The Chinese Ambassador to Bahrain Anwar Habibullah said that the embassy addressed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Education to know the reasons behind not ratifying the certificates of Bahraini graduates from Chinese universities, however, he received no response.

Plans for Formula 1 to undertake pre-season testing in Bahrain have been dropped.

Information and eGovernment Authority (iGA) said that its epayment amount exceeded BD 50 million in the period from January until June 2018, versus the same period in 2017. This means an increase of 74 %.

The traded securities in “Bahrain Bourse” dropped on Monday to 761 thousand shares versus 9.99 million shares, with 92% decline.

"Vice" website revealed on Friday (July 27, 2018) that earlier this month, members of Durham Constabulary travelled to Bahrain and signed a deal to deliver training to Bahraini officers. The cost of the agreement is confidential, a senior official in Durham Police reported.

"USA Today" newspaper accused Saudi Arabia, Emirates and Bahrain of publishing fake news against Qatar to sway American public opinion through online and social media campaigns, in order to support their political goals.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa paid a visit to Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) General Command on Sunday (July 29, 2018), where he was welcomed by Defence Minister Yusef Al-Jalahma, Chief of Staff Dhiab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi and senior officers.

A report issued by Transparency International UK said that Bahrain is one of many corrupt and repressive regimes that has been supported by parliamentarians and House of Lords in the United Kingdom.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ratified and issued Laws 32, 33, 34 and 35/2018.

Kuwaiti Al-Seyassah Newspaper reported that a criminal court ruled on Wednesday, July 25, 2018, imprisoning a military person in the Ministry of the Interior who has the rank of "first sergeant" for 5 years.

After 2011, accusations against the Bahraini judiciary of being used as a tool to retaliate against the opposition increased. The government used to answer these accusations by stressing on the “independence and integrity of the judiciary”.

Spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim left the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) 48 hours following the surgery he underwent in one of London’s hospitals.

The Trump administration is quietly pushing ahead with a bid to create a new security and political alliance with six Gulf Arab states, Egypt and Jordan, in part to counter Iran’s expansion in the region, according to U.S. and Arab officials.

The United States has not instituted a policy of regime change or collapse in Iran, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Friday, saying the goal was still to curb what Washington sees as Iran’s threatening behavior in the Middle East.

Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani called for a government to be formed as soon as possible to tackle corruption and poor services as further protests took place in the south of the country on Friday.

A Saudi-led coalition launched heavy air strikes on Yemen’s main port city of Hodeidah on Friday, in an apparent resumption of military operations on the city after the Iranian-aligned Houthi movement attacked two Saudi oil tankers, residents said.

Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandeb strait, one of the world’s most important tanker routes, after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway.

The Al Masirah TV said that Houthi movement attacked on Thursday (July 26, 2018) Abu Dhabi airport with a drone.

An English-language local newspaper said that Bahrain is being urged to reconsider a visa rule first announced in January, which threatens to break up some expatriate families.

Bahraini authorities should restore citizenship to hundreds of nationals whose citizenship they revoked through executive orders or court decisions since 2012, rendering most of them stateless, Human Rights Watch said today.