Marking 3 years since detainment of Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, US Senator Rubio Press called for his immediate release.

The International Court of Justice on Friday denied a request by the United Arab Emirates for special measures against Qatar to relieve a bitter two-year-old crisis.

The Kokuka Courageous, one of two tankers attacked with explosives on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman, is now safely under tow and heading towards the United Arab Emirates' port of Kalba, south of Fujairah, the ship's operator said on Friday.

The people of Bahrain do not get provoked for no reason. They feel as if they are marginalized and strangers in their own country. This is not an exaggeration; it is a fact backed by documents. Bahrain Mirror presents in this report examples of the threat posed by naturalization in one of Bahrain’s educational institutions.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement on the general budget for the fiscal years 2019-2020, which was submitted to the House of Representatives and the Shura Council and passed in one session.

The salaries of foreigners working in the Government's civil sector in the state's general budget amounted to 119 million Bahraini dinars, as 59 million dinars have been allocated for the fiscal year 2019 and 60 million dinars for 2020.

After failing to appear to give his testimony in more than one hearing, the High Criminal Appeals Court issued an order to arrest the forensic physician in the case of the two prisoners on death row, Mohammad Ramadan Isa and Hussein Ali Mousa.

Bahrain and Qatar's credit ratings are the most vulnerable in the event an escalation of U.S.-Iran tensions causes blockages in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's main oil shipping arteries, S&P Global said on Thursday.

he National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), a governmental institution, said that it visited Jaw Central Prison to "monitor the human rights situations".

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa dismissed president of the Jaffaria Endowments (Waqf) Directorate Mohsen Al-Asfour after a conflict with the royal court.

The Fifth High Appeals Court upheld the verdicts issued against 7 defendants accused of planting explosive under the ground in a sand field in Karana, alluring police forces to the scene and detonating it.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 32/2019 restructuring the Sunni and Jaffari endowments councils.

The attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf raised tension in the region.

Saudi Arabia's air defence forces intercepted five drones launched by Yemen's Houthis at Abha airport and the city of Khamis Mushait, a Saudi-led coalition spokesman said in a statement released by the Saudi Press Agency early on Friday.

The Saudi Arabian stock market snapped a five-day winning streak as attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman dampened investor sentiment in the region, while all major Gulf markets also declined.

Oil tanker owners DHT Holdings and Heidmar have suspended new bookings to the Mid-East Gulf, three ship brokers said, following suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.

Iran's supreme leader told Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday that it was pointless to reply to a message he had brought to Tehran from U.S. President Donald Trump, as a peacemaking visit was overshadowed by attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

Iraq said on Wednesday that it would not attend the US-led economic workshop to be held in Bahrain this month.

The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 10-year jail verdict against a Bahraini accused of burning, along with another suspect, a policeman's car in Karzakan. The second suspect's verdict was earlier commuted to 5 year in jail. The court also bound both of the suspects to pay together 5804 BD for the damages they caused and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for Environment Mohammed Mubarak Bin Daina said that Bahrain will prevent plastic bags starting July 21, 2019.