Chances to reach deal to freeze oil outputs at Algeria meeting on Wednesday became weak, after significant disagreements between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain's foreign minister paid tribute to Israel's former president Shimon Peres on Thursday, in a surprise statement that drew strong Arab criticism on social media.

Samaheej police station raised new charges against Khayf Mosque Imam, Sheikh Isa al-Mou’min, to hinder the court decision to release him.

Head of monitoring and documentation unit at Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Inas Aoun, said 22 citizens were arrested in past week

Bahraini citizens continued their open demonstration outside house of Shiite spiritual leader, Sheikh Isa Qassim, in Diraz, marking their 100th day.

Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (September 27, 2016) Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed Al-Tayeb, who is currently visiting Bahrain to chair the meeting of the Muslim Council of Elders to be held in Bahrain.

An American organization funded by Saudi Arabia granted the “Lifetime Achievement Award” to Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

64 researchers and academics sent letter to UN Secretary General expressing concern regarding recent repressive measures against Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Bahraini Foreign Minister denied existence of any measures practiced against Shiites or any discrimination against them.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights confirmed that the East Riffa prison authorities have placed the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab in solitary confinement, indicating that he was maltreated.

Head of General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions quoted King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as saying he wants dismissed employees to return to their jobs.

The Bahraini authorities obliged private bus owners to attain permits from the General Directorate of Traffic (GDT) to allow them transport students from and to schools in Diraz.

Bahrain denied what was published by the UN regarding the secretary-General’s discussion of human rights issues when meeting the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Al Khalifa.

UN Secretary General Ban-Ki Moon discussed with the Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa the importance of achieving progress on the human rights level in Bahrain.

Bahraini FM said Bahrain “won’t waste its time on Human Rights Council,” in response to UN High Commissioner’s statements criticizing human rights violations in Bahrain.

Adam Rajab, son of Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, said authorities notified his father of decision to transfer him to East Riffa Police Station.

The Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi) warned of the repercussions of dissolving Al-Wefaq Society, the biggest political opposition society in Bahrain.

The Al-Wasat Bahraini newspaper said that the Jaffaria Endowments (Waqf) renamed two mosques in “A’ali” village to “Sheikh Khalaf Al-Asfour Mosque”.

More member states at the UN Human Rights Council condemned the measures adopted by the Bahraini authorities against the Bahraini opposition and civil society institutions.

An appeals court in Bahrain on Thursday upheld the dissolution of the country's main Shiite opposition group, al-Wefaq, in the latest government clampdown on its critics.