The Bahraini security forces continued on (Tuesday, January 9, 2018) the house arrest of spiritual leader of Shia majority in the county Sheikh Isa Qassim for the 232nd consecutive day.

Saudi Minister of Interior Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Nayef Al Saud arrived to Manama on head of a senior Saudi security delegation, met the king, Crown Prince and Prime Minister in separate visits.

Bahrain raised gasoline prices on Monday to bring them closer to international levels, state news agency BNA reported, quoting the National Oil and Gas Authority.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to conduct an official visit to France.

The Fourth High Criminal Court postponed looking into the case of 138 defendants accused of establishing and joining the "Zulfiqar Brigades", until January 30 for pleading.

The First High Criminal Appeals Court rejected, in absentia, the appeal of a suspect accused of acquiring Molotov. The suspect is sentenced to six months in jail only, due to his young age.

The Bahraini authorities started its first attempt to disperse the Diraz sit-in, which had been staged since June 20, 2016 outside the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, following a decision revoking his nationality.

The year 2017 witnessed the revocation of 155 citizenships of Bahrainis, due to politically-motivated cases. On average, that would be 13 citizenship revocations every month.

Bahrain has increased petrol prices unexpectedly in phone calls made by the National Oil and Gas Authority officials to the country's refueling stations.

On May 1, 2017, the UN Human Rights Council examined Bahrain's human rights record by working group on the UPR, for the third time since the launch of this strategy. The first UPR on Bahrain was held in April 2008, while the second one was held in May 2012.

Lawyer Fatima Al-Hawaj said on her Twitter account on Sunday (January 7, 2018) that she filed a criminal complaint against former MP Mohammad Khalid at the Public Prosecutor.

The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeal of 4 appellants accused of putting fake bomb on the public street in A’ali. 3 of the appellants are sentenced to 5 years in jail and the fourth one is sentenced to 3 years in jail due to his young age.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued 4 royal decrees appointing undersecretaries and directors at Ministries of Interior, Finance and Endowments.

The First High Criminal Appeals court sentenced 3 appellants to 3 years in jail. The defendants are convicted of holding, along with other unknowns, two youths (one of them is an Arab citizen). The suspects stripped the Arab youth of his clothes after they hit him and forced him to return home naked, claiming that he and the other youth work as informants for the Ministry of Interior.

Saudi news agency affirmed that a warplane affiliated to Saudi Arabia’s air forces in Yemen crashed on Sunday (January 7, 2018), after the Yemeni armed forces announced shooting down a warplane in Saada province.

A local newspaper said on Monday (January 8, 2018) that the government plans to borrow 8 billion BD ($13 billion).

Saudi Arabia on Friday intercepted a ballistic missile fired from Yemen into the kingdom's south, as Riyadh and its allies said the attack "proved" Iran's support for Yemen's Huthi rebels.

A United Nations Security Council meeting on Friday to discuss recent protests in Iran turned into criticism of the United States for requesting to meet on what some member states said was an internal issue for Tehran.

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Saturday ordered a monthly payment of 1,000 riyals ($267) to state employees over the next year in compensation for rising cost of living after the government hiked domestic gas prices and introduced value-added tax (VAT).

The chief of staff of the Yemeni army has been injured by a land mine that went off while he was visiting the northern al-Jouf province, where heavy fighting between government forces and Houthi fighters is underway, a senior government official said.