Oil prices rose on Monday, despite increase of crude oil drilling platforms in the United States, a news agency reported.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa ratified on Tuesday (July 31, 2018) a law denying dissidents right to membership in societies and clubs.

An English-language local daily published different photos for the new UK base in Bahrain that show how huge and highly developed the establishment is, as well as the luxury life provided to the soldiers there.

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Bahrain of twenty-eight (28) TOW Improved Target Acquisition Systems (ITAS), and related equipment, for an estimated cost of $80 million according to a statement by the Defense Security Cooperation.

US President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that talks with arch foe Iran were imminent, but the idea has been criticized in Tehran, with the country's foreign minister warning that "PR stunts won't work."

Yemen’s Houthi group said on Tuesday it is unilaterally halting attacks in the Red Sea for two weeks to support peace efforts, days after Saudi Arabia suspended oil exp

The Bahraini authorities decided on Tuesday (July 31, 2018) to release detainee Sayed Kadhem Abbas after his health deteriorated due to cancer.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (July 31, 2018) Hasan Al Marzooq, Secretary-General of the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi party) after being remanded at Bahrain International Airport, upon returning from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

News websites specialized in military affairs said that the United States State Department has approved sale of items and services in support of Follow-On Technical Support (FOTS) for the Royal Bahrain Navy Ship SABHA (FFG-90) for an estimated cost of $70 million.

A report said that the Middle-East countries have the highest number of Indian prisoners in foreign jails, according to data shared by the external affairs ministry.

Saudi Arabia announced last week it was suspending oil shipments through the Red Sea's Bab al-Mandeb strait after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two ships in the waterway.

The United Nations human rights office called on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to release all peaceful activists, including women held for campaigning against a ban on driving even as it was being lifted.

The number of cases by rescue patrols within the first 4 months of 2018 amounted to 5 thousand and 936 cases, including response cases on fire accidents, aiding patients and society services.

The Ministry of Labour and Social Development will be holding the General Recruitment Exhibition on August 1, in the ministry lobby in Isa Town.

The National Space Science Agency (NSSA) announced that applications for a place on the Bahrain Space Team reached more than 2,173 applicants.

Belfast Telegraph newspaper said that Senior MP Jeffrey Donaldson and his brother Kingsley are to sue a human rights organization Reprieve over criticisms of work undertaken by a peace-building charity with which they are associated

President Trump said Monday that he would meet Iran's leaders “without preconditions” and “anytime they want”, one week after tensions escalated between Washington and Tehran.

Bahraini citizen Mohammad Khatem said that the authorities released him on Monday (July 30, 2018), two weeks following his arrest over protesting outside the Cabinet building, demanding to be reinstated.

Rashid Al-Meer, Chairman of Board of Directors of Osoul Investment Company (the investment arm of public authority for social insurance) said that the company's assets last year amounted to 3 billion and 100 million dinars.

Bahrain airport departure flights stopped for two hours yesterday due to a technical fault with airport systems. Bahrain International Airport announced in a tweet at about 11 AM via its own Twitter account that the technical issue has been resolved and that all operations have resumed back to normal.