Bahraini government has expressed reservation regarding a bill to amend the budget law, obligating the Minister of Finance to present the draft budget law to the Cabinet before the end of August of the current fiscal year.

The Bahraini Shura Council, which is appointed by the King, rejected a decision by the House of Representatives concerning a bill amending Article 11 of Decree-Law No. 16 of 2002, regarding the Office of Financial and Administrative Control (Audit Bureau).

Bahrain’s High Criminal Court of First Instance decided to amend the sentence of three defendants sentencing them to one-year imprisonment, while upholding the remaining verdict.

A boycott of Qatar by its neighbors has prompted HSBC (HSBA.L) to turn down a leading role on Doha’s new dollar bond as the bank treads a political tightrope in the Gulf.

Saudi Arabia on Friday released the owner of the influential Arab satellite network MBC nearly three months after his arrest in an anti-corruption drive targeting the kingdom's elite, sources told AFP.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has been released from detention, family sources said on Saturday, more than two months after he was taken into custody in the kingdom’s sweeping crackdown on corruption.

Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal said on Saturday that he expected to be cleared of any wrongdoing and be released from custody within days.

British communications regulator, Ofcom, fined Al Arabiya News Channel £120,000 after the channel violated the privacy of a prominent Bahraini national, Hassan Mushaima, reported BBC Arabic.

Bahraini Undersecretary of Ministry of Labor Sabah Al-Dosari said the ministry, with the cooperation of the Labour Fund (Tamkeen), raised the ceiling of wages subsidies for Bahrainis working in the private sector from 400 to 450 BD for graduates and from 270 to 300 BD for non-graduates.

Security authorities in Bahrain continued to ban the country's Shiite majority from holding their largest Friday prayers for the 81th consecutive week, through the continued siege imposed on Diraz village.

The security authorities tried on Thursday (January 25, 2018) to raid the house of detained Shiite cleric Sheikh Mohammad Saleh Al-Qashaami, however, his wife didn’t allow them to enter the house because she was alone.

The health of a prominent activist jailed in Bahrain is failing and authorities are not providing medical care, international human rights groups said.

An imprisoned activist in Bahrain has been denied adequate medical care and is being held with extremists, putting his life at risk, a human rights group said Thursday.

International rights groups said Thursday they fear for the health behind bars of Bahrain's most high-profile activist, Nabeel Rajab, condemning the Gulf state over its seven-year crackdown on dissent.

Kuwait has protested at an “insult” by a Saudi official, state media reported, a rare rebuff to a close ally that reflects frustration about a Gulf Arab diplomatic crisis that Kuwait is struggling to mediate.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition political society in Bahrain, said that the opposition leader and Al-Wefaq Secretary-General revealed in his session yesterday (Thursday, January 25, 2018) details about the phone calls between him and the former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim in March 2011.

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, activists said on Thursday.

Arabic language channel Al Arabiya News has been fined £120,000 for breaching broadcasting standards on fairness and privacy after broadcasting an interview with Bahraini survivor of torture, Hassan Mushaima. UK Regulator Fines Al Arabiya Ne

Bahraini High Criminal Court of Appeals ruled that the sentence of a female employee in a Gulf dairy company be commuted.

The current political climate will limit the benefits of the value-added tax (VAT) in parts of the GCC, such as Bahrain, stated a new report from BMI Research.