Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, Tom Malinowski, criticized the charges brought by the Public Prosecution against the lawyer and human rights defender Mohamed Al-Tajer.

An independent English-language news site in Qatar accused the Gulf state of censorship on Thursday, saying two Internet service providers had simultaneously blocked access to it.

US-led coalition spokesman said on Tuesday that the battle to retake Mosul from ISIS has become “very hard” in recent weeks, but the pace will quicken once Iraqi forces manage to push in from the north and south of the city, Reuters reported.

Human Rights Watch said in a letter addressed to Barack Obama on Tuesday (November 29, 2016) that “The United States should immediately halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia following numerous unlawful coalition attacks in Yemen.”

A full siege is developing in Mosul as poor families struggle to feed themselves after prices rose sharply following the US-backed offensive on the Islamic State-held city in northern Iraq, humanitarian workers said on Tuesday.

The U.S. military presence in the Gulf poses the main risk of conflict in the region, an Iranian military official said on Tuesday after Washington said an Iranian vessel had pointed its weapon at a U.S. helicopter in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

A US magazine reported that it received an invitation to attend a ceremony hosted by the Bahraini Embassy in Washington on December 7, 2016, in a hotel owned by US president-elect Donald Trump, on the occasion of the seventeenth anniversary of his majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's accession to the throne.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defense Forces Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa, received the Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and Commander of the U.S. 5th Fleet, Admiral Kevin Dongen to discuss bilateral military coordination.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa described the Cuban leader who passed away on Friday (November25, 2016) as “Friend” and said on his own Twitter account after the announcement of Castro’s death “the world will miss you oh, president, friend and leader who embodied the pride of Cuban people.”

The United States strongly condemned the “terrorist attack” adopted by ISIS in the city of Hilla, Iraq, by a booby-trapped vehicle detonated in the midst of Shiite pilgrims on their way back from Karbala, killing at least 70 people, most of them Iranians.

Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa said that the Bahraini and Gulf relations with America do not get affected with any circumstances, looking forward to “better relations” with America.

A U.N. peace plan for Yemen seeks to deprive the country's armed Houthi movement of its missile arsenal which Yemeni security sources say includes scores and maybe even hundreds of Soviet-era ballistic missiles pointed at their foes in Saudi Arabia, Noah Browning wrote in his article for Reuters.

Iran said on Tuesday it had sent 11 metric tonnes of heavy water to Oman as part of its obligations under last year's nuclear deal with world powers, agencies reported.

The United States said on Tuesday it had issued a second license to France's Airbus to sell commercial planes to Iran Air, the company said on Tuesday.

Bahraini MP said he received reassurances from US Ambassador that his country’s policy towards Bahrain will not change.

US Secretary of State John Kerry held talks Monday with officials in Oman on efforts to end Yemen's 19-month-old conflict, state media in Muscat said.

The United States urged the government of Bahrain to drop the charges against the prominent opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif, stressing that they are following the case closely and they have raised the case of Ibrahim Sharif and other human rights separately directly with the Bahrainis.

The United States urged the government of Bahrain to drop the charges against the prominent opposition leader Ibrahim Sharif, stressing that they are following the case closely.

Members of Parliament demanded the government to appoint new military, security, and legal attaches in Bahraini 4 embassies abroad in light of the "vicious attacks Bahrain faces from international organizations".

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump should not scrap a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers but should take the nation to task for its "destabilizing activities" in the Middle East, said a former senior Saudi official.