Amnesty has urged US President Donald Trump not to approve arms sales to the Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, warning such moves could implicate the United States in possible war crimes in Yemen, reported the Independent.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, took part in the meeting of the international coalition to fight the terrorist organization ISIS held in the US Department of State in Washington yesterday (Wednesday, March 22, 2017).

Hundreds of relatives of individuals killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks have sued Saudi Arabia in U.S. court, seeking to take advantage of a law passed by Congress last year that allows victims of such attacks on U.S. soil to sue state sponsors.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa met the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan and chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Ed Royce, as part of his current official visit to the United States of America.

Iran dismissed as "nonsense" comments made after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis met with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that condemned Tehran's destabilising regional influence, state news agency IRNA reported on Friday.

Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa met the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the UN headquarters in New York.

Bahrain has welcomed the decision by the United States Department of State to designate individuals affiliated with “Al-Ashtar Brigades” as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

Addressing the situation in Bahrain, Gulf affairs expert, Bill Law, quoted “an old Bahraini friend” of his, stating that “it is bad, very bad. Everyone has lost hope. No one sees any way out.”

US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Near East Affairs Bureau met with Bahrain’s Crown Prince, Interior Minister and BDF Commander-in-Chief, during his visit to the island kingdom.

The United States of America refrained from criticizing the constitutional amendment recently conducted by Bahrain, allowing military courts to try civilians.

Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman left Saudi Arabia on Monday for the United States for a visit scheduled to include talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Royal Court said in a statement carried by state news agency SPA.

US State Department released its annual report for 2016 on Human rights. In its country report on Bahrain, it shed light on the continued societal discrimination against the Shia citizens, and worsening human rights problems.

In an interview Christopher Davidson discusses the West’s often covert counter-revolutionary activities in the Middle East region.

Brian Dooley, director of the Human Rights Defenders program in Human Rights First, said in an article he published in the Huffington Post newspaper that President Trump’s assaults on the media, attacks on refugee rights, reports that his administration is considering withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council, and his increasing chumminess with dictators are all alarming signs for human rights defenders hoping for support from Washington.

The Office of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) hosted a panel at the Russell US Senate Office Building on the sixth anniversary of Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised the policy of President Donald Trump in a telephone call with US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson.

Brian Dooley stressed that the sale will encourage further repression in the island kingdom of Bahrain, which, in turn, will cause greater instability and violence in the country.

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received an American Rabbi, claiming Bahrain will continue to be country of moderation, embracing all religions and doctrines.

For the people of Bahrain, a key US ally, the new US president’s dissimilar direction in foreign policy from his predecessor Obama may cause for alarm or hope.

Concerns in Congress and the human rights community are high that Trump team is planning to approve multibillion-dollar sale of fighter jets to Bahrain without any conditions, reported the Washington Post.