Bahrain’s Gulf Arab allies are weighing plans for a five-year aid package to steady its finances and protect a currency peg seen as vital to regional economic stability, Bloomberg reported according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Bahrain plans to get structural reforms through parliament before a November election, including the introduction of value-added tax (VAT) and changes to the pension system, sources familiar with the matter said.

The follow-up team of the treatment of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim, spiritual leader of Shia majority in Bahrain, said that he underwent an eye surgery on (Thursday, September 27, 2018) in the evening in a hospital in the British capital, London.

Bahrain’s central bank raised its interest rate on its one-week deposit facility to 2.50 percent from 2.25 percent, it said on Wednesday.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Wednesday (September 25, 2018) a Bahraini (living abroad) to 10 years in jail and issued life term sentence against his brother after accusing him of joining Saraya Al-Ashtar.

An appeals court upheld on Tuesday (September 25, 2018) a 3-year jail term against detainee Madina Ali Ahmad over background of political cases.

The Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission (LLOC) has recently launched hashtag "Call_of_Duty" for the upcoming elections to be held on November 24, 2018.

How does the Bahraini regime take itself seriously when announcing that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stand behind the “Down Down with Hamad” writings on a street in Al-Malikiya village?

The United States is pulling some of its anti-aircraft and missile batteries out of the Middle East, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. military officials.

A Bahraini court sentenced on Wednesday (September 26, 2018) oldest female political detainee to one year in jail, after accusing her of harboring one of her relatives.

Bahrain’s Appeals Court adjourned on Wednesday (September 26, 2018) case of opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman until October 15.

Bahrain accused on (September 25, 2018) Iran of standing behind protestors who wrote the King’s name on streets of a village located on south west of Manama.

Arrests continued over the 10 days of commemoration. Many Ahura participants, preachers, eulogy reciters and organizers were arrested.

Throughout the 10 days of Ashura commemoration rituals, the security alert disrupted the peaceful spiritual ambiance of the Hussainiat (Shia congregation halls).

In its annual report on counterterrorism and countering violent extremism in the world in 2017, the US State Department considered repression the main reason for the increase in terrorism in Bahrain.

Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) published a report on the Civic Space in the Middle East, warning that time is running out as civic space is closing rapidly in the region.

A number of activists reported on Twitter that the Bahraini Public Prosecution issued a warrants ordering the detention of 27 Bahraini citizens for 15 days pending investigation.

The British “The Times” newspaper said that millions of pounds of British taxpayers’ money is being spent in secret on bodies linked to serious human rights abuses in wealthy Gulf states after the government blocked the release of basic information about a shadowy fund administered by the Foreign Office.

Simon Coveney, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, said that he is very concerned about reports concerning health deterioration of political prisoners in Bahrain, including Hasan Mushaima.

The Morning Star newspaper mentioned that a British handcuff manufacturer in Birmingham is being accused of "fuelling oppression" in Bahrain over allegations that its products are being used to restrain political prisoners at a notorious Bahraini jail.