Saudi Arabia has arrested 17 suspected Islamic State sympathisers accused of plotting attacks on religious officials, security forces, civilian districts and economic and military targets, the interior ministry said on Monday.

The British Embassy in Bahrain said that the British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox visited Bahrain on Sunday (September 18, 2016) and met a number of officials to "discuss chances to increase cooperation in fields of economy and trade".

ky News Channel said that the Bahrain-based alternative investment firm Investcorp purchased on Sunday an administrative building in Washington for $223.5 million.

The Bahraini authorities released on Sunday (September 18, 2016) boy Mostafa Al-Motghawi (16 years) 12 days following his arrest

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

Bahrain Teachers’ Association President Mahdi Abu Deeb said “there are 400 students that are detained and deprived from the right to education.”

Bahraini Shiite clerics said they welcome speech of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the statement of 35 member states of the HRC.

Bahraini Interior Ministry said New York Police Department said it’s willing to contribute to exchanging expertise with Bahrain, in field of police work and force.

Hillary Clinton supported the Bahraini regime while it cracked down on protesters. But that folly had nothing to do with the Clinton Foundation.

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

Authorities at Bahrain International Airport confiscated passports of number of Shiite citizens after returning from visiting holy shrines in Iranian city of Mashhad.

Al-Akhbar local Bahraini newspaper, which is linked to the Prime Minister, said that the lawyers representing Al-Wefaq “didn’t present their defense (brief) before the appeal court.”

The United States Ambassador to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Keith Harper, met the Bahraini Minister's Assistant for foreign Affairs Abdulla bin Faisal bin Jabur Al-Doseri, on the sideline of the 33rd session of the UNHRC.

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.

Journalist Ahmed Radhi said that the authorities prevented him on Saturday (September 17, 2016) from leaving Bahrain for the second time, without giving any legal reason behind this ban.

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.

The Public Prosecution questioned on Friday (September 16, 2016) the opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq Society Sheikh Ali Salman over a letter he addressed to the UNHRC held in Geneva.

What proves the bad intentions of the king is when the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities seized the mosque several years after attempts to falsify its history.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued royal order number (35) for year 2016, pertaining action done on state-owned land properties.

Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHR) along with Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) made a joint intervention about Bahrain’s use of mercenary in clamping down on citizens demanding democracy.