Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Scottish Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament MEP, Alyn Smith, welcomed the King of Bahrain's decision to release “leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.”

A Bahraini citizen was martyred in the early morning on Wednesday (July 15, 2015) in the Eker area as a result of a bomb blast whose circumstances are still unknown.

AFP: A man was killed trying to plant a bomb targeting police in a Shiite village near the Bahraini capital, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters: Bahrain hit back at U.S. expressions of concern over the Gulf Arab kingdom's treatment of opposition figures on Wednesday, saying all its actions followed due legal process.

Reuters: A man accidentally blew himself up as he tried to plant a bomb targeting police in a Shi'ite Muslim village in Bahrain, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror: Sheikh Ali Salman’s defense lawyer posted on his Twitter account that “the administration of Jaw Central Prison didn’t allow the Sheikh to hand the defense team the papers that included his notes for the appealing process in court.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The US State Department said that the arrest of recently released Bahraini opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif, detention of opposition figure Majeed Milad, and reports about the re-opening of case against Al-Wefaq Secretary-General Sheikh Ali Salman “raise serious concerns.”

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the statement made by the US State Department, stressing that Ebrahim Sharif and Majeed Milad are detained on the basis of legal procedures.

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary-General, Sheikh Ali Salman, congratulated from his cell in Jaw Central Prison the world and the Iranian people for the success of negotiations in reaching a nuclear deal.

Bahrain Mirror: The European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, said that the pardon of Nabeel Rajab by Bahrain King is an “important step”.

Bahrain Mirror: The February 14 Coalition announced that an activity will be held soon in the Pearl (LuLua) Roundabout. It distributed an advertisement stating “our next popular destination will be the Martyrs' Square.”

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's National Democratic Action Society "Wa’ad" called on the Bahraini authorities to release the prisoner of conscience, student Mohammad Ali.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Hezbollah Secretary-General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah criticized the Bahraini regime for attempting to take advantage of the threats of the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) in order to have more control and cause more suppression instead of calling for a national dialogue.

Bahrain Mirror: Kuwaiti websites reported that on Tuesday July 11, 2015, Bahrain handed over a Kuwaiti citizen accused of embezzlement to his country. “The Bahraini security forces arrested a member of the so-called “Fintas Group” at Manama Airport as he attempted to leave to London,” according to the Al-Rai newspaper.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Road Bloc Collective art exhibition opened on Thursday (July 9, 2015) in the British capital London featuring visual artworks that reflect the reality of anti-regime protests on the ground in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini senior lecturer in the Sociology department at Lund University in Sweden, Abdulhadi Khalaf, described one of the members of Bahrain’s ruling Al Khalifa family, Duaij Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, as the “first ISIS [extremist] in Bahrain.”

Reuters: The United States expressed concern on Tuesday about the treatment of opposition figures in Bahrain, following the arrest of a prominent Sunni Muslim leader for plotting to overthrow the monarchy three weeks after he was freed from jail.

Bahrain Mirror: The King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, approved the state’s general budget for the two fiscal years 2015/2016 with a deficit that exceeds 3 billion Bahraini dinars.

Bahrain Mirror: The President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Prominent Human Rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, said that he is still banned from traveling abroad and has another case in court, stressing that he will carry on his human rights activism as before.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini doctors who have been unemployed for two years said that “the Ministry of Health closed the door of opportunity in the face of about 50 doctors to be hired in the ministry.”