Kuwaiti official sources said that Kuwait is to buy shares owned by Public Authority for Social Insurance (pension fund) in Bahraini companies, within its plan to help rescue Bahrain financially.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, one of senior Shiite clerics in Bahrain, said that the health situation of spiritual leader of Shiite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim is “stable”.

Dozens of citizens took part in a protest after the noon prayers on Friday (July 20, 2018) in Diraz, in solidarity with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Chief Prosecutor for Ministries and Governmental Directorates, Advocate General Mamdouh Al-Maawda said that the police reported to Public Prosecution that a company that manufactures cacao, chocolate and sweets was using expired materials.

State-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) signed an agreement with Spain’s Navantia to set up a joint venture in the kingdom to build five warships, the state news agency SPA reported on Thursday.

Saudi Arabia expects its crude exports to drop by roughly 100,000 barrels per day in August as the world’s top oil exporter works to ensure it does not push oil into the market beyond its customers’ needs, the kingdom’s OPEC governor said on Thursday.

A Bahraini family of 5 members had a tragic accident at 10 PM yesterday after their car flipped over in the city of Tayma, during their journey from Tabuk to Ha’il.

: Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa met the Minister of State for the Middle East at the U.K Foreign and Commonwealth Office Alistair Burt, at the premises of the Foreign Ministry in London, an official statement said.

The authorities claimed that they could arrest 5 suspects accused of taking part in 12 incidents of burning tires in different areas in Dar Kulaib, aiming at disrupting public peace, after discovering the same green car in the 12 incidents.

Lawyer Fatima Al-Hawaj said that the “Public Prosecution decided to postpone a lawsuit she filed against Amira Imam, whose family name is Hassan, for limitation by time-lapse”.

The First High Criminal Court sentenced a suspect, 20 years, to one year in jail over charge of beating two policemen in Dry Dock Prison. The court said that it took into consideration the conditions of the suspect before issuing its ruling against him.

The President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, received the credentials of Ambassador Abdulla Abdullatif Abdulla as the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Republic of Romania, residing in Berlin.

The Iranian-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said it had attacked a Saudi Aramco refinery in Riyadh on Wednesday using a drone, but the oil company said a limited fire at the plant was due to “an operational incident”.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 39/2018 appointing directors in the Ministry of Works, Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning.

Press information stated that Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa resigned from his post due to administrative disputes in the ministry.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued royal decree appointing Mohammed bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Khalifa as Undersecretary for Agriculture and Marine Resources, as a successor for Khalifa bin Isa Al Khalifa, who resigned from his post due to “administrative disputes”.

Primary Education Directorate at Education Ministry said that the registration of new students born in November 2012 will be according to the following distribution, July 23, for children born from November 1-10 2012, and July 24-25 for those born from 21 to the end of November 2012, at the ministry’s headquarter, from 8:30 am to 1 pm.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received the US Ambassador to Bahrain Justin Siberell, in the presence of Deputy Chief of the Public Security and Assistant Public Security Chief for Operations and Training.

The European Union, Switzerland and the United States have complained at the World Trade Organisation about an excise tax imposed by several Gulf Arab states on carbonated and energy drinks, according to notes of a WTO meeting and diplomatic sources.

Most Middle East stock markets shed value on Tuesday, hit by a drop in oil prices and reflecting a slump in global stocks.