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• Bahrain arrests and releases four American journalists during protests

  Bahraini authorities have arrested four Americans during protests. This is marked as the fifth anniversary of a Shiite-led uprising in the kingdom, US and Bahraini authorities said.

• Bahraini authorities warn citizens in criticizing Saudi Arabia's announcements, court verdicts, and legal system

  After drawing negative reactions regarding its law system, Bahraini goverment issued a warning to its people to refrain ridiculing its ally Saudi Arabia on social media sites.

• Saudi Arabia to execute more than 50 convicted of terrorism, local media say

  Saudi Arabia plans to execute more than 50 people convicted of terrorism, two Saudi newspapers reported this week, in what appears to be a warning to would-be jihadists at a time of militant attacks on the kingdom.

• Bahrain sees 'foreign' link in attack, Iran denies role

  Bahraini authorities have arrested several people in connection with Tuesday's deadly bombing and suspect the attack was a "foreign attempt" to harm the Gulf state's stability, local media reported on Wednesday.

• Bahrain says foils arms smuggling bid, recalls Iran envoy

  Bahrain said on Saturday it had foiled an arms smuggling plot by two Bahrainis with ties to Iran and announced the recall of the Gulf island kingdom's ambassador to Tehran for consultations after what it said were repeated hostile Iranian statements.

• Tracing the path of South Korea's MERS 'patient zero'

  Eight days after returning from a trip to the Middle East, a 68-year-old South Korean man developed a cough and fever.

• Bahrain revokes nationality of 72 on security grounds

  The Bahraini government has revoked the nationality of 72 citizens for damaging national security, the state news agency BNA reported on Saturday.

• Bahrain opposition leader to go on trial on January 28

  An opposition leader will go on trial this month on charges of promoting the violent overthrow of Bahrain's political system, his lawyer and authorities said on Monday,

• Bahrainis vote in second round of parliamentary election

  Bahrainis voted in the second round of a parliamentary election on Saturday, a poll boycotted by the tiny Gulf monarchy's Shi'ite-led opposition which accuses the government of gerrymandering and says parliament lacks powers.

• Bahrain holds elections, Shi'ite opposition boycotts vote

  Bahrainis voted on Saturday in the first parliamentary elections since 2011 when mostly Shi'ite protesters took to the streets demanding more democracy.

• Bahrain opposition confirms it will boycott election

  Four opposition groups including the largest, Al Wefaq, will boycott a parliamentary election scheduled for November in Bahrain to protest what they described as a vote where the results would be "fully controlled by the ruling authority".

• Islamic State blows away Gulf qualms about joining U.S. military action

  It is more than 23 years since Arab countries last made common cause to join U.S.-led military action, and it has taken the threat of Islamic State to persuade them that any public backlash in an already turbulent region is a price worth paying.