A Bahraini court has commuted the prison terms of five defendants accused of assembling in the Dar Kulaib area, sentencing three of them to three years and two others to two years, also ordering the confiscation of seized items.

The first High Criminal Court of Appeal in Bahrain upheld a two-year prison sentence against a defendant accused of assembling near a police station.

Alba’s extraordinary and ordinary general assembly meeting discuses on March 7 not distributing profits on shareholders and the transferring of 59,992 thousand BD to the retained earnings. The meeting also discusses the financial statements for the fiscal year which ended on December 31, 2018.

The Bahraini foreign minister left the door open to the possibility of inviting Prime Minister Netanyahu to visit Manama, Israeli media outlets said.

Al-Wefaq held an event in Beirut on Friday (February 15, 2019) commemorating the eighth anniversary of the February 14 uprising that erupted in Bahrain in 2011.

Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told "The Times of Israel" that Manama would "eventually" establish diplomatic ties with the Jewish state.

Ebdaa Bank Bahrain for micro-financing announces that the Chief Executive of Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) has become a member of the Edbaa Bank board of directors for the remainder of its current session. BDB Chief Executive, Sanjeev Paul, is the successor of Dalal Ismail, who was a BDB representative in the board for over five years.

Republican and Democratic members of the U.S. Senate asked the Trump administration on Thursday to tell them more about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate last year, days after a missed deadline for a detailed report on his death prompted an angry bipartisan backlash.

Germany welcomes a decision by the European Union to add Saudi Arabia to a blacklist of nations that pose a threat because of lax controls on terrorism financing and money laundering, a spokesman of the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Thursday leaked a video in which the foreign ministers of three Arab countries, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, can be seen harshly attacking Iran and defending Israel.

About a year ago, the ruling family in Bahrain was struck with fear when Saudi Interior Minister Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud came to reprimand them for granting citizenships to Yemenis, who worked there in Saudi Arabia, competing with Saudi citizens.

Amnesty International said on Thursday (February 14, 2019) that medical negligence continues in Bahrain's prisons.

Displaced by war, starving and living under a tree, 12-year-old Fatima Qoba weighed just 10kg when she was carried into a Yemeni malnutrition clinic.

For the last eight years, the Bahraini authorities have carried out an unrelenting campaign of repression against demonstrators, opposition leaders, peaceful critics, and human rights defenders, said Aya Majzoub in a report on the eighth anniversary of the Bahraini Uprising.

The oil crash came and went but the debt pile it left across the Gulf is still growing, leaving the region’s energy-dependent economies more vulnerable next time a crisis strikes, reported Bloomberg.

US Vice President Mike Pence hailed the symbolic importance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “breaking bread” with Arab leaders at a Mideast conference in Warsaw, saying he hoped it heralded further cooperation to come.

Australia’s meaning to Bahrainis has changed forever, and of course in the heart of Hakeem Al-Araibi, who said upon his return "I will be strong for Australia. I love Australia. It is my country".

The Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications, Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed, announced a reverse auction for the appointment of a consulting firm to construct the first stage of the Bahrain metro network, following the conclusion of the feasibility study.

Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai has confirmed that he had met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa to discuss the release of Bahraini football player Hakeem Al-Araibi.

The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi his Australian citizenship isn't "too far away".