A pro-Iranian Shiite group alleged on Tuesday that Nigerian police had shot dead a two-year-old girl after firing into a crowd during a religious procession in the northern city of Kano.

Bahrain's Public Prosecution released on Wednesday (November 16, 2016) activist Ibrahim Al-Demistani after interrogating him over Diraz assembly case; the sit-in held outside Sheikh Isa Qassim's house.

Tweeter Nader Abdulimam said that the Bahraini authorities handed him a notice on Wednesday (November 16, 2016) ordering him to appear before the public prosecution for interrogation.

The second high appeals court commuted the sentence of the e-activist Hamid Al-Khatem, who is accused of inciting hatred against the regime and insulting the king, reducing his 2-year jail term to one year only.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant to 3 years in prison over hiding a convict.

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Malek al-Mekhlafi said that his country has no knowledge of the deal announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry, announcing a Yemen ceasefire and formation of a new government.

Deputy Head of dissolved Bahraini Nursing Society, Ibrahim al-Damistani, said that he received a call to be present at the Public Prosecutions tomorrow for questioning.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday that Yemen's Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition fighting it had agreed to a ceasefire in Yemen from Thursday (November 17, 2016).

Bahrain’s Public Prosecution released two human rights activists after questioning them over two separate assembly cases.

It only takes a split second for the expression on the Iraqi soldier's face to transform from relaxed contentment to absolute terror. "Car bomb!"

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks Monday with officials in Oman on efforts to end Yemen's 19-month-old conflict, state media in Muscat said.

At least 10 people were killed and several injured Monday when Nigerian police opened fire during clashes with pro-Iranian Shiites outside northern Kano, the latest round of violence involving the group, witnesses and police said.

A court in the United Arab Emirates on Monday jailed two citizens of the Gulf Arab state to 10 and seven years in jail for membership of a "banned secret organisation", state news agency WAM reported.

The United States urged the government of Bahrain to drop the charges against the prominent opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif, stressing that they are following the case closely and they have raised the case of Ibrahim Sharif and other human rights separately directly with the Bahrainis.

The United States urged the government of Bahrain to drop the charges against the prominent opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif, stressing that they are following the case closely.

Family of death row prisoner Kumail Al-Manami asked Jaw prison’s administration to expose him to a specialized doctor, indicating that “Al-Manami has been repeatedly visiting Al-Salmaniya medical complex to receive treatment in the ear, nose and throat department as well as the departments of eye and internal medicine due to the different pains he is suffering from following his arrest.”

Bahrain’s public prosecution questioned the political assistant of the Al-Wefaq Secretary-General, Khalil Al-Marzooq, over Diraz assembly.

Bahrain Watch launched a website entitled 200 More Stories, in response to a The #200stories Competition launched by the British Council to celebrate “200 years of relations between the UK and Bahrain”

Speaking to CommonSpace, Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), said: “The UK continually claims to support human rights in Bahrain, but to what result? Britain has only gotten friendly with a regime which has escalated its repression in the past year.”

The British iNews website said that “Prince Charles has come under renewed criticism over human rights abuses in Bahrain after he opened part of a new naval base gifted to Britain by the Gulf state. “