Thai Rath newspaper reported on (January 3, 2018) that 20 Thais were among more than 1,000 people stranded in Bahrain after problems on tours to the country of Georgia.

The Ministry of Finance announced on Wednesday (January 3, 2018) its commitment to implementing the Value Added Tax (VAT) in 2018.

The First High Criminal Court issued 3-year jail term against a policeman in Jaw prison who received bribery from an inmate whose family name is “Balawi” in return for providing him with a mobile phone and a ring and ordered to fine him 200 BD. It also ordered to expel him outside the country after finishing his prison term. The court sentenced the inmate (second suspect) to 3 years in prison.

Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah received on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) the Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa in a short visit.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) the Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and BDF Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (January 2, 2018) Shiite cleric Mahmoud Al-A’ali to execute prison sentence.

Social media outlets said that the security authorities arrested death row convict Hussein Abdullah Al-Rashid (29 years), from Damistan, in mysterious conditions yesterday night (January 2, 2018).

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting in Yemen has denied blocking aid and basic supplies from entering, following a Reuters story detailing how Yemen is struggling to cope with a new outbreak of the bacterial disease diphtheria.

United Nations human rights experts called on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to end "repression" of rights activists and release dozens detained since September for peacefully exercising their civil and political rights.

Saudi state minister Ibrahim al-Assaf was seen attending a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, according to a photograph published on official media, almost two months after the veteran official was reported detained in a crackdown on corruption.

Iran opened a border crossing with the Kurdistan region of Iraq Wednesday after having closed it following last month's vote in favor of independence in the Kurdish area, Iranian state media reported.

The Bahraini Public Prosecution held the case in which lawyer Issa Borshid was accused of sympathizing with Qatar.

The House of Representatives decided to postpone today’s session until Thursday after a number of MPs apologized from attending the session today for being outside the country.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates introduced value-added tax from Monday, a first for the Gulf which has long prided itself on its tax-free, cradle-to-grave welfare system.

The High Appeals Criminal Court rejected looking into challenge of defendant sentenced to 3 years in jail over assembling and burning tires near Sadad roundabout.

The Fourth Criminal Court sentenced five defendants to three years in prison over charges of assembling in Sanabes, another to two and three others to one. The court also ordered the confiscation of the seized items.

The High Appeals Court upheld 3-year jail term against 5 defendants accused of assembling in Jannusan.

The Gulf state of Bahrain on Monday called on its citizens not to travel to Iran "under any circumstances" because of street protests there.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced two defendants, in presence, to one year in jail over burning tires and pouring oil on Sheikh Isa Street in Muharraq and ordered the confiscation of seized items.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged all Bahraini citizens to totally refrain, under any circumstances, from travelling to Iran, due to the widespread unrest, unstable security conditions and severe violence in the cities there.