The Bahraini parliament passed (Tuesday June 20, 2017) an urgent proposal to pursue all those whose names were mentioned in the phone call recently broadcasted on Bahrain TV.

Security forces affiliated to the Ministry of Interior buried martyr Nabeel Al-Samie in Al-Hoora cemetery, contrary to his will and family desire of burying him in Sanabis cemetery.

The Secretary General of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), Hassan Al-Halwachi, was surprized about the statement issued by an MP regarding the inclination of the Finance Committee in the House of Representatives to introduce a legislation allowing the use of the unemployment insurance fund savings to fund the general budget deficit.

The Bahraini security authorities launched on the dawn of Wednesday (June 21, 2017) vast security campaign in Diraz that led to arresting a number of citizens, including 3 women.

Bahrain Ministry of Interior said that a Bahraini worker (59 years) died and an Asian was injured while installing a lift in a building that is under construction in Jidhafs.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today sent a congratulatory cable to the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, congratulating him on the choice of Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud as the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, as well as his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Tuesday (June 20, 2017) prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Fadhel Al-Zaki after around one year of imprisonment.

The Public Prosecution decided on Tuesday (June 20, 2017) to arrest Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein, son of Sheikh Ali Al-Sitri, for a week pending investigation.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior said that the initial investigations showed that martyr Nabeel Al-Samie died as a result of “bomb blast”.

It has been reported that the father of primary student, whose grades were changed to become the first on the honor’s list, is the daughter of an official in the quality assurance authority, which monitors the MoE, and its affiliated schools.

The IBT website said that Qatari soldiers would no longer be a part of the anti-terrorism fight in Bahrain. The Bahrain government has ordered Qatari troops serving with the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (Navcent) to leave the country within two days.

Bahrain has arrested several suspects in connection with an explosion in the village of a Shi'ite Muslim spiritual leader, the Ministry of Interior said on Twitter on Tuesday.

Two years after launching headfirst into a conflict in Yemen that has no end in sight, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have astonished the world again, this time with a severe boycott of neighboring Qatar.

Information reported that the Bahraini government tried to impose restrictions on the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights delegation that was supposed to visit Bahrain last week.

Bahrain’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) said that it arrested a group of suspects believed to cause the blast in Diraz.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that it is “not part of the Gulf crisis over Qatar”, commenting on the recent propaganda against it. Al-Wefaq confirmed that it “has, since the beginning of the crisis, received many initiatives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and other foreign countries.

Bahrain rejected in a statement the report issued by the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Human Rights situation in Bahrain.

The Bahraini security authorities arrested on Monday (June 19, 2017) Shiite cleric Sheikh Hussein, son of Sheikh Ali Al-Sitri, after interrogating him in Hamad Town police station at Roundabout 17.

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia condemned Diraz blast, which the Ministry of Interior said it targeted its members and killed at least one policeman.

Ambassadors of Bahrain, the Emirates, Egypt and the Charge D’Affaires of Saudi Arabia to Seoul met Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs of Republic of Korea, Ambassador Lee Jeong Kyu at the premises of the Korean Foreign Ministry.