Direct international flights resumed Tuesday from Sulaimaniyah airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, a week after Baghdad lifted an almost six-month-long blockade on the region's foreign air links.

Civilian Bahraini forces raided more than 18 houses in the Diraz area, west of the Bahraini capital, Manama.

The High Appeals Court upheld verdict against 5 appellants accused of assembling, burning tires, and attacking police in southern Al-Sahla. A first instance court had sentenced 2 defendants to 2 years in prison and 3 defendants to 1 year.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday killed a resolution seeking an end to U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s campaign in Yemen’s civil war, the same day President Donald Trump was due to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the White House.

Armed British police stormed a flight from Bahrain as soon as it touched down at Heathrow Airport to arrest a man over an alleged kidnapping plot.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia is a very wealthy nation, and they’re going to give the United States some of that wealth, hopefully.

Bahraini ambassador to Baghdad Salah Al-Maliki said that there are concerted efforts by the Iraqi Ministry of Interior to hand over Bahraini wanted residing in Iraq to Bahraini government.

The General Directorate of Traffic announced the processing of 271,049 applications in 2017 through the Government e-Portal by filling up the new traffic application. It also said 17,000 e-applications had been processed since 2014.

The United Arab Emirates is asking Washington to exempt it from new U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel and believes it has a strong case, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

An Arab Summit in Riyadh where states will seek to prevent Israel from gaining a rotating seat on the U.N. Security Council will take place on April 15, the Arab League chief said in a statement on Tuesday.

Tehran denied on Tuesday allegations made by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that Iran was harboring Osama bin Laden’s son and supporting him as the new leader of al Qaeda.

Iran has defused all regional threats against the country, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, as tension rises between Tehran and Washington over the influence of the Islamic Republic in the Middle East.

U.S. President Donald Trump gave a warm welcome to Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday and credited U.S. defense sales to the Saudis with boosting American jobs, even as Riyadh’s involvement in Yemen’s civil war faced criticism.

The Public Prosecution released on Tuesday (March 20, 2018) Al-Watan newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Youssef Al-Binkhalil, under guarantee of his place of residence. Al-Binkhalil was investigated over a lawsuit brought by MP Anas Buhendi who accused him of public defamation.

The Bahraini House of Representatives approved Decree-Law No. (38) of 2017, amending certain provisions of the Telecommunications Law promulgated by Decree Law No. (48) of 2002.

Southern Governorate Municipality organized a campaign for clearing the vendor stands of fruit and vegetable shops on Sheikh Ibrahim and Sheikh Hamoud bin Sabah Streets in Riffa.

Sayed Moqtada Mohammad Sadeq Al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist Movement in Iraq, demanding lifting the house arrest imposed on spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The Bahraini Supreme Committee for Hajj and Umrah Affairs has suspended a Hajj campaign (tour group) and warned four others after it recorded “a number of administrative, security and technical violations.”

A number of Hajj campaign (group) managers confirmed that the total new taxes imposed on pilgrims amounted to 330 Bahraini dinars.

The Fourth Criminal High Court in Bahrain began the trial of 10 defendants, accused of forming a group called the Secret Intelligence Agency for the Bahraini Revolution, abbreviated with SIA.