The Parliament approved in its session (Tuesday November 7, 2017) the regulations of the agreement that unifies the GCC selective taxation, and thus they went contrary to the recommendations raised by the financial committee.

Prominent Bahraini opposition figure Ali Al-Aswad said the Bahraini government’s official position on recent events in Saudi Arabia was “siding with party that has the upper hand.”

Bahrain’s Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments Minister Khalid bin Ali Al-Khalifa issued edict 64 of 2017 stipulating that lawyers and foreign legal firms should commit to measures on combating and prohibiting money laundering and terror funding.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa met with a high-ranking British military official, reported the Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

Saudi Arabia’s Attorney General said on Monday detailed questioning of individuals detained on the back of an anti-corruption probe had taken place and “a great deal of evidence” had already been gathered.

Amnesty International called for urgent action, demanding that all charges raised against human rights defender Ebtisam Al-Sayegh be dropped, noting that she remains at risk of detention.

Bahraini Interior Ministry forces attacked late Monday (November 6, 2017) a number of citizens, who were participating in a Shiite religious event held in the town of Diraz.

The commissioners at the Bahrain National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) elected Maria Khouri in the position of the institute’s president, as a successor for Saeed Al-Faihani, who was appointed an ambassador at the Bahrain Foreign Ministry.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday Saudi Arabia was blaming Iran for the consequences of its own “wars of aggression”, after his Saudi counterpart accused Tehran of threatening regional security.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday endorsed a move by Saudi Arabia’s future king that tightened his grip on power through the arrests of royals, ministers and investors in an anti-corruption purge.

The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday it would close all air, land and sea ports to the Arabian Peninsula country to stem the flow of arms to the Houthis from Iran.

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Iran’s supply of rockets to militias in Yemen is an act of “direct military aggression” that could be an act of war, state media reported on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia accused Lebanon on Monday of declaring war against it because of aggression by the Iran-backed Lebanese Shi‘ite group Hezbollah, a dramatic escalation of a crisis threatening to destabilize the tiny Arab country.

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled on Monday that no region or province can secede from the country, reacting to a Kurdish vote for independence, a court spokesman said.

Saudi Arabian banks have begun freezing the accounts of suspects ensnared in an anti-corruption probe, banking and business sources told Reuters on Monday.

Al-Jazeera TV (November 4, 2017) scoffed at Bahrain's imposition of visas on Qatari citizens, saying “Qataris would no longer be able to ski on the Mountain of Smoke.”

Saudi Arabia’s future king has tightened his grip on power through an anti-corruption purge by arresting royals, ministers and investors including billionaire Alwaleed bin Talal who is one of the kingdom’s most prominent businessmen.

Bahrain News Agency publishes report saying Manama has every right to claim Qatari land, a move considered to escalate the Gulf dispute with Qatar.

Bahrain’s Shura Council members rejected in their session a parliamentary law that they dubbed “an attempt to have parliamentarians interfere in the executive authority jurisdictions.”

Bahraini Foreign Ministry called on Bahrainis in Lebanon to leave immediately in a statement, also urging them to completely avoid traveling to Lebanon.