A local newspaper reported Parliamentary sources as saying that the House of Representatives received yesterday a new bill on retirement.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (May 29, 2018) Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji, after convicting him of insulting a policeman.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has instructed the Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa to prepare a draft edict to create a new self-sponsorship residency permit for foreign investors. Under the new system, foreign investors will be able to obtain a 10-year, renewable residency permit on a self-sponsorship basis.

Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed received the United States Ambassador to Bahrain, Justin Hicks Siberell. They discussed ways of strengthening cooperation and benefiting from experiences in both countries in the fields of transportation and communications.

The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that the American embassy has not been actually relocated to East Jerusalem and that the area where the embassy was opened is in the West side which is composed of small neighborhoods that were annexed in 1948 and haven’t not been demanded by the Arabs.

National Security Agency professional standards office, which is involved in torture, said that the training plan for 2018 in cooperation with the Office of the Inspector General, included courses in US in the fields of human rights and freedoms.

Public authority for social insurance said it is ready to receive requests to buy 5 virtual service years for private sector employees, after the king ratified the law that was recently passed by the House of Representatives and Shura council.

The Council of Ministers agreed on reorganizing customs affairs in the Interior Ministry. This means restructuring and renaming public administrations and departments in a way that achieves work flow and prevents overlapping of functions and powers.

Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received US Ambassador to Bahrain Justin Siberell in his office at the Gudaibiya Palace.

Families of two Bahraini detainees, Zakia Isa al-Barbouri and Fatima Daoud Hassan, expressed their deep concern and fear over the two women’s absence following their arrests and forced disappearance.

The local Bahraini Al-Ayyam newspaper, linked to the Royal Court, published a piece defending the statements made by Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has approved an extradition agreement between his country and Russia.

Bahrain sees no resolution in sight to a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors, which cut diplomatic and trade ties with the tiny Gulf Arab state nearly a year ago.

Council of Representatives' Secretary-General Abdullah bin Khalaf Al-Dossari announced putting the cornerstone of the council’s new building today morning.

Ministry of Health announced the acceptance of 70 doctors for employment out of 380 unemployed doctors who applied for the exam announced by the ministry last April. A number of doctors said that they received calls from the health ministry last Thursday stating that they were accepted in the doctor profession for 2018-2019.

An official study received by the service committee in the House of Representatives revealed that the number of illegal foreign workers who were deported between 2013 to March 2018 was 5679.

Human Rights Watch called on the United States to reject two planned arms sales, totaling nearly $1 billion (746.49 million pounds), to Bahrain in light of the Gulf country’s “dismal record on human rights”, the rights group said on Thursday in a statement.

A Bahraini court ordered releasing the detained Zainab Makki on Wednesday (May 23, 2018) with the guarantee of her place of residence.

Bahrain's Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist attack that targeted a family park in the Shula area in the Iraqi capital ​​Baghdad, which left a number of people killed and injured.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition political group in Bahrain, said that the marks and consequences of the massacre committed by the Bahraini regime a year ago still continue to this day, despite the United Nations’ demand to investigate the massacre.