United Nations human rights experts called on Bahrain on Thursday to end the repression of activists, restrictions on freedom of expression and discrimination against women.

Residents of Diraz expressed their rejection of the Ministry of Justice's attempt to nominate a preacher for the Imam Sadiq Mosque in Diraz (the largest Shiite mosque in Bahrain), demanding "to lift their grip from this religious rite.”

Fourteen years after the Crown Prince laid its cornerstone, the Bahraini Ministry of Housing began distributing certificates of entitlement to the "Northern City" houses. This took place in the second half of 2016.

Detainee Hajar Mansour was transferred yesterday to the prison’s clinic after symptoms of blood clots appeared on her leg. The doctor who examined her demanded sample of her blood platelets to determine the clotting rate; however, the Jaw Prison administration refused to transfer her to hospital to undergo tests, claiming they have no vehicle with security enhancement, activist Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei reported.

A local newspaper reported that the Government referred to the House of Representatives new amendments to the pension law that included opinions made previously to the House of Representatives.

Labour Market Regulatory Authority said that it canceled the license of one of employment offices after receiving a number of complaints against it.

Tamkeen has launched its Internship Scheme to provide interns with opportunity to gain practical experience through a training period with an institution in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Investable wealth in Bahrain is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4 per cent by 2022, said a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).

The Houthis’ Al Masirah TV had said on Twitter that they had targeted a warship named the Dammam off the western coast of Yemen in what the group later said was a missile attack.

Former president Jimmy Carter has warned that the United States has “abandoned” its standing as the premier champion of human rights, showing “indifference” to abuse at home and abroad.

Bahraini dissident Dr. Abdulhadi Khalaf, Sociology teacher at Lund University, said that the Bahraini government turned the home where he was born in Manama to a heritage house to preserve the capital's memory, weeks after revoking his citizenship.

The annual report released by the Tender Board said that the total number of opened tenders reached 1091 in 2017, up by 9.2% from the previous year. In response, 5208 bids were submitted, to which 1892 tenders were awarded worth BHD 3.75 billion in total value.

Alba generated a Net Income of BD 29.1 million (US$ 77.4 million) in the second quarter of 2018 versus BD 17.7 million or the same period in 2017 up by 65% Year-over-Year (YoY).

A local newspaper said that a Saudi court sentenced a Bahraini to 9 years in prison after convicting him of providing financial support to the regime and taking part in protests in Qatif.

The High Criminal Court started the trial of two suspects accused of putting fake bomb on public street in Jid Ali and decided to adjourn the case until September 10 for pleading, assigning a lawyer to the first suspect and announcing the second one.

Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution, Advocate General Ahmed Al-Hammadi, said Public Prosecution referred 8 suspects to trial on charge of burning security patrol.

The United States is looking to "build some momentum" towards resolving the Gulf crisis ahead of a possible summit in the autumn, a US diplomat said Tuesday.

The follow-up team of the treatment of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, said that Ayatollah Qassim's surgery, which was carried out in a hospital in the British capital, London, was completed a while ago.

Bahrain government backed statements of U.S President Donald Trump in which he threatened Iran with an attack “which few throughout history have ever suffered”.

The US Treasury data showed that Bahrain is the least state among GCC states that invests in US Treasury.