Bahrain’s main opposition group says the ruling Al Khalifah regime is exploiting the ongoing visit by Pope Francis to the kingdom to cover up its repressive measures and heavy-handed crackdown against dissidents.

The Associated Press said Saudi surveillance, intimidation and pursuit of nationals on American soil have intensified under bin Salman.

A senior member of the Palestinian resistance group Lion’s Den has been killed in a bomb attack in the occupied northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli forces storm the At-Tur and Silwan neighborhoods in the occupied holy city of al-Quds.

The Palestinian prime minister warns the West Bank is on the verge of explosion as a result of stepped-up Israeli military clampdown in the occupied territories.

A Europe-based human rights organization has warned that 34 imprisoned political dissidents are on the verge of execution in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi opposition and human rights activists express outrage over decades-long prison sentences handed down to two Saudi women over social media activism.

A Saudi court has sentenced a social media activist to 18 years in prison as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against democracy advocates widens in the kingdom.

A Saudi court has sentenced a prominent cleric and former imam of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca Sheikh Saleh Al Talib to 10 years in prison.

A UN special rapporteur says she is concerned about the fate of imprisoned Saudi Shia cleric and human rights activist Sheikh Mohammed Hassan al-Habib.