Qatar said on Monday that a U.S. media report had shown that the United Arab Emirates was involved in an alleged hack of Qatar's state news agency in late May that helped spark a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf.

Egypt is standing by the list of demands it and three Gulf Arab countries made of Qatar and will keep sanctions against Doha in place, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his Kuwaiti counterpart on Monday.

Dozens of people took to the streets in different countries across Bahrain on Sunday (July 16, 2017) expressing their refusal to the issuance of family law without the consent of Shiite clerics.

President of National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) Saeed Al-Faihani said that he returned from an abroad visit that he described as more than successful. Al-Faihani said that the visit aimed at explaining facts to the officials and European organizations regarding the measures taken by each of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Egypt against Qatar, stressing that Qatar sought to attract international sympathy by trying to change the political and security case to a humanitarian and human rights one.

Sources said that the government assigned Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission to work on drafting a law that raises retirement age of employees in the public and private sectors, Al-Ayam local reported.

Palestinian-American Journalist and editor of the famous “Arab Times” newspaper issued in the US Dr. Osama Fawzi mocked the dualism of Bahraini government in dealing with Muslim Brotherhood in Bahrain, describing it as “political whoring”

Four senior Shiite clerics in Bahrain issued a statement in which they announced that their opinion regarding the family law won’t change after passing it.

Gianni Infantino the President of International Football Federation said that Saudi Arabia and 5 other Arab courtiers asked FIFA to cancel the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid as the country is the “supporter of terrorism”.

Shura Council approved in its session on Sunday (July 16, 2017) a bill that raises the public debt ceiling from 10 to 13 billion BD.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 44/2017 appointing undersecretary, assistant undersecretaries in the Ministry of Education.

A local newspaper reported according to Head of Engineering Profession Practice in Bahrain, Abdul Majeed Al-Qassam, that the number of authorized offices to practice engineering in Bahrain is 198.

Human Rights Watch launched a feature entitled “140 Characters” that presents the profiles of 140 prominent Bahraini, Kuwaiti, Omani, Qatari, Saudi, and Emirati social and political rights activists and dissidents, and their struggles to resist government efforts to silence them.

Bahraini Foreign Ministry congratulated in a statement the Iraqi government and people over the liberation of Mosul, after it was under the control of ISIS.

The Foreign Affairs, Defense and National Security Committee of the Bahraini Council of Representatives recommended the rejection of a proposed law amendment to raise the juvenile age from 15 to 18 years, similar to the Child Act.

France called on Saturday for a swift lifting of sanctions that target Qatari nationals in an effort to ease a month-long rift between the Gulf country and several of its neighbors.

A local Bahraini newspaper reported that the average cost of the pilgrimage to Mecca (haj) is around BD 2400 per person.

Ironically, Bahraini authorities condemn Israelis for banning Friday prayers at Al-Aqsa Mosque, while they continue to impose a siege on the village of Diraz, preventing worshipers from performing Friday Prayers.

Amnesty International confirmed that detained Bahraini activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh is detained “for her human rights work”. This came in response to a statement issued by the Bahraini Embassy in the UK, claiming that “the charges against her have no bearing on her views nor her political opinions.”

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Saudi King Salman on Friday to discuss efforts to resolve the month-long dispute between Qatar and four Gulf Arab states, the White House said.

A Saudi soldier was killed and another was wounded in a shooting attack on their patrol vehicle in the kingdom's Qatif province, the Interior Ministry said on Friday, which calling it a "terrorist crime".