Yemen's Houthi movement and the United Nations have agreed on a mechanism to inspect ships docking at Hodeidah following the group's withdrawal from three Red Sea ports under a U.N.-sponsored deal, a Houthi official and a U.N. source said.

United Nations food chief David Beasley warned on Monday that a phased-suspension of food assistance in Yemen was likely to begin later this week over a diversion of aid and lack of independence in Houthi-controlled areas.

The cassation court adjourned challenge of Bahrain Bar Association against minister of justice's order 64/2017 to monitor the works of lawyers offices and their clients, committing to international agreements regarding anti-money laundering and funding terrorism in the legal profession until July 1 for ruling.

Sayed Abuljalil Al-Muhafda, father of prominent human rights activist Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafda, died on Monday (June 17, 2019) while exercising walking work out on A'ali walkway.

The First High Appeals Criminal Court rejected the appeal of 3 defendants accused of hiding and harboring one of the wanted in a political and upheld the 3-year jail term issued against them.

The Public Prosecution referred a Shiite cleric to trial over charge of defaming the Caliphs while delivering a religious sermon.

Acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan announced on Monday the deployment of about 1,000 more troops to the Middle East for what he said were defensive purposes, citing concerns about a threat from Iran.

The White House will not invite Israeli government officials to a Bahrain conference devoted to gaining support for a Palestinian economic plan in order to keep the event apolitical, a senior administration official said on Monday.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry announced on Saturday (June 15, 2019) the launch of the National Ambulance Project, according to which ambulance services are transferred from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Interior.

Israel will attend the US-led Mideast conference in Bahrain slated for June 25-26, officials announced Sunday.

Bahrain, along with its allies in the Arab Gulf, claims to combat terrorism and extremist Islamic groups. But, does it really do so?

Assigning a new board of directors to the Jaffaria Endowments Directorate (Waqf) was not something new, it was a confirmation that King Hamad bin Salman Al Khalifa is pulling the strings in the Endowments Directorate without taking into consideration that it is a religious institution that concerns the Shiite sect.

"Saudi Arabia does not want a war in the region but will not hesitate to deal with any threat to its people and sovereignty," Saudi Crown Prince Prince Mohammad bin Salman told Asharq Al-Awsat daily newspaper.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE on Saturday called for decisive action to protect energy supplies amid a tense US-Iran standoff as two tankers attacked in a vital Gulf shipping channel headed to port.

Iran will continue scaling back compliance with a nuclear deal unless other signatories to the pact show “positive signals”, the Iranian president said on Saturday as tensions with the United States escalated over tanker attacks in the Gulf region.

The Coast Guard commander said that Coast patrols managed to arrest four people on board a boat with about 400 kg of shrimp, which are illegal to catch during this period of the year.

Bahraini Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa announced the launch of the National Ambulance Project, according to which ambulance services were transferred from the Ministry of Health to the Ministry of Interior.

A number of officials and advisors at the Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority have filed an address to higher authorities demanding that they consider the violations and practices committed by the chairman of the Authority, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed Al-Zayani, reported the local Akhbar Al Khaleej newspaper.

Dozens of Palestinians took part in a demonstration in the city of Ramallah on June 16, 2019 to protest an economic workshop organized by the United States in Bahrain as part of a comprehensive plan “to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel”.

Human rights activist Ebtisam Al-Sayegh said that former Bahraini MP Osama Al-Tamimi had taken refuge in the US Embassy on Saturday (June 15, 2019) to request protection.