Bahrain’s parliament approved a bill on Sunday barring members of dissolved opposition groups from running in elections, the latest step in a crackdown against dissent ahead of parliamentary polls this year.

Hundreds of supporters of Campaign against Arms Trade (CAAT) protested, at the entrance of the stadium where Royal Windsor Horse Show was held, against the presence of Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, yesterday (Saturday, May 12, 2018).

Chairman of the Board of BAE Systems for arms admitted that “BAE Systems equipment may have been used by Saudi forces in a military intervention to crush anti-government protests in Bahrain in 2011.”

Gulf Air Deputy Chief Executive Officer Waleed Al-Alawi said that “the company doesn’t plan to dismiss employees within its new strategy,” indicating that “Gulf Air is not passing through conditions to construct its operations, however, it is broadening through new destinations”.

The Shura Council agreed, in consensus, in its session, on preventing leaders and members of political societies dissolved in a final verdict for committing grave breaches of the provisions of the Constitution from running into elections. It also prevented those who intended to violate or disrupt parliamentary and constitutional life from running into elections.

The Associated Press Agency said on Saturday (May 12, 2018) that a secret meeting was held between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahraini and Emirati ambassadors, during Netanyahu’s visit to Washington last Mach to take part in an annual pro-Israel policy conference, AIPAC.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAT) called for a demonstration on Saturday (May 12th, 2018) in London to protest the king's visit to Britain to attend the Windsor Horse Show.

The northern city is due to witness an official opening ceremony on Tuesday (May 15, 2018) in the presence of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Two Bahrain residents (whose nationality has not been identified) have been questioned by India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Sayegh said political detainees held in pre-trial detention at Dry Dock Prison have been repeatedly harassed by the prison police.

Unprecedented clashes between Israel and Iran over Syria have sparked calls for restraint from world leaders worried about the risk of all-out war.

Oil Minister Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa (son of BDF commander-in-chief Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed) said that the ministry is studying the launch of investment fund with the cooperation of (Osool) that manages general organization for social insurance in order to invest in the country's oil sector.

Israeli Minister of Communications Ayoob Kara praised Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs’ supporting stance to the last rocket attack on what it was said to be targets affiliated with the Iranian forces in Syria, describing it as “historical support”.

AFP agency said that Bahrain backed what it named “Israel's right to defend itself" after the strikes launched by the Israeli entity on military bases in Syria.

A human rights organization revealed that the health of the detained political prisoner Abduljalil Al-Singace, one of the opposition figures accused of leading 2011 protests, deteriorated.

The British Reprieve organization said they will deliver a petition to the Bahraini embassy on Saturday 12th May, when the King of Bahrain visits the UK.

Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi said that the court of cassation overruled a prison verdict issued against Shiite cleric Sayed Kamel Al-Hashimi over one of his sermons, and referred the case to another court to reconsider it.

UK Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa, Alistair Burt, said that officials from the British Embassy in Bahrain were present at the court hearing for Najah Ahmed Yousif, whom “Vice” website published a report about her, stressing that she was tortured and sexually assaulted in Muharraq security complex. The website also revealed that the senior officer responsible for the complex received training in the UK.

The Bahraini authorities demolished on Wednesday (May 9, 2018) a sports club and school facing one of King Hamad bin Khalifa’s palaces.

A Court of Appeals adjourned the trial session of the Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab until May 20, for final pleading.