Reuters: Saudi Arabia has designated two senior officials of the Lebanese Hezbollah group as terrorists, accusing them of involvement in spreading "chaos and instability", state news agency SPA reported on Wednesday

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, slammed the western states that back the Bahraini and Gulf regimes at the expense of human rights, describing them as hypocrites.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini Member of Parliament Mohammed Al-Marefi presented a bill to amend some regulations of law by decree No. 12 of 1993 that stipulates the establishment of a Zakah (Islamic almsgiving) fund.

Bahrain Mirror: The ministry of interior said that it had “arrested one of the dangerous members wanted by security forces. It had also seized in one of the storerooms in Sitra a large amount of tools and equipment used in executing terrorist acts.

Bahrain Mirror: The European Union special representative for human rights, Stavros Lambrinidis, said “he is in Bahrain on second human rights visit since 2013”. Lambrinidis said he will meet with the government, noting that he has already criticized it for arresting Nabeel Rajab.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A Bahraini court sentenced on Tuesday (May 26, 2015) the former Member of Parliament, Khaled Abdel Aal, to prison after convicting him on charges of posting tweets that insult the ministry of interior.

Reuters: Bahrain will begin cutting subsidies for goods and services to reduce state spending on its foreign population as low oil prices pressure its budget, a top official said.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Hezbollah’s Secretary-General, Sayed Hassan Nasrallah, said that the government of Bahrain must stop the defamed formal trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, calling on for the release of all the prisoners and launching national dialogue and national conciliation.

Bahrain Mirror: A Saudi Specialized Criminal Court handed down a death penalty to defendant number 14 in the case of the 85 terrorist cell known as “Turki Al-Dandani” cell, the Saudi Okaz newspaper reported on Wednesday (May 20, 2015).

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): A commemoration was held for Al-Qadeeh massacre executor by one of his cousins called Saleh Abdulrahman Al-Qashami during which he threatened the Shiite citizens in Saudi Arabia, promising them that they’ll witness a dreadful conflict.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): According to a statement by public prosecutor Ali Fadhl Al-Bouainain (May 8, 2015), official documents revealed that the murderer of Martyr Ali Mushaima was released by a royal pardon for humanitarian reasons.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Tens of thousands of Saudi Shiites took part in the mass funeral procession staged in Al-Qatif (located in the country’s Eastern Province) for the victims of suicide bombing that targeted a Shiite mosque during Friday prayer, on May 22, 2015.

AFP: An Islamic State group suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Sunni-ruled Saudi Arabia, killing 21 people and wounding 81 in an assault that threatens to fan sectarian tensions.

Associated Press: A suicide bomber unleashed a blast in a Shiite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia as worshippers commemorated the birth of a revered saint, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens more in the deadliest attack seen in the kingdom in more than a decade. Loyalists of the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the court prevented Sheikh Ali Salman from talking and also prevented his lawyers from delivering their plea. He considered that this step violates the right of defence.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court refused to hear the plea of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Secretary General, detainee Sheikh Ali Salman, and adjourned the verdict to June 16.

Bahrain Mirror: The Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, met the UK Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond and Defence secretary, Michael Fallon, and discussed cooperation and coordination between the two states and issues of security and stability

Bahrain Mirror: Al-Wefaq National Islamic society stated, on Wednesday (May 20, 2015) that the developments of the trial of Al-Wefaq’s Secretary General, Sheikh Ali Salman, represented a clear and serious violation of the guarantees of a fair trial and portrayed a “shocking attitude”, as described by Salman’s defense team during its press conference.

Bahrain Mirror: Ombudsman Nawaf Mohammed Al-Mouawda met Norwegian Ambassador to Bahrain Sten Anders Berge. Al-Mouawda welcomed the efforts which are aimed at consolidating relations between Bahrain and Norway in the field of human rights.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shi'ite mosque in eastern Saudi Arabia during Friday prayers, residents said, killing around 20 people and wounding more than 50, local residents and a hospital officials said.