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.

An appeals court in Bahrain on Thursday upheld the dissolution of the country's main Shiite opposition group, al-Wefaq, in the latest government clampdown on its critics.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets in mass protest after Friday prayers in support of Shiite majority spiritual leader Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

“I can’t guarantee that I will live but I’m not scared, if I depart this life, all I wish for is to leave a mark...I want to end the oppression I witnessed in Bahrain,” said Nasser Al-Ras.

An appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to the dissolution of Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group, a newspaper reported, in effect affirming a lower court decision condemned by the United States and the United Nations in July.

Only five minutes were enough to narrate everything; the entire Bahraini story, and all the heartbreak lived by Bahrainis.

The Deputy Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, said that the authorities’ move to dissolve Al-Wefaq, the largest political society in Bahrain, and liquidate its funds is a dangerous step.

The minor criminal court summoned on Thursday (September 22, 2016) Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, over a new case. Al-Mashaal was summoned from prison where he is serving a 2-year sentence.

The Bahraini authorities continue to ban Shiites from performing the largest Friday prayer in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque by preventing the Imam of the prayer and worshipers from reaching the mosque.

The first high criminal court sentenced 6 suspects to 10 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of seized items over planting a hoax bomb.

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.

An appeals court on Thursday dismissed a challenge to the dissolution of Bahrain's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group, a newspaper reported, in effect affirming a lower court decision condemned by the United States and the United Nations in July.

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).

The National Democratic Action Society - Wa'ad believed that the decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society undermines the public political action. This stance came after the appeals court upheld a decision to dissolve Al-Wefaq.

Hundreds of Bahrainis took to the streets on Thursday (September 22, 2016) in commemoration of death of human rights activist Nasser Al-Ras (one of the torture victims in Bahrain) who died in one of Toronto’s hospitals.

Imams of Friday congregational prayer announced the resumption of the prayers on Friday (September 23, 2016) in the Imam Al-Sadiq mosque in Diraz, the largest Shiite mosque

A Bahraini appeals court upheld a court of first instance's verdict dissolving the country's main Shiite opposition group, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society.

A Bahraini court adjourned on Thursday (September 22, 2016) the trial of Shiite cleric Sheikh Ali Al-Jufairi until October 6 and released him on 200 BD bail.

The Bahraini authorities released on Thursday (September 22, 2016) head of Sheikh Isa Qassim's office Sheikh Hussein Al-Mahrous.

The Minor Criminal Court presided over by Judge Ibrahim Al-Jifin and Hussein Hammad as secretariat, set on Wednesday (September 21, 2016), October 6 as a date to issue its verdict against the prominent Shiite cleric and member of the (dissolved) Ulama Islamic Council, Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki, with his continued detention.