France urged the European Union on Monday to consider new sanctions on Iran over its involvement in Syria’s civil war and its ballistic missile program, as Paris tries to persuade Washington to preserve a 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran.

Qatar has asked U.S. regulators to investigate the U.S. subsidiary of the largest bank in the United Arab Emirates, accusing it of “bogus” foreign exchange deals designed to harm its economy as part of a blockade by Gulf neighbors.

Bahraini Shura Council approved Financial and Economic Affairs Committee’s decision to reject parliamentary bill that obligates NAO to refer any violation involving a criminal offense to the Public Prosecution.

By April 1, Bahrain will raise the price of natural gas produced from the Bahrain field to $3.25 per million thermal units, i.e. from a current $3 for industrial companies.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 5 suspects to 3 years in prison over putting fake bomb in Jid Ali and ordered the confiscation of the seized body.

Chairman of Shura Council Ali Al-Saleh expressed his regret for the accusations raised by some MPs to the shura council regarding covering corruption, after the council rejected a parliamentary decision that aims at binding National Audit Office (NAO) to refer violations to Public Prosecution.

The Directorate of the Muharraq Governorate Police said that it arrested a driver for performing road stunts in Qalal.

Maria Khoury, Chairperson of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), said that her father came to Bahrain in 1950. Khoury’s statements irritated a number of human rights activists who asked about the way her family was naturalized, noting that she chairs a senior government post that whitewashes Bahrain’s image and defends it in the international forums when it comes to human rights affairs.

Bahrain Defence Force announced that it will implement a live ammunition firing exercise undertaken by the Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF) at Hair Shtaya area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday.

Cassation Court rejected on Monday (March 19, 2018) an urgent request demanding to stop the dissolution of National Democratic Action Society (Wa'ad), the second largest opposing political society in the country, and adjourned that case until the technical office issues its report.

Egyptian Ambassador in Manama, Soha Ibrahim Refaat, announced the “winning of Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the presidential elections held in the embassy quarters in Al-Mahouz”. Al-Sisi won 3164 votes, i.e. 97.8% out of the total number of voters that reach 3423. Meanwhile, 71 voters voted for the competing candidate Moussa Moutsafa Moussa, the embassy announced.

Numbers published by Electricity and Water Authority showed that government subsidies on electricity dropped 62 million BD after approving the new tariff for electricity last year.

Donald Trump will host Saudi Arabia's crown prince in Washington Tuesday, giving the president a receptive audience to denounce rival Iran and a chance to take stock of significant changes the prince is engineering in the kingdom.

Qatar’s government communications office has filed a U.S. lawsuit against people who it said are conducting an illegal social media and internet campaign to spread false information and hurt the country’s businesses.

A senior Iranian security official has called for dialogue between factions in Yemen to end the conflict there, Iranian state media reported on Saturday.

Saudi, Emirati and Qatari leaders will beat a path to U.S. President Donald Trump’s door in the next few weeks for back-to-back visits that are unlikely to solve a long-running dispute among America’s Gulf allies.

Kuwait and the Philippines have signed an agreement regulating some working conditions for domestic workers in the Gulf State, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday.

Bahraini authorities continued to impose a house arrest on the spiritual leader of the country's Shiite majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, for the 300th consecutive day.

There are Russian citizens residing in Bahrain, who are not registered at the embassy, ​​and may amount to a number between 600-700, including 50 Russian citizens of Arab origin.

The Central Bank of Bahrain called on the Parliament to review a parliamentary law aimed at imposing fees on remittances.