A Bahraini Civil Service Bureau source said that hundreds of government employees had submitted requests to withdraw from the voluntary retirement program.

Bahraini authorities renewed on Tuesday (October 23, 2018) the detention of a number of citizens for 7 days pending investigation, over charges of participating in the central prayers.

The first public media appearance of the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took place on Wednesday during a session held within the framework of the Future Investment Initiative conference.

King of Bahrain for the first time entrusted his son the Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad, with direct executive powers, a sign of the growing role of the Crown Prince since Bahrain received $10 billion worth of Gulf aid.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) announced that United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis will participate in the Manama Dialogue which will be launched Late Friday (October 26, 2018).

The Bahraini Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the terrorist bombing that took place near al-Qayyarah in Iraq, which left dozens dead and injured.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander said Saudi Arabia and Bahrain added the Revolutionary Guard Corps and Al-Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani to their terrorism lists to distract the world.

Head of the General Directorate for Anti-Corruption and Economic and Electronic Security, Bassam Al-Maraj, said that a special hotline and e-mail had been made for "protecting the electoral process.”

The Kingdom of Bahrain announced designating (9) individuals as being associated with the Taliban, including Iranian facilitators.

The Court of Cassation rejected the appealed death penalty issued against two political activists whom the authorities accuse of killing a policeman.

Local Bahraini Al-Bilad daily said that a verdict was issued 12 days ago sentencing a candidate running in the second directorate of the capital governorate for a year in prison over giving a cheque without a balance.

The supreme committee for the general supervision of the safety of the election refused the candidacy application of each of businessman Mohammad Hasan Al-Aradi, Sheikh Mohamad Said Al-Aradi, Nader Abdulimam, Yousef Al-Buri, Hussein Al-Eskafi, Majed Taher, Ali Shamtout and Jaafar Daif.

A statement issued by civil aviation at Bahrain International Airport said that Bahrain's air traffic returned to normal and that takeoff and landing movement in the airport returned to its normal state after the delay and diversion of number of flights due to bad weather conditions.

Court of the Crown Prince announced that Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad participate in "Future Investment Initiative 2018" held in Riyadh, as a response to an invitation he received from his Saudi counterpart Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received on Monday (October 22, 2018) Commander of the Peninsula Shield Forces Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Balawi. The meeting was attended by BDF Chief of Staff Dhiab Al-Nuaimi.

Director of Traffic Operations and Control Adel Al-Dossairi said that his department dealt with 140 rain-related cases, including 67 accidents, on Saturday.

Yousif Al-Muhafdah said documented information confirmed that Bahraini youth Ali Shuwaikh, who was deported to Bahrain, is being held at the notorious Criminal Investigation Department HQ in Bahrain.

Information and eGovernment Authority Chief Executive Mohammed Ali Al-Qaed said that 650 governmental processes were transferred to cloud computing, with the transfer of over 50% of websites and governmental electronic services to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The Third Minor Criminal Court sentenced a youth to one year in jail and 1000 BD fine over charge of acquiring drugs, aiming at using them, and performing stunts with his car in Hamad Town.

Bahrain praised Saudi King Salman's decisions regarding slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi's case.