King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 39/2018 appointing directors in the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

Press information stated that Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa resigned from his post due to administrative disputes in the ministry.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued royal decree appointing Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Khalifa as Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources, as a successor for Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa, who resigned from his post due to “administrative disputes”.

Primary Education Directorate at Education Ministry said that the registration of new students born in November 2012 will be according to the following distribution, July 23, for children born from November 1-10 2012, and July 24-25 for those born from 21 to the end of November 2012, at the ministry’s headquarter, from 8:30 am to 1 pm.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received the US Ambassador to Bahrain Justin Siberell, in the presence of Deputy Chief of the Public Security and Assistant Public Security Chief for Operations and Training.

Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the authorities continued their harassment against female political prisoners.

Bahrain and India signed an agreement on Exemption from Short Stay Visa for holders of Diplomatic and Official/Special Passports, during the visit of Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sushma Swaraj to Manama.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued Edict 23/2018 and 24/2018 on transferring and appointing directors in the Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training (BQA), and in Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities (BACA).

Head of the monitoring and documentation unit at the Bahrain Center for Human Rights activist Enas Oun said that family of detainee Mohammad Al-A’am complained that their son is being subjected to severe beating in Dry Dock Prison.

In a coverage to the trending issues on social media outlets, BBC website stated that thousands of tweets discussed Bahrain’s naturalization of foreigners via #Bahrain_Naturalizes_at_ Expense_of_our_Employment.

Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for International Affairs Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Khalifa met the Assistant to US President and Special Representative for International Negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, at the premises of the Diplomatic Mission of the Kingdom of Bahrain in New York.

A footage circulated by activists on social media outlets showed the spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, receiving treatment in one of London’s hospitals.

BDF Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received the US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces Commander Scott A. Stearney.

Family of detained Elias Mullah said that they resorted to the rescue police (Najda) to save their son’s life in prison, after his health severely deteriorated, due to depriving him from cancer disease medications for 21 days.

A local newspaper said that a number of Gulf nationals were victims of the fraud of a real estate office that attracting customers with tempting prices to buy real estates through contracts between both parties, on the condition that the customer pays the bulk of the amount stated in the contract, and then begins to collect the agreed return for a few months before discovering the fictitious profits.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Sunday (July 15) Bahraini citizen Mohammad Al-Khatem from in front the Cabinet building, after he stood holding a banner that read "I can't find food for my children", protesting against unemployment and his dismissal from work since over 5 years ago.

Bahraini ambassador to Baghdad Salah Al-Maliki said that all Bahrainis visiting Najaf are well and in normal conditions, stressing that the Bahraini consulate in Iraq visited all the hotels in old city of Najaf, met the campaign (tour group) owners and citizens and considered their needs and departure time.

British spooks appear to be involved in a controversial security assistance scheme for a despotic regime, the Vice news website revealed.

The Bahraini Civil Defense forces evacuated a building belonging to a company in the "Bu Ashira" area near Kuwait Street in the capital province after a fire broke out.

Experts recalled with concern the turmoil in 2011, and the repression that followed, a challenge to the Bahrain’s stated values of tolerance and non-discrimination.