The peace accords that Israel has signed with the UAE and Bahrain will serve as a foundation to expand energy trade, US Energy Secretary Daniel Brouillette said on Tuesday.

Bahrain began on Wednesday (December 16, 2020) giving the Coronavirus vaccine, as the call center affiliated with the National Medical Taskforce for Combating the Coronavirus started calling those registered to receive the vaccine.

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said that Bahrain has recently contained an armed incident in the middle of the sea with Qatar's Coast Guard, stressing that his country totally refuses these "abuses".

The United States on Tuesday designated Saraya Al-Mukhtar group as a terrorist organization, accusing it of being backed by Iran.

British Home Secretary Priti Patel was criticized after visiting a police station in Bahrain where human rights activists were tortured.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received, at the Al-Safriya Palace on Sunday (December 13, 2020), his Eminence Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi.

The Bahraini government is easing measures for combating the Coronavirus pandemic and life is returning to the island nation. Malls, restaurants and cafes have resumed their work. People can now meet with each other, except for prisoners, who no one speaks about. They have been deprived of family visits for about 8 months.

FlightGlobal website said that the Gulf Air appears to have cancelled the 10 Airbus A220-100 it ordered nearly a decade ago. Gulf Air had signed for the aircraft in mid-2011.

Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul appeared before a special terrorism court in Riyadh on Thursday, her family said, on charges U.N. human rights experts called "spurious" and they called for her immediate release.

Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa praised Moroccan King Mohammed VI's decision to establish diplomatic relations and official connections with Israel, state news agency BNA reported on Thursday.

Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalize relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months.

Now that the signing of the reconciliation between Qatar and the Gulf states is approaching, especially Saudi Arabia, the trial of the Bahraini opposition leader is one of the major issues that followed the decision made by these states to sever ties with Qatar and take several actions against it.

Al-Wefaq said that combatting corruption is not achieved without an inclusive political reform, complete separation of powers, independence of judiciary and real representation of citizens in real legislative institution and giving it legislative and regulatory powers and enabling independent and clean media to operate.

Sheikh Ahmed bin Atiyatullah Al Khalifa, Minister of Follow-Up in the Royal Court, doesn't get tired or bored doing what exposes his passion for power. For him, a new reality is being shaped, and there is a movement of forces within his family imposed by the death of PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, so he must act quickly.

The Secretary-General of the GFBTU Abdulqadir Al-Shihabi said that the union has finished registering unemployed and noticed that there are 15,000 unemployed in Bahrain. He said that the unemployment rate is 10% and not 4%, as the Labor Minister states, adding that 70% of the unemployed don't receive unemployment allowance.

Front Line Defenders said in a statement that Bahrain is not a credible candidate for the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. This statement came after the government of Bahrain has nominated Ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri as its candidate for the 2021 Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC).

Iran responded to demands of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia to take part in any potential US negotiations with Iran saying that these states should know their size.

An influential Saudi prince has launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference, calling the Jewish state a 'Western colonizing power'.

Bahrain will not allow the import of Israeli goods produced in settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, state news agency BNA reported, disavowing comments made by the Gulf state's trade minister earlier this week.

In 2019, Abdulaziz Matar, an employee at the Cybercrime Department, posted an article on his Twitter page calling for the creation of an electronic army to defend Bahrain. He listed the advantages of this army, its objectives and how it works, pointing out that its soldiers are available and are only waiting for approval to start working.