The Bahraini dinar currency in circulation in all its categories outside the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) increased by 4.66% last April on an annual basis, according to data issued by CBB, reported Al-Ayam newspaper. The value of currency in circulation by the end of April reached 687.8 million BD, versus 655.9 million BD in the same month in 2017.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 6 suspects to life in prison over planting a bomb near Diraz park, detonating it and injuring two policemen.

The Education Ministry called on students wishing to pursue their higher education at overseas universities to contact the ministry’s Foreign Certificates Accreditation Department before subscription to avoid joining any non-accredited higher education institution and avert problems they may encounter after graduation because of the accreditation of their diplomas.

A Bahraini youth died and 3 people were injured in a traffic accident involving four cars on Ria Street, near Al-Dair area.

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped 32.00 million barrels per day in May, the survey found, down 70,000 bpd from April’s revised figure. The May total is the lowest since April 2017, according to Reuters surveys.

The United States on Thursday said it was moving ahead with tariffs on aluminum and steel imports from Canada, Mexico and the European Union, ending a two-month exemption and potentially setting the stage for a trade war with some of America’s top allies.

A Bahraini court on Thursday sentenced six people to life in prison for inciting riots to lure police towards a bomb, a judicial source said.

Close to three weeks after parliamentary polls, confusion reigns in Iraq as allegations mount of election fraud even with negotiations to form a government well underway.

The High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeals of 7 defendants out of 11 in a case known as “Nuwaidrat warehouse”. The authorities accused 11 activists of storing arms in Nuwaidrat. However, the defendants denied the charge.

Assistant Undersecretary for Technical Services in Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning Ibrahim Al-Hawaj said that the ministry proposed 94 internal tenders in the first quarter of 2018 to 11 departments with total cost of 826.401 BD.

The Labor Court bound a foreign company working in transformative industries to pay more than 29 thousand BD for a sales supervisor who spent 14 years in the company and was arbitrary dismissed in June 2015. The employee used to get a 1000 BD monthly salary since 2004.

A local newspaper reported Parliamentary sources as saying that the House of Representatives received yesterday a new bill on retirement.

The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld life term sentences and citizenship revocation against seven appellants convicted of making explosives and weapons in a Nuwaidrat warehouse and establishing terrorist group. The court also upheld fining the first 3 suspects 300.000 BD.

The Bahraini authorities arrested on Tuesday (May 29, 2018) Dr. Saeed Al-Samahiji, after convicting him of insulting a policeman.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa has instructed the Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa to prepare a draft edict to create a new self-sponsorship residency permit for foreign investors. Under the new system, foreign investors will be able to obtain a 10-year, renewable residency permit on a self-sponsorship basis.

Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) has appointed Basim Al-Saie as the new chairman of the board of Gulf Aluminium Rolling Mill Company (Garmco).

Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Kamal bin Ahmed Mohammed received the United States Ambassador to Bahrain, Justin Hicks Siberell. They discussed ways of strengthening cooperation and benefiting from experiences in both countries in the fields of transportation and communications.

French oil major Total has two months to seek exemption from U.S. sanctions after Washington's withdrawal from the international nuclear deal, Iran's oil minister told state news agency SHANA on Wednesday.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri headed to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the second time since his shock resignation in the kingdom last year.

Bahrain is considering a 10-year residency visa for foreign investors, state news agency BNA reported on Wednesday, following similar moves by neighbours Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.