The prominent Bahraini political prisoner Mohammed Jawad Parweez met his family in Jaw prison on Wednesday (October 11, 2017) to inform them about his will, his family said.

Bahraini local Al-Ayyam newspaper denied that the National Oil and Gas Authority has any inclinations towards currently raising the prices of gasoline in Bahrain, stressing that what is being circulated on social media networking sites is not true.

The Bahraini High (Appeal) Criminal Court rejected the appeal of a defendant sentenced to one year in prison on charges of insulting the country’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, for “filing it after the due date.”

The Civil Service Bureau in Bahrain said that it employed 2045 unemployed persons out of 9725 who applied for employment in 2016.

The High Administrative court held on Wednesday (October 11, 2017) its first sessions to consider the appeals filed against the verdict dissolving National Democratic Action Society - Wa'ad.

The Bahraini authorities released on Tuesday (October 10, 2017) night 4 children whose ages range between 12 and 13 years, after a week on their arrest over political reasons.

Bahrain’s Second High Criminal Court decided to reject, in absentia, the right of a 50-year-old Bahraini accused of “assembly” to appeal.

The General State budget data for 2018 revealed that the Bahraini Government allocated more than 28% of general revenues for defence, security and safety sector.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa met former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, as part of his visit to the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the Director of the Office of International Labour Affairs at the US Department of State, Steve Moody, arrived in Bahrain, along with the US Department of State Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Angelo Maestas.

An official source at the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) said that on Sunday, October 8, a Royal Bahraini Air Force (RBAF)’s fighter jet broke the sound barrier while conducting a night training exercise. The aircraft’s exceeding the speed of sound resulted in a sonic boom which generated significant sound energy similar to explosions, the source added.

Bahrain’s Second High (Appeal) Criminal Court upheld a verdict issued against a 50-year-old Bahraini, sentencing him for three years on charges of insulting the judiciary by publishing audio clips on social media sites, in which a judge and the Supreme Judicial Council are exposed.

The total number of Bahrainis working in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States reached 2,604, including 130 Bahrainis in Qatar, whose diplomatic relations with Bahrain have been severed for over four months, official statistics revealed.

Reports this month have indicated the island kingdom of Bahrain will soon take steps to normalize ties with Israel, ending seven decades of a diplomatic boycott of the Jewish state.

The High Administrative Court in Bahrain rejected a lawsuit to invalidate the elections of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry Board of Directors and nullify the election results.

The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said it monitored the cases of continued enforced disappearance of 12 Bahrainis from the following four areas: Malikiyah, Diraz, Sanabis and Buri, including the case of Sayed Fadel Abbas Radhi, which has lasted over one year.

The Bahraini authorities continued their security campaign today (Tuesday, October 10, 2017) morning and arrested each of Mahdi Ahmad Muftah and Ali Mohammad Jaafar from Diraz village, after forcibly breaking into their houses.

The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, retweeted Israeli journalist Raphael Ahren’s tweet, showing more signs of the ruling Bahraini family’s normalization of relations with the Jewish state.

The King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa called on the government to take the necessary steps to achieve balance between expenditures and public revenues.

Bahraini detainee Rawan Sanqour’s health has been affected by the deteriorating conditions in the women's prison in Isa Town, about two weeks after her arrest, said human rights sources.