The Palestinian National Committee to Boycott Israel says the firm is “deeply implicated” in Israel’s settlement expansion.

Bahrainis stage demonstrations and rights groups denounce a “repressive climate” as the US-allied Persian Gulf state holds parliament elections after dissolving main opposition groups and cracking down on dissent.

An official visit to Tel Aviv, with all the pomp and ceremony, would have consolidated the relationship always portrayed as particularly close, yet the world's most traveled monarch never embarked on the trip.

Bahrain's main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, calls for boycott of November 12 legislative elections.

Canada and Britain announce a political boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, following similar decisions by the United States and Australia over alleged human rights violations in China.

Chinese slams the US boycott of the Winter Olympics; calling it "grave distortion of the spirit of the Olympic Charter", while adding that it won’t make any difference.