Questions that need to be answered: Why is this incomprehensible insistence on preventing religious activities? Why is there this serious threat to the administrators of obsequies and Husseiniyas? Why is the media being used to incite as well as underestimate people's religious dignity? W

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa made a phone call on (August 14, 2020) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in which he congratulated Al Nahyan on the historic peace step taken by the UAE towards Israel.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the highest religious authority in Bahrain, described the authorities' prevention of Ashura commemoration in Bahrain as a war against Imam Al-Hussein (PBUH).

Since 2011, the Bahraini government has proven two things; the first is that its actions are not based on national logic and do not take into consideration public interest, and the second is that the sovereign decision of the state was handed over to the UAE and Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. administration has chosen a senior and controversial diplomat, Elliot Abrams, to succeed Brian Hook as special envoy for Iran, following the latter's sudden resignation.

Bahrain was the first Arab country to issue an official statement congratulating the UAE on normalization with Israel.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday (August 13, 2020) that they will normalize diplomatic ties and forge a broad new relationship, a move that reshapes the order of Middle East politics from the Palestinian issue to Iran.

A US marine was found dead on Tuesday (August 11, 2020) in Manama, US media outlets stated. No details were reported about his death conditions.

The Bahraini authorities are clearly trying to take advantage of the exceptional measures of the Coronavirus pandemic and exploiting this conundrum that many countries around the globe are witnessing in order to intensify the persecution of Shiite citizens in Bahrain.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry is launching two campaigns against the return of religious rituals that Bahraini Shiites commemorate in the Month of Muharram every year. The first is a campaign of summonses to pressure and cause direct threat and the second is a media campaign via local media outlets.

The Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs dealt a blow to the efforts of Bahrain's senior Shiite clerics and all popular efforts that were preparing to commemorate Ashura rituals, during the Holy month of Muharram, in Husseiniyas (religious congregational halls).

One week after Beirut's Port explosion, Bahraini announced the formation of a committee to list dangerous substances, their storage sites and inspection mechanisms.

Sukuk issuance by Gulf sovereign borrowers is expected to rise to around $34 billion this year, from $25 billion in 2019, as funding needs rise as a result of lower oil prices and the coronavirus crisis, Moody's said.

The Cassation Court upheld death sentence against 3 Asians over deliberate murder. Chief Prosecutor Ali Al-Shuwiakh stated that the Court of Cassation unanimously upheld the execution of three defendants over charge of deliberate murder and theft.

Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun Phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Bahrain, after launching similar trials in the United Arab Emirates last month, Bahrain's health ministry said on Monday.

Bahrain's government revenue fell 29% in the first half of 2020 on the back of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, the country's state news agency said on Monday.

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has asked the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, a move pushed strongly by the United States.

Iran has rejected as "unrealistic" a call by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for the United Nations to extend an international arms embargo on Tehran that ends in October, state TV reported on Monday.

An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for U.S. forces, three Iraqi security forces told Reuters.

Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco will raise its domestic gasoline prices for August, state TV reported on Monday.