Amnesty International warned on Wednesday that the executions of 12 Saudi Shi’ite Muslim prisoners could be imminent, after they were sent to a secretive state security body that reports directly to the king.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has embarked on a domestic tour this week with his favorite son, demonstrating his support for his chosen heir despite the crisis spawned by the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

American journalist Nicholas Kristof called to pay attention to human rights situations in Bahrain, describing what is happening in Bahrain as “appalling repression”.

Qatar's ruler said Tuesday "crises pass" but warned of "long-lasting" scars from a diplomatic dispute that has seen Doha isolated by Saudi Arabia and its allies for more than a year.

The Swiss SonntagsZeitung newspaper said that Bahrain used F-5 planes to carry out attacks in Yemen

Saudi’s crown prince on Monday launched a project to build the first nuclear research reactor in the kingdom, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The sons of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Sunday issued an appeal for the return of their father’s body and said they wanted to return to Saudi Arabia to bury him.

Saudi authorities have released the brother of billionaire Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal after nearly a year in detention, family members said Saturday, as the kingdom faces international pressure over journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived in the Saudi capital Riyadh for a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud on bilateral relations as well as regional and international developments, reported the official Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

The order to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi came from the “highest levels” of the Saudi government, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said in the Washington Post on Friday and he called for the “puppetmasters” to be unmasked.

Israel Broadcasting Corporation "Makan" mentioned that "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's flight to the Sultanate of Oman passed the fields of Arab countries," explaining that "the plane crossed the airspace of both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain".

The Gulf state of Oman on Thursday welcomed calls by the United States and Britain for a ceasefire in Yemen’s war, Oman’s state news agency reported on Thursday.

The remains of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be located and returned to his family for a burial as soon as possible, U.S. State Department deputy spokesman Robert Palladino told reporters on Thursday.

New York police were still trying to piece together on Wednesday a mystery over two young women whose bodies were discovered a week ago on the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waists and ankles.

British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday backed a U.S. call for a cessation of hostilities in the Yemen war, a conflict that has killed at least 10,000 people and brought on the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.

Armed forces and observers from eight Arab countries are converging on Egypt for exercises starting on Saturday, the Egyptian military said on Wednesday, in a move that could evolve into a regional pact to counter Iran’s influence.

Istanbul’s chief prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was suffocated in a premeditated killing as soon as he entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate four weeks ago, and his body was then dismembered and disposed of.

Saudi Arabia has released 19 Filipina women detained in a raid on a Halloween party in Riyadh, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday, which the authorities said was prompted by complaints of loud music and frightening costumes.

Bahraini Foreign Ministry said visit of Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Sheikh, a dual Saudi-US citizen accused of working with the terrorist Islamic State (IS) organization, to the Kingdom of Bahrain, was made at the request of the United States.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Tuesday for a cessation of hostilities in Yemen and said U.N.-led negotiations to end the civil war should begin next month.