Viva Telecommunication Company dismissed 5 Bahrainis after its acquisition of Menatelecom Telecommunication Company. Meanwhile, it transferred dependency of number of employees to other companies while still working at Menatelecom.

The Shura Council announced in its session on Sunday that it received a letter from speaker of House of Representatives, Ahmed Al-Mulla, about the council’s conclusions regarding the new bill that stipulates amending some provisions of the public authority for social insurance and the other bill that stipulates amending some provisions of law on “military retirement”.

U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday ahead of a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the future of Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal.

Press information stated that service committee in the Shura council will hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the retirement law, finish it and refer its report to the office's commission on the same day, as an introduction to discuss the law in an exceptional session on Wednesday, June 13.

The government of Bahrain's slow fiscal response to past declines in oil prices has led to a large and growing stock of government debt, and gross international reserves are low and volatile, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P) report.

Traffic Prosecution President Hussain Al-Buali said that the traffic prosecution started its investigation in the case of a video that went viral on social media outlets on June 4, 2018, showing a hit-an-run accident.

News websites said that a defence industrial complex in Pakistan will manufacture six "Interceptors" for the Bahrain National Guards.

The Fifth High Appeals Criminal Court upheld 3-year jail term against a suspect accused in a case of putting fake bomb in A'ali and ordered the confiscation of seized fake body.

Qatar’s National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) has documented 646 violations of the rights to family reunion committed by the blockading countries against Qatar residents since June 5 last year until May 23 this year.

Hala Bint Daij Al Khalifa, former wife of Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa, died on Saturday (9 June 2018).

Saudi Arabia's King Salman will hold a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber al-Sabahand and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, a Saudi Royal Statement said early on Saturday

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he wanted more talks with Russia about what he called the "illegal" U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Friday for a nationwide disarmament campaign and announced his Baghdad stronghold would be first to disarm just two days after an ammunitions cache exploded there and killed 18 people.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will visit Russia next week, Interfax cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.

Afghanistan has accepted an offer from the United Arab Emirates to boost its presence in training Afghan forces fighting Islamist insurgents, senior government officials said, as Kabul seeks to improve ties with majority-Muslim nations.

Iran said on Friday a U.S. request for Saudi Arabia to pump more oil so that it could cover a drop in Iranian exports was "crazy and astonishing" and said OPEC would not heed the appeal, setting the stage for a tough OPEC meeting this month.

UN communication sent to the Government of Bahrain included UN demands to the government to provide explanations for deteriorating health condition of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

The US State Department issued its annual report on international religious freedom, 2017, which comprised a chapter on Bahrain.

France's ambassador to Bahrain said France is closely following the situation of Mr. Nabil Rajab.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah praised the Bahraini citizens’ demonstrations marking International Quds Day to voice solidarity with Palestine, despite all the circumstances they face.