King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 6/2018 appointing Khalid bin Abdullah bin Ali Al Khalifa as ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs general court.

Bahrain’s supreme court on Monday upheld a one-year jail term for Shiite spiritual leader Sheikh Isa Qassim and confirmed a decision to revoke the cleric's citizenship, a legal source said.

Bahrain Court of Cassation issued on Monday (January 29, 2018) its ruling regarding the challenge filed by the defendants' attorney in Al-Sahla blast case, including death row convict Maher Al- Khabbaz.

A Bahraini cassation court upheld on Monday (January 29, 2018) a one year suspended prison verdict, and citizenship revocation again spiritual leader of Shia majority, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Indian Ambassador to Bahrain Alok Kumar Sinha said that “the number of Indian community in Bahrain exceeds 350 thousand,” adding that “50% of the foreign communities in Bahrain are Indians.”

Bahraini government has expressed reservation regarding a bill to amend the budget law, obligating the Minister of Finance to present the draft budget law to the Cabinet before the end of August of the current fiscal year.

The Bahraini Shura Council, which is appointed by the King, rejected a decision by the House of Representatives concerning a bill amending Article 11 of Decree-Law No. 16 of 2002, regarding the Office of Financial and Administrative Control (Audit Bureau).

British communications regulator, Ofcom, fined Al Arabiya News Channel £120,000 after the channel violated the privacy of a prominent Bahraini national, Hassan Mushaima, reported BBC Arabic.

Bahraini Undersecretary of Ministry of Labor Sabah Al-Dosari said the ministry, with the cooperation of the Labour Fund (Tamkeen), raised the ceiling of wages subsidies for Bahrainis working in the private sector from 400 to 450 BD for graduates and from 270 to 300 BD for non-graduates.

Security authorities in Bahrain continued to ban the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 81th consecutive week, through the continued siege imposed on Diraz village.

The security authorities tried on Thursday (January 25, 2018) to raid the house of detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami, however, his wife didn’t allow them to enter the house because she was alone.

The health of a prominent activist jailed in Bahrain is failing and authorities are not providing medical care, international human rights groups said.

An imprisoned activist in Bahrain has been denied adequate medical care and is being held with extremists, putting his life at risk, a human rights group said Thursday.

International rights groups said Thursday they fear for the health behind bars of Bahrain's most high-profile activist, Nabeel Rajab, condemning the Gulf state over its seven-year crackdown on dissent.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition political society in Bahrain, said that the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General revealed in his session yesterday (Thursday, January 25, 2018) details about the phone calls between him and the former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim in March 2011.

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, activists said on Thursday.

Arabic language channel Al Arabiya News has been fined £120,000 for breaching broadcasting standards on fairness and privacy after broadcasting an interview with Bahraini survivor of torture, Hassan Mushaima. UK Regulator Fines Al Arabiya Ne

Head of Bahrain’s Public Security received delegation from UAE Ministry of Interior, headed by Director General of the Federal Criminal Police, and discussed the importance of “developing security cooperation and coordination.”

Bahraini court sentenced cleric to six months in prison for “using offensive terms against Yazid bin Muawiyah”, the Umayyad ruler who killed the grandson of Prophet Muhammad.

A court ordered the deportation of four Bahraini nationals, including one woman, five years after a decree stripping them of their nationalities as part of the list of 31 Bahraini dissidents.