The UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said that victory over the Houthis in Yemen was “close”, as the Yemeni forces and the Arab coalition were closing in on the rebel-held port city of Al Hodeidah.

Bahrain’s High Appeals Court upheld on Tuesday (June 5, 2018) a five-year jail sentence against president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, in a case related to posting tweets in which he criticized Saudi-led coalition on Yemen and torture in Jaw Prison.

Family of opposition leader and detainee Hassan Mushaima said he has been banned from receiving his chronic diseases medications since over 92 days.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the terrorist bombing that targeted a gathering of clerics in Kabul that resulted death and injury of a number of people.

Qatar Airways could face a second straight year of losses in 2018 amid a regional dispute that has banned the airline from four Arab countries, the airline’s CEO said on Tuesday.

Iran will inform the U.N. nuclear watchdog in Vienna on Tuesday over its start of a process to increase the country’s uranium enrichment capacity, Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi told ISNA news agency.

Qatar accused its giant neighbor Saudi Arabia of reckless behavior after a newspaper report that Riyadh had threatened military action if Doha installed a Russian air defense system.

Iran has begun preparations to boost its uranium enrichment capacity, its nuclear chief said on Tuesday, adding to pressure on European powers trying to save a nuclear accord with Tehran in peril after a U.S. withdrawal.

Unidentified forces attacked a U.N. aid vessel off the main Yemeni port of Hodeidah at the weekend and started a fire in the engine room, port authorities said on Monday.

A Bahraini appeals court on Tuesday upheld a five-year jail sentence in a case against high-profile activist Nabeel Rajab linked to social media, a rights group and family member said.

Bahrain’s General Organization for Social Insurance said that the amendments referred to the House of Representatives aim at directing pension and insurance benefits to the beneficiaries.

Bahraini Crown Prince has called for developing necessary mechanisms for inviting and attracting international companies to invest in the new oil field.

The Fourth Bahraini Criminal Court rejected the objection of a Bahraini youth sentenced to three years in prison.

Bahrain’s First High Criminal Court convicted four detainees aged between 19 and 21 of beating and insulting a policeman and a lieutenant at a dry dock prison.

Bahrain's Finance Minister, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, said Bahrain would repay its loans by re-borrowing amid an ongoing budget deficit.

The passengers arriving from the Indian state of Kerala will undergo a medical check-up at Bahrain Airport after two reported cases of the fatal Nipah virus

The General Directorate of Civil Defense managed to contain a fire that broke out Friday evening in iron wastes in the scrap yard behind Bahrain Aluminium (Alba).

Al-Wefaq launched an initiative entitled the "Bahrain Declaration", which included its outlook to resolve the political crisis in Bahrain.

Bahrain's Finance Minister, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, said Bahrain's total public debt reached BD 10.6 billion by the end of November 2017.

The First High Appeals Criminal Court upheld a one-year jail verdict against a detainee in Jaw Prison for attacking and insulting one of the policemen there.