The president of Civil Service Bureau (CSB), Mr. Ahmed Al Zayed explained that any scholarships, training courses, and field visits presented by foreign embassies and missions in Bahrain to employees subject to civil service law, should be through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Leading Bahraini human rights campaigner Sheikh Maytham al-Salman warned that civilians could lose hope for “peaceful reconciliation” if the government refuses to halt its crackdown on dissent.

The Bahraini Ministry of Interior started to implement its decision linked to doubling the fees on car parking spaces in Manama and the Diplomatic Areas since last Sunday.

Secretary General of the General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) Hassan Halwachi confirmed that the Labor Day procession of this year (2017) continues to be prevented.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that Bahrain joined the Black List in its 2017 World Press Freedom Index, as it imprisons journalists, and registered a setback in 2 ranks in this year’s index.

A court in Bahrain Tuesday jailed 36 Shiites convicted of forming a “terrorist” group to attack police, and stripped them of their citizenship, a judicial source said. Three of those sentenced received life terms, while the rest were jailed for between three and 10 years, the source said.

Press freedom has never been as threatened as it is now, in the "new post-truth era of fake news" after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump, Reporters Without Borders warned Wednesday.

Kuwait announced on Tuesday that it allocated USD 100 million as a contribution to international relief aid for the Yemeni people.

The joint technical committees between the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) and Batelco started working on establishing the national optical fibre network.

Head of Jaffaira Endowments (Waqf) Sheikh Mohsen Al-Asfour hailed the royal order that stipulates forming a legislative committee to review the unified family law, stating that accomplishing it rapidly is considered a “National Benefit”.

Turkey hopes to sign a major defense export deal with Saudi Arabia, Defence Minister Fikri Isik said on Wednesday, describing the potential deal as one of the biggest for Turkey's defense industry.

Kuwait has approved a $100 million (77.89 million pounds) grant for Iraq to support humanitarian and reconstruction projects in areas retaken from Islamic State militants, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday.

Activists on social media outlets said that the Bahraini security authorities summoned for interrogation Sheikh Mohammad Al-Mansi, who is in charge of the demolished mosques' file at the Ulama Islamic Council.

An Emirati court sentenced on Wednesday (April 26, 2017) two Bahrainis, Abbas Ahmad Marzooq, 37 years, and Ali Hassan Al-Hinni, 37 years, to 3 years in prison and 500.000 Dirham (about 50.000 BD) fine over publishing footage on social media outlets.

The Supreme Court of Appeals upheld 3-month jail term issued against a father who attacked a policeman in a house raid carried out to arrest his son.

​Human Rights Watch says prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, is suffering from health problems that have developed or deteriorated during more than 10 months​ ​of​ ​arbitrary​ ​detention.

Saudi-owned television channel Al-Arabiya could face closure in the UK after it committed a "serious" breach of British broadcast rules in broadcasting an interview with an imprisoned Bahraini torture survivor Hassan Mushaima.

Deputy Chair of the Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission, Masouma Abdul Rasoul, claimed that the revocation of citizenships occur in accordance with law.

The Secretary General of the Ombudsman, and head of the Commission on Rights of Prisoners and Detainees Nawaf al-Maawda, said that investigations are still ongoing by the special investigations unit (SIU) into the riot that happened in “Jaw” Prison.

Head of the Bahraini Delegation before the Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Dossari, accused the reports of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) of lacking credibility, seeking politicization of the rights work, and giving it a sectarian trait.