Four people were sentenced to death today (Monday, November 12, 2018) over charge of detonating a bomb in a security patrol, which led to the death of one of its members named (Abdulsamad Abdullah), according to the interior ministry claims.

Human rights defender Naji Fateel, who is sentenced to 15 years in jail, talked through a leaked recording about his sufferings in the notorious Jaw Central prison. He said that he lost hearing in his right ear after he was subjected to torture and brutal beatings.

The GCC Committee of Undersecretaries of the Ministries of Finance held a meeting on Monday, 5 November 2018, in Kuwait. The committee stated that there is an intention to expand the scope of goods covered by the selective tax.

Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said the life sentence against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman confirms the Bahraini regime's repressive nature.

The High Appeals Court rejected the appeal of 4 defendants convicted of manufacturing a hoax bomb and putting it in Al-Budai street near Diraz. The court upheld the 3-year jail term issued against the 3 appellants and rejected that appeals of the 4th appellant.

The Labour and Social Development Ministry issued a written circular and sent to General Federation of Workers Trade Unions in Bahrain, Bahrain Free Labour Unions Federation, and trade unions in which it banned them from conducting or participating in any electoral campaign for any candidate.

Golden Gate Company launched a $212 million real estate project. The project is expected to be completed in 36 months as the piling work has already kicked off after the soft launch a few weeks ago.

Civil Service Bureau (CSB) Chairman Ahmed Zayed Al-Zayed announced the number of employees who applied for voluntary retirement, which represents one of the six initiatives of the Fiscal Balance Program, reached more than 9 thousand.

National Guard said that it will carry out the “Flag of Glory 1” drill on Monday and Tuesday (November 12 and 13).

The Interior Ministry issued a number of instructions related to safety amid the unstable weather.

Turkey has given recordings related to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi to Germany, France and Britain, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday, seeking to maintain international pressure on Riyadh over the Saudi journalist’s death.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that U.S. sanctions announced last week have had no effect on Iran’s economy because Washington had already practically reimposed them earlier.

Kuwait Oil Company on Saturday lifted its state of emergency following floods across the country in which one person died, and said that facilities were operating normally.

The United States is halting refueling of aircraft from the Saudi-led coalition engaged in Yemen, the United States and Saudi Arabia said on Friday, ending one of the most divisive aspects of U.S. assistance to the Saudi war effort.

The list of safest banks in the Middle East was free from any Bahraini institution, although the kingdom includes dozens of local, regional and international banks.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society issued a statement rejecting normalization with Israel. The society issued a statement saying “Normalization with the Zionist entity is a great betrayal, and our people declare that there is no place for Netanyahu and the Zionists in Bahrain.”

Hundreds of citizens took part in angry protests rejecting the life sentence issued by the appeals court against opposition leader and Al-Wefaq secretary-general Sheikh Ali Salman. Protestors also condemned the government’s normalization attempts with Israel.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two children to 3 years in jail over assembling in Diraz and acquiring Molotov, and fined each of them to 500 BD.

The Bahraini Interior Ministry issued a statement announcing that 28 individuals, including government employees were referred to the Public Prosecution over cases related to forging passports, travel stamps, visas and resident permits of GCC and foreign countries.

Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works, Hussam Al-Roumi, resigned on Friday following heavy rainfall that caused damaging flooding across the country, state news agency KUNA reported on Friday.