Al-Wefaq deputy Secretary-General, Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi, stressed what he dubbed "Strategic Patience" in order to achieve demands, confirming that "the people of Bahrain are a school for positive patience associated with work throughout their political history, and their movement will end with victory and achieving the great goals they are seeking."

Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved an agreement with Chevron Saudi Arabia (SAC) regarding the Neutral Zone between the kingdom and Kuwait, the state news agency said late on Tuesday.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest opposition political society, condemned the news circulated on Israeli media outlets about the intention of Israeli Mousad chief to visit Bahrain after his public visit to the Emirates.

A medical source expects the number of Coronavirus cases in Bahrain to jump to 600 a day during Ashura, even with the closure of obsequies, as religious commemorations are expected to be held in secret, which will prevent direct tracking.

Jaffari Endowments Board Chairman Yusef bin Saleh Al-Saleh held a remote meeting with representatives of the obsequies and Husseiniyas (religious congregational halls), in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Interior, representatives of the four governorates, the Ministry of Health and members of the National Taskforce for Combating COVID-19.

Nothing happens out of a sudden in international politics; everything has introductions.

Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, 84, has passed a regular medical examination, the state news agency BNA said on Tuesday.

Fitch cut Bahrain's sovereign rating one step to B+, leaving it four levels below investment grade and on par with Egypt, Bolivia and Jamaica. The outlook is stable.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society called on not to follow the Emirati approach in normalization with Israel and urged the UAE state to cancel its discordant stance that is contrary to the consensus of its people and the Islamic and Arab peoples.

A woman in Bahrain seen smashing statues of the Hindu deity Lord Ganesha in a video published online has been charged with intentional damage and publically insulting a religious symbol.

Deputy Secretary-General of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society Sheikh Hussein Al-Daihi said that lovers and Shiites of Imam Al-Hussein will commemorate his martyrdom in all available means. "You will never stop them," he addressed the authorities.

Thursday, August 13, 2020, was heavy on Arabs in general and the Gulf in particular. It was as dark as the color of the ink in which Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed signed a US-sponsored normalization agreement with Israel.

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday (August 13, 2020) reaching a historic agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel in which they normalize diplomatic ties.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, the spiritual leader of the Shiite majority in Bahrain, called for opening the obsequies under the same conditions other places were opened.

The Bahraini Prime Minister's office denied reports circulated by some news websites regarding a phone call made between Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and an Israeli official.

Bahrain and Oman could be the next Gulf countries to follow the United Arab Emirates in formalising ties with Israel, Israel's intelligence minister said on Sunday.

Bahrain's Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa left the kingdom on Saturday (August 15, 2020) for a private visit abroad, Prime Minister's office said.

Senior White House officials on Friday sought to use the momentum from a historic deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates to appeal to more Arab and Muslim countries to set aside long-standing tensions and make similar agreements.

Questions that need to be answered: Why is this incomprehensible insistence on preventing religious activities? Why is there this serious threat to the administrators of obsequies and Husseiniyas? Why is the media being used to incite as well as underestimate people's religious dignity? W

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa made a phone call on (August 14, 2020) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in which he congratulated Al Nahyan on the historic peace step taken by the UAE towards Israel.