Bahrain

Ex-French prime minister lavishly paid for Bahrain anti-Qatar mission, says report

Manuel Valls travelled to Manama last July as part of a legal and media offensive against Qatar paid by an offshore dummy corporation, Mediapart reports

How a regional war could devastate Middle Eastern economies

Hussein Chokr

Bahrain loses appeal in spyware case involving UK-based dissidents

UN General Assembly should call for release of Bahraini dissidents, say rights groups

Israel's war on Gaza

Israeli killings of Palestinian children 'an extremely dark place in history', says UN

Pegasus spyware

Pegasus: UK-based spyware victims ask police to investigate hacking

UK: Starmer avoided mention of political prisoners in meeting with Bahrain PM, say activists

Bahraini prisoners subjected to 'psychological torture' at Jau prison, says detainee

Bahrain appeals ruling in spyware case involving UK-based dissidents

Inside Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabian wealth fund eyes $24bn investment in Arab states

Bahrain: Rights groups urge Pope Francis to raise religious freedom concerns during visit

Bahrain and Oman insist 'consensus' on Opec+ cut after Saudi pressure allegation

Bahrain sentenced defendants to death after torture and 'sham' trials, says report

Afghanistan enters race to join UN rights body after Bahrain withdraws over criticism

'No one is safe': As UN debates spyware threats, rights groups say ban it

Bahrain: Imprisoned Shia cleric abused and denied medical treatment

Pegasus spyware

Pegasus and other spyware threatens UN human rights work, Guterres warns

UK: Truss accused of 'misleading' Gulf human rights comments

Bahrain ignoring death row inmate's pleas for medical care, says wife

James Cleverly: The UK's new foreign secretary accused of ignoring Gulf abuses

UK doubles money to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain through 'secretive' fund