Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Tobias Ellwood said that his country continues to monitor the case of the Bahraini detained opposition leader, Sheikh Ali Salman, closely.

A Saudi-led Arab coalition will halt its use of British-made cluster munitions in Yemen, the Saudi government said on Monday, after 20 months of war in which thousands of civilians have been killed and injured in air strikes.

The leader of Yemen's rebel Huthi government on Wednesday accused Britain of war crimes by supplying weapons that Saudi-led forces were using to "bomb the people".

Iran summoned the British ambassador on Saturday to protest against remarks by Prime Minister Theresa May who accused Tehran of "aggressive regional actions" in a speech to a Gulf Arab summit.

Bahrain’s king Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received the British foreign secretary Boris Johnson, few hours after the latter’s statements in which he attacked Saudi Arabia and accused it of waging proxy wars.

The executive director of a leading British think tank, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) that organizes the “Manama Dialogue” forum, has quietly stepped down after a British newspaper revealed that IISS has received £25 million from Bahraini royals.

The UK Charity Commission has confirmed it is investigating a complaint filed against a London-based think-tank into whether it compromised its independence by accepting confidential financing from Bahrain.

The 2016 Manama Dialogue will start today (Friday, December 9m 2016) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing the forum in cooperation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).

British Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson said accused the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of his country’s strongest allies in the region, of “participating in proxy wars” and “twisting and abusing religion” for political ends.

The Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, said that the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) relations with the United Kingdom do not reflect a decline in the US-Gulf relations.

Bahraini activists broadcasted photos on social media platforms, showing protesters burning the British flags, in a step manifesting their rejection to UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s visit to Bahrain.

The Middle East researcher at Human Rights Watch, Nicholas McGeehan, said that UK Prime Minister fired back at critics of cosy ties to Bahrain.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has been urged to confirm she will put human rights reform on her agenda when she meets Saudi and Bahraini leaders, The Guardian reported.

A British thinktank that bills itself as a global authority on military and diplomatic affairs has been accused of jeopardizing its independence after leaked documents showed it has secretly received £25m from the Bahraini royal family, which has been criticised for its poor human rights record.

British Prime Minister Theresa May visited the British Royal Naval Base forces at the Khalifa bin Salman Port in Bahrain, on the sidelines of her visit to take part in the Gulf Summit.

Edwin Samuel, spokesperson for the UK government in the Middle East and North Africa, said that the largest UK military warship is now present in Bahrain’s Mina Salman Port

The British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Manama on Monday (December 5, 2016) to attend the 37th GCC Summit which King Hamad invited her to join during his last visit to London.

Politics Home website said that the British Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged human rights concerns about Gulf nations as she prepares to fly out to Bahrain for a summit with six governments where she will push for closer trading ties.

UK Government Spokesperson in the Middle East and North Africa, Edwin Samuel, has announced that the British Prime Minister, Theresa May will attend the 37th Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), to be hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain on December 6-7.

Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Bahrain this week for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council that she hopes will cement stronger ties with Middle Eastern countries as Britain leaves the European Union