The National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) inaugurated the new communication center on the free hotline number 80001144 to receive complaints and queries.

BDF Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received in his office the King’s son Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa and head of King’s Military Office Abdullah bin Salman Al Khalifa.

BDF Commander-in- Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Royal Court's Follow-up Minister Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has offered its congratulations to Iraq’s government and people on the liberation of Tal Afar from the grip of ISIS, highlighting the determination of the Iraqi government and armed forces led by Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi.

Iraqi forces have retaken almost all of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s stronghold in the country’s northwest, the Iraqi military said on Sunday.

Health Assistant Undersecretary for Human Resources and Services Fatima Al-Ahmad said that the ministry proposed to the civil service bureau a new cadre with an increase in basic salaries and bonuses reaching a value of 19 million BD.

A Saudi-led Arab coalition on Saturday conceded that an air raid in Yemen’s capital a day earlier had resulted in civilian casualties, blaming the incident on an unspecified “technical error”.

Qatar’s attorney general said Turkey has detained five suspects in connection with the hacking of Qatar’s state news agency in May.

Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of a Bahraini businessman and his partner over the charge of money laundering until October 8 for pleading, with the continued detention of the first suspect.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued Edict 14/2017 restructuring the High Committee for Disabled Persons' Welfare Affairs and Edict 16/2017 appointing, reappointing members in the Advisory Board of National Authority for Qualification & Quality Assurance in Education and Training (QQA)

Airstrikes by a Saudi-led coalition have killed 42 civilians in Yemen over the past week, with multiple children among the dead, the United Nations human rights office said Friday.

Islamic State claimed responsibility for Friday’s attack on a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul that killed at least 14 people, the Sunni militant group’s Amaq news agency said.

Iraqi government forces broke through Islamic State’s lines inside Tal Afar on Friday, reaching the old city center and the neighborhood around the Ottoman-era citadel, according to a military statement.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in different areas across Bahrain, demanding that the authorities lift the house arrest imposed on spiritual leader of the Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) head said the institute is currently preparing a schedule of visits to the centers of reform and rehabilitation and pretrial detention centers.

Inspector-General of the National Security Agency (NSA) summoned on Thursday (24 August 2017) the husband of detained activist Ibtisam Al-Sayegh.

Spokesman for Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Ghasemi deemed claims raised by Bahrain against Iran “as baseless and ridiculous,” calling on the Bahraini authorities to abandon oppression.

Head of the Bahraini Hajj Campaign Sheikh Adnan Al-Qattan confirmed that all the Bahraini kingdom's campaigns have received the camps in Mina, which are equipped with all the necessary amenities.

Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of two suspects (18 and 19 years) to September 25, with the continued detention of the suspects until the next session.

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of FIDH and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), asked its followers to address the Bahraini authorities to immediately release Ibtisam Al-Saegh, Mohammed Al-Shakhoori and Radhi Saleh Al-Qatari and to send letters to each of King of Bahrain, Ministers of Interior and Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs, Permanent Mission of Bahrain to the United Nations in Geneva, Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Kingdom of Belgium and diplomatic missions and embassy of Bahrain in their countries.