The Fourth Minor Criminal Court started on Monday (September 23, 2019) the trial of Dr. Sharifa Siwar in case of circulated video about promoting drugs inside Hamad Town Intermediate Girls School.

King Hamad returned to Bahrain after spending some hours in Jeddah during which he met his Saudi counterpart King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Transportation and Telecommunications Minister Kamal Ahmed announced the launching of a new air traffic control center.

Official figures showed that the number of Saudi investors in Bahrain has reached 14,614 as of September 22, 2019.

The United States' warnings to its Gulf allies regarding its dealings with Huawei services will not affect the company's commercial relations with Gulf states, especially Bahrain, said Alaa El Shimy, Managing Director of Huawei Enterprise Business Group Middle East.

The number of Saudi visitors to Bahrain witnessed an increase of 2.8% during the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, said Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority Adviser, Ali Follad.

Local Al-Bilad newspaper said that the Civil Service Bureau confirmed the ban on return of voluntary retired employees to the government job on a temporary or partial contract.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued 5 royal decrees appointing 9 undersecretaries and assistant undersecretaries in 5 government institutions.

Director-General of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security announced the launching of an investigation into received hacking cases of Snapchat accounts. The hackers controlled the accounts by sending links to their victims, asking them to log into their accounts to get new filters.

One-quarter of U.N. member states have carried out suspected reprisals against activists who cooperate with the world body on human rights issues, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.

The National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) said that an Asian who counterfeited prescriptions for Lyrica was arrested in cooperation and coordination between the Commission and the General Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Evidence.

The High Criminal Appeals Court ordered the Public Prosecution for the second time to bring a security video of a bomb explosion in Al-Dair, the case over which Mohammad Ramadan and Hussein Mousa were sentenced to death.

Activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said the Interior Ministry is delaying reinstating as a Bahraini citizen Zainab Marhoun Makki, whose nationality was restored by a royal decree months ago.

The Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) said that it monitored the arbitrary arrest of 30 children between January and May 2019.

The Director-General of Anti-corruption and Economic and Electronic Security announced the arrest of an Asian who works in a private company over an insulting video to the logo of Bahrain he posted on his social media account.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa discussed Tuesday issues of mutual security concern, the Pentagon said amid heightened tensions in the region concerning Iran.

Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa announced that Manama has signed an agreement with Washington on the purchase of US Patriot missile defense systems.

Saudi Arabia has shut down its crude oil pipeline to Bahrain after attacks on Saudi oil facilities, two trade sources told Reuters on Monday.

A Bahraini political prisoner on hunger strike sent a letter to the British Foreign Office urging them to stop training that is contributing to human rights violations in the Gulf state, reported the Morning Star newspaper.

Human rights organizations called for a vigil in front of the Bahrain Embassy in London for human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, asking for his sentence to be immediately suspended.