A Bahraini court has rejected the appeal of three dissidents sentenced to 10 years in prison. The court on Wednesday found the defendants guilty of deliberately setting ablaze a...

The start of July has been a day-by-day microcosm of the struggles of Bahraini activists against one of the most repressive regimes in the world. Only thanks to the...

A senior official in the Iranian army announced that a US ship carrying chemical material has recently anchored in the territorial waters of “a Gulf state”. A spokesman for...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began, Wednesday, looking into the conflict between Qatar and its neighbouring Gulf States after receiving a complaint from Qatar. Meanwhile, the Gulf States...

Bahrain’s public prosecutor has appealed a court ruling that acquitted three senior leaders of the country’s main opposition group on charges of spying for Qatar, state news agency BNA...

Washington has called upon the government of Bahrain to release the Shia opposition leader Ali Salman, who was arrested in 2014, Thenewkhalij.news reported on Friday. Although Salman was sentenced...

A Bahraini court on Thursday acquitted three senior leaders of the country’s main opposition group of spying for Qatar, a rare win for opposition figures who say they have...

Amnesty International called on Wednesday for the authorities in Bahrain to release the Shia opposition leader Ali Salman immediately, ThenewKhalij.news has reported. Amnesty’s call came just one day before...

A Bahraini official announced that an Israeli delegation will participate in a meeting of the World Heritage Committee organised by UNESCO and hosted by his country from 24 June...

Arab warplanes and warships pounded Houthi positions in Yemen’s Hudaydah on Thursday as a Saudi-led alliance tried to seize the port city in the largest battle of a war...

Debris from five missiles fired at Saudi Arabia by Yemen’s Houthi group since July 2017 “share key design features with a known type of missile” manufactured by Iran and some of...

Qatar has extended a $500 mln aid package to Jordan that includes investments, project finance and job opportunities for Jordanians, an official source in Amman said on Wednesday. Two...

On 4 June this year the Bahrain High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld a five-year sentence handed out to the prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab for tweets he...

The blockade imposed by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt has torn the social fabric in the Gulf Arab states, hurt families and individuals and cast a dark...

Human Rights Watch called on the Bahraini authorities to drop charges of “tweeting” against human rights activists including Nabeel Rajab. The organisation confirmed that the charges against Rajab are...

Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt have been leading a political and economic blockade against the state of Qatar since 5 June 2017, which has led to the...

Like his war on Yemen, heir apparent to the Saudi throne Mohammed Bin Salman no doubt felt confident that adding another belligerent policy to his name – an act...

Bahrain is to issue renewable ten-year residency permits to foreign investors in an effort to attract business and encourage economic growth. “Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa...

Qatar said it was banning products originating from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain, almost a year after those states imposed an embargo on Doha, accusing...

Bahrain sees no resolution in sight to a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbours, which cut diplomatic and trade ties with the tiny Gulf Arab state nearly a...

A Bahraini court yesterday revoked the citizenship for 115 people and issued various sentences against 71 others accused of committing terrorist acts. The Fourth Criminal Court sentenced 53 people...

At a critical moment for Palestinians Abu Dhabi and Manama are moving ahead with normalisation with Israel, just as Riyadh did before them. The Associated Press (AP) and the Washington Post...

Israel has the right to defend itself against Iranian threats, Bahraini Foreign Minister, Khalid Bin Ahmed, wrote on Twitter yesterday. “As long as Iran has violated the status quo...

Palestinians in Jerusalem have expressed their anger at a Bahraini-UAE delegation’s participation in the so-called Giro d’Italia race of 2018, to be held in Israel this year. A spokesman...

Saudi Arabia has ranked third across the world with military spending which reached $69.4 billion in 2017. It replaces Russia, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in...

Official data that has recently been published showed rising of gasoline prices sold domestically in the UAE, Oman and Qatar in May, compared to the previous month. This coincided...

Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi has issued a presidential decree permitting the King of Bahrain, Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, to own two villas located in the South Sinai province...

The world was surprised on Friday morning by a historical scene that was no less powerful than the destruction of the Berlin Wall more than a quarter of a...

The state-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed an agreement to supply Vietnam with up to two million tonnes of LPG and Naphtha per year for a period of 15...

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that Saudi Arabia’s ultimatum over Doha sending troops to Syria or losing US support is not even worth responding to....

Bahrain’s Military Court of Cassation upheld the death sentences on Wednesday given to four civilians convicted of charges including the formation of a terrorist cell and the assassination of...

  The Middle East is considered to be the most dangerous and difficult region for journalism according to a Reporters Without Borders announcement, Wednesday. North Korea, however, is still...