Iran said the United States was "isolated" in its hostility to the Islamic republic on Monday, as it braced for the return of sanctions against a backdrop of political turmoil inside the country.

Saudi Arabia said Monday it was expelling the Canadian ambassador and had recalled its envoy while freezing all new trade, in protest at Ottawa's vigorous calls for the release of jailed activists.

Bahrain said on Monday it stood with Saudi Arabia in a political row with Canada, rejecting what it called Ottawa’s interference in Riyadh’s internal affairs.

Canada is “seriously concerned” about Saudi Arabia’s freeze of new trade between the countries, but standing its ground on human rights comments which set off a diplomatic row, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

Bahrain Kuwait Insurance is currently considering merging its branches and some supportive services with Takaful International has acquired 77.25% in Takaful International, the chairman of Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Murad Ali Mohamed Murad said.

A well-informed source said that the municipality and Parliamentary elections are expected to be help on Saturday, November 24, 2018, a local newspaper reported.

A local daily said that Imam of a mosque in Muharraq was found dead in Scrap, after being kidnapped by a number of Asians since the early hours of Saturday.

Real estate developers in Bahrain said that the real estate market has declined by 50% after imposing charges on infrastructure, indicating that sectors are affected by market.

Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment with Canada after Ottawa urged Riyadh to free arrested civil society activists, in the top oil exporter’s latest retort to Western criticism of its human rights record.

Saudi Arabia has agreed to admit an Iranian diplomat to head an office representing Iranian interests in the kingdom, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, in a rare move after the rivals broke off relations in 2016.

Bahraini doctors expressed their disappointment at the delay of the Ministry of Health in employing them, despite the fact that they graduated from the Arabian Gulf University more than 3 years ago

Bahrain Tourism and Exhibitions Authority (BTEA) announced the commencement of registration to the ‘Vatel Hotel and Tourism Business School’. Chief Executive Officer of BTEA said that “a total of 25 students will be selected to enroll in the school, furthermore, the students will be matched with jobs that meet their academic qualifications.”

Bahrain’s government has rejected parliament’s proposals to reform allowances paid to Bahrainis squeezed by years of austerity on the grounds that they would break government spending caps, lawmakers said.

Bahrain Bourse announced writing off the 10th issuance of government bonds by the Central Bank of Bahrain on behalf of the Government from its lists starting Sunday, August 5, 2018.

Rating agency Moody's downgraded on Thursday the government of Bahrain's long-term issuer ratings to B2 from B1 and maintained the negative outlook. Moody's expected Bahrain's debt burden to rise to around 100% of GDP

Human rights activist Ibtisam Al-Saegh said that the recently released detainee Sayed Kadhem Abbas totally lost his sight.

The general index of the Bahrain bourse closed Wednesday (August 1, 2018) with a limited decline, falling to 1353.45 points against 1358.35 points, losing 0.36 percent, i.e. 4.90 points, shrinking index gains since the beginning of the year to 1.63 percent.

Bahraini activist Ali Mushaima said that Bahraini Embassy in London lied about the health situation of his father, prominent dissident Hasan Mushaima, and about saying that he receives the very best medical care in jail.

Amnesty International and Citizen Lab issued two reports revealing the targeting of Amnesty by a spyware program developed by the Israeli NSO Group.

Rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday said it had been targeted by surveillance spyware in a suspected infiltration attempt by a government "hostile" to its work.