On Saturday 24 November, as the Government of Bahrain held the elections for the Consultative Council, the spokesman for foreign affairs of Germany’s Green Party, Omid Nouripour, issued a statement condemning the elections as unfree and unfair.

Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Mohammed bin Salman left Bahrain after an official visit he started on Sunday.

Al-Jazeera website said that Israel is seeking to establish official relations with Bahrain, Israeli media has reported.

British Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Alistair Burt announced welcoming what he called “continuing progress and commitment to the democratic process in Bahrain”.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society declared in a press conference held by the Society's Deputy Secretary General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, on Saturday (November 24, 2018), that the parliamentary and municipal elections in Bahrain have failed miserably.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued three royal decrees for the year 2018.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was due to visit Bahrain on Sunday on the second leg of a regional tour, his first since critic Jamal Khashoggi's murder.

Bahrain accused the Republic of Iran of standing behind 40,000 emails aimed at negatively impacting the elections held yesterday in the island kingdom.

The overall volume of remittances sent to Bahrain by expatriates living in the GCC countries grew by 4.8% over the first half of this year, to reach $57.71 billion, up from $55.05 billion during the same period in 2017.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced an Arab national to 6 years in jail over robbing an Asian after claiming he is a policeman.

Three human rights organisations, Bahrain Forum for Human Rights, Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR), and Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR), released on Friday (November 23, 2018) a new report entitled: “Bahrain- Elections without Integrity”.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to visit Bahrain "soon", his office announced Friday.

Amnesty International said Friday it was "gravely concerned" by Bahrain's suppression of political opposition, a day ahead of the parliamentary election.

The United Arab Emirates signaled on Friday a British academic it jailed for life on spying charges could be freed after his family appealed for clemency in a case that has strained ties between the longstanding allies.

Democrats on the U.S. House intelligence panel will investigate U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as part of a “deep dive” next year into U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties, the committee’s incoming head said in a report published on Friday.

Saudi Arabia on Friday dismissed as baseless reports about torture and sexual harassment published by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

The U.N. special envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, arrived on Friday in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, witnesses said.

In a statement, the families of the martyrs in Bahrain called for boycotting the legislative elections, pointing out that they are merely sham elections to give the regime and the laws issued by it legitimacy.

Bahrainis headed to the polls Saturday amid calls to boycott the parliamentary election in which dissolved opposition groups have been banned from taking part.

Polls opened in Bahrain on Saturday to elect a new parliament, but absent from the ballot is the country's Shiite-dominated opposition, whose most prominent figures are serving lengthy prison sentences.