The United Nations has condemned airstrikes by an Arab coalition that killed 26 people in Western Yemen on Wednesday and said attacks on civilian facilities in the Arab World's poorest country have increased since July.

A Kuwaiti court on Thursday sentenced Shiite lawmaker Abdulhameed Dashti to 11 years' jail in absentia for insults against the emirate's ruler and its neighbour Saudi Arabia.

Bahrain was ranked 132 on the 2016 Global Peace Index (GPI) report issued by the Institute for Economic and Peace (IEP) on Wednesday (September 21, 2016).

Bahraini Interior Ministry said that 13 Bahraini pilgrims arrested in Saudi Arabia, were kept in custody for violating procedures of pilgrimage permits, not terrorism.

Nine Shiite Bahrainis were taken into custody in Saudi Arabia while they were performing the Hajj (pilgrimage) rituals, reported activists.

A survey highlighted that more than one-third of all Saudi-led air raids on Yemen have hit civilian sites, such as school buildings, hospitals, markets, mosques and economic infrastructure.

The Saudi security apparatuses detained 54 terrorist suspects from the beginning of Dhul-Hijjah to the day of Arafah; 30 of whom were Saudis, 13 Bahrainis and others of 7 different nationalities, including Brunei whose citizens have been added to the terrorist list for the first time.

Chairman of the Hajj delegation Adnan Al-Qattan said that the Saudi authorities released all Bahraini detainees imprisoned over “performing Hajj ritual without an authorization” after “the Bahraini embassy in Saudi Arabia followed their case”.

A senior Saudi official, responding to Iranian criticism of Riyadh's management of the haj pilgrimage, urged Iran to end what he called wrong attitudes toward Arabs and warned it against any use of force in its rivalry with the kingdom.

A senior U.S. diplomat has presented a proposal for a comprehensive ceasefire in Yemen to the country's dominant Houthis at a meeting in Oman, a member of the Houthi negotiating team said on Thursday.

The Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper quoted Abdullah Hachem, lawyer of extremist groups in Bahrain, saying that “the Saudi authorities released on Tuesday (September 13, 2016) the Bahraini citizen Abdurrahim Al-Murbati after spending more than 13 years in Dammam’s prison.”

GCC States expressed great disappointment at criticism addressed at Bahrain by UN Human Rights Commissioner, Zeid bin Ra'ad Al-Hussein.

Bahrain has expressed its deep concern over the decision of the US Congress that allows the victims of 11 September 2001 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman said on Tuesday the haj should not be used to achieve sectarian or political aims, remarks likely to be seen as aimed at rival Iran, which is involved in a public quarrel with Riyadh over the management of the pilgrimage.

Qatar's Emir called for good neighbourly relations between Gulf Arabs and Iran in a telephone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Qatar media reported, amid fresh strains between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran over the haj pilgrimage.

Al-Wasat local Bahraini newspaper reported that at least 20 Bahrainis were taken into custody in Saudi Arabia in past few days.

President Barack Obama would veto a bill passed by both houses of Congress that would allow survivors and families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the government of Saudi Arabia for damages, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Monday.

The Saudi-dominated Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Monday condemned a law passed by the United States Congress last week that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue the kingdom's government for damages.

US House of Representatives passed legislation Friday allowing relatives of victims of 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for compensation.

Moody’s said that Bahrain launched three international debt placements since beginning of year until May 2016, with total value of $1,035 billion.