Board Chairman of the Labour Fund (Tamkeen) Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa said that Tamkeen's support for non-Bahraini companies reaches 6% of the total support it provides for companies, adding that the companies where non-Bahrainis own shares partly or entirely do not exceed 7% of companies in Bahrain.

The United States on Friday asked foreign governments to submit detailed reports on humanitarian exports to Iran, a step observers said could have a chilling effect and cast a pall over European efforts to allow trade.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced a defendant accused of forging certificate from a Malaysian University to 3 years in prison and ordered the confiscation of forged documents.

Oman-based carrier SalamAir announced the inauguration of its flights from Muscat to Bahrain.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Decree 88 / 2019 appointing Dr. Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza president of the Sustainable Energy Authority.

A senior Saudi official said on Thursday that a policy of appeasement would not work with Iran and that the only way to get Tehran to the negotiating table was to apply maximum pressure.

Vice president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) Nedal Al-Salman won the membership of the board of directors of the "International Federation for Human Rights" (FIDH) as vice president.

Bahraini Society against Normalization with Zionist Enemy said on Tuesday that it "monitored the conference convened to discuss maritime security in the Arab Gulf in Manama, which was held as a continuation to Warsaw Conference at American orders in an attempt to revive its project."

The State Department approved a Foreign Military Sale for refurbishment of a frigate sold to Bahrain, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced.

The National Audit Office Report said that the NHRA addressed the Tender Board to renew the contracts of some suppliers within a period of less than three months from the date of their expiry, or after their expiry in some cases, which is contrary to the rules of the Tender Board No. 2 for 2003.

The report of National Audit Office monitored employees in Mumtalakat Company receiving salaries that exceed highest salary averages. Among the cases the report showed is the vice president who receives about 7,850, while the maximum salary according to the salary schedule is 6,500 dinars.

National Audit Office report for 2019 stated the Ministry of Works and Municipalities continued to use some of its revenues for its recurrent expenses, without transferring them to the state public account.

Head of Traffic Prosecution, Abdulhadi Al-Asfoor, said that he received a notice from the general directorate of traffic stating that a youth is driving his car at more than 250kmph on Khalifa Bin Salman Causeway.

National Audit Office report for 2019 indicated that the House of Representatives appointed employees to fill in a number of jobs, despite their failure in the written exam.

National Audit Office report said that the Finance Ministry and some government parties and companies directly borrowed from external funds without including their debts in the public balance registered in the Ministry of Finance and the National Economy.

A report issued by the National Audit Office for 2019 noticed an increase in the number of students dropping out of the University of Bahrain. The report said that the dropped students reached 7 thousand and 300 within 3 years, costing the state budget about 12 million BD from 2015 to 2018.

National Audit Office report for the year 2019 said that Institute of Public Administration hires a foreign consultant for 63000 BD a year, but it doesn't completely make use of his services, given that this foreign consultant is the Director-General of another institute in Belgium.

National Audit Office report stated that Bahrain Airport Company gives 500 dinars for the company's advisor per meeting, in addition to his salary.

Yemen's government and Huthi rebels have set up joint observation posts as part of de-escalation moves in the flashpoint city of Hodeida, a move the United Nations welcomed on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has eased travel restrictions on women but observers say loopholes still allow male relatives to curtail their movements and, in the worst cases, leave them marooned in prison-like shelters.