Expected State Department report would target groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam for alleged BDS support and end US aid for their activities

FM Wehbe says panel must provide detailed report on deadly blast, but Human Rights Watch supports international probe as only credible option

Potential leak from FSO Safer, loaded with 1.1 million barrels of crude, would significantly exacerbate country's humanitarian crisis, says Human Rights Watch

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, others say 'powerful political and religious figures' are using defamation laws as retaliation against critics

Rights group says only a few of the new measures are clearly related to public health, warns against their potential for 'abuse as part of an unreformed emergency law'

Konstantin Kotov confesses to entering kingdom, but pleads not guilty to drug possession charge, official news agency reports

The Petra news agency reports Konstantin Kotov will stand trial on two charges; Israeli Foreign Ministry says it was in touch with him, his family, and Jordanian authorities

Activists urge Tehran to reveal death toll in nationwide demonstrations, which Amnesty International estimates at over 140

Omar Shakir boards plane from Ben Gurion Airport after Supreme Court upheld deportation over alleged BDS support; will continue working from Jordan

Before heading to airport, Human Rights Watch's Omar Shakir says he'll continue advocating against settlements from Jordan; Jerusalem says organization welcome to send replacement