the palace.

In 2004, the now 35-year-old spa therapist swapped her village of Gilimanuk in Bali’s north for palaces and private jets, taking up a post as the personal masseuse to the Queen of Bahrain, Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, the first wife of Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Bahraini Society Against Normalization demanded that authorities to check on the nature of the Jewish delegation that visited Bahrain. It was said that the delegation represents American Jewish merchants, however, their clothes and songs indicate that they are Zionists.

Among the many topics the grabbed the attention of Arab tweeters were the Jewish celebrations in Bahrain and the results of municipal elections in Sultanate of Oman. Meanwhile, other tweets came as comments on Christmas.

Al-Rumaihi lacks all the characteristics of a minister of information affairs. The one trait he enjoys is his mastery of the “art” of servility and discipline he learned throughout his years of service.

Eyewitnesses reported that a Ministry of Interior vehicle provoked the protesters gathered near Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim’s house in Diraz, Bahrain.