A number of Iranian Sunni clerics on Saturday wrote a letter to the UN secretary general and condemned the execution of Saudi citizens under the pretext of terrorist activities.

Saudi security forces have reportedly invaded the Shia-populated areas in eastern province of Al Qatif, martyring several people.

Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for the withdrawal of Israeli regime from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

An American pretrial detainee was forced to give birth alone in her cell according, despite calling for help; ACLU reported.

A Saudi vessel that was due to load weapons at a northern French port has set sail without them and headed towards Spain on Friday, a day after a rights group tried to block the cargo on humanitarian grounds.

Independent United Nations human rights experts warned that prominent Emirati pro-democracy campaigner and rights activist Ahmed Mansoor may be enduring treatment amounting to torture, including prolonged solitary confinement, as he is serving his jail terms in the Persian Gulf Arab country.

The CIA and foreign security services have warned friends and colleagues of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi that their continuation of pro-democracy work has made them targets of potential retaliation from Saudi Arabia.

A European Council watchdog committee has accused German police of mistreating an Afghan man who was being expelled by choking him and squeezing his genitals.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has rejected negotiations with the United States and denied the likelihood of a US attack, a day after US President Donald Trump urged talks while saying he could not rule out a military confrontation.

A boat carrying scores of refugees and migrants has capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia, killing at least 65 people, according to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR).