The National Bureau for Revenue (NBR) said that over 2,000 companies have registered for the VAT.

Revolutionary Guards have broken up a group of militants in southeast Iran who were linked to a suicide bombing that killed 27 guards near the border with Pakistan last week, the Corps said on Monday.

Bahrain's Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, boasted at the Warsaw conference that the Palestinian cause was no longer his country's priority.

An indirect message was addressed to Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and his economic team. It neither came from a theocrat nor a socialist, but from the head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde: Stop using global consultancy firms.

The number of Indian foreign workers in Bahrain working in the private sector reaches about a quarter of a million, specifically 223,998 Indian workers, according to official statistics, thus making the Indian community the largest working force among the nationals residing in the Bahrain, who have been brought to the kingdom from 161 countries.

The National Health Regulatory Authority stated that it had rejected 102 applications for medical practice from non-Bahrainis because of their forged certificates.

Bahrain's investments in US Treasury bills and bonds dropped to about $720 million at the end of December compared to $812 million in November 2018, declining by 11.3%.

Car imports fell sharply in January to their lowest level since 2013, a sign that car sales are being impacted by the implementation of the Value Added Tax (VAT).

Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayed Hassan Nasrallah voiced severe criticism against Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates for participating in the Warsaw conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the Bahraini regime's jump into the Zionist entity's arms alone is sufficient to reveal the absence of popular representation and popular legitimacy. The regime does not recognize the people or their values, views and association with Arab and Islamic causes.

Democrat Congressman Jim McGovern demanded the release of all political prisoners and putting an end to discrimination and marginalization against Shia in Bahrain.

A bloc comprising 11 MPs issued a statement, expressing its strong opposition to Bahrain's participation in the Warsaw Conference, which was attended by the Prime Minister of the Zionist entity.

Human rights activists in Bahrain said that a number of political detainees in Dry Dock Prison stopped attending family visits.

Prominent human rights activist Yousif Al-Muhafda said that the public prosecution ordered the arrest of two children (13 years) to 5 days pending investigation over assembly charge.

The Public Prosecution decided on Sunday (February 17, 2019) to extend the detention of head of dissolved Ulama Islamic Council, Sayed Majeed Al-Mashaal, for 15 days pending investigation, over charge of inciting hatred against the regime.

Yemeni government and Houthi representatives have reached an agreement on the first phase of their redeployment of forces under a U.N.-sponsored deal for the warring armies to leave the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, the United Nations said on Sunday.

Bahrainis circulated the news that the Court of Cassation issued a ruling recently rejecting the appeal by former housing bank director Isa Sultan Al-Dhawadi and upholding his 10-year prison sentence for "seizure of public funds" amounting to about 1.5 million dinars.

If there was a star of the summit held in Warsaw on the Middle East other than the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, he would certainly be the Bahraini Foreign Minister, Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

MP Ahmad Al-Salloum called on the government to stop issuing flexible work permits, which is granted by the the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) to non-organized workforce.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino defended on Friday (February 16, 2019) the world soccer’s governing body over its perceived lack of action in the case of refugee Bahraini footballer Hakeem Al Araibi, saying it had been “working behind the scenes in the affair.”