The Bahraini Minister of Foreign Affairs stated that the American embassy has not been actually relocated to East Jerusalem and that the area where the embassy was opened is in the West side which is composed of small neighborhoods that were annexed in 1948 and haven’t not been demanded by the Arabs.

National Security Agency professional standards office, which is involved in torture, said that the training plan for 2018 in cooperation with the Office of the Inspector General, included courses in US in the fields of human rights and freedoms.

Public authority for social insurance said it is ready to receive requests to buy 5 virtual service years for private sector employees, after the king ratified the law that was recently passed by the House of Representatives and Shura council.

The Council of Ministers agreed on reorganizing customs affairs in the Interior Ministry. This means restructuring and renaming public administrations and departments in a way that achieves work flow and prevents overlapping of functions and powers.

The High Appeals Court upheld a 5-year jail term against suspects convicted of taking part in blasting a gas cylinder in front an exchange shop in Saar and causing damages to it and to the nearby shops.

The First High Criminal Appeals Court upheld a 7-years jail verdict against 2 appellants, who traveled to Iran and received training in camps affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, and a ruling revoking them of their citizenships.

The First High Appeals Criminal Court upheld prison terms against 5 out of 7 defendants. It upheld 3-year jail term against 3 defenats and 2-year jail term against 2 others after being convicted of assembling and burning a number of tires in Bilad Al-Qadeem, aiming at causing chaos.

VIVA Bahrain will be geared up for fifth generation or 5G telecom services by the year-end or early next year when the kingdom’s telecom regulator makes spectrum available, according to the company’s chief executive Ulaiyan Al-Wetaid.

Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa received US Ambassador to Bahrain Justin Siberell in his office at the Gudaibiya Palace.

Families of two Bahraini detainees, Zakia Isa al-Barbouri and Fatima Daoud Hassan, expressed their deep concern and fear over the two women’s absence following their arrests and forced disappearance.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Ministry denied French President Emmanuel Macron’s assertion that the kingdom held Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri captive last November.

French President Emmanuel Macron has stated publicly that Saudi Arabia had held Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri for several weeks.

Saudi Arabia’s crackdown on women’s rights campaigners has revived doubts about its crown prince’s inscrutable and seemingly erratic approach to reforms in the kingdom.

The local Bahraini Al-Ayyam newspaper, linked to the Royal Court, published a piece defending the statements made by Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa has approved an extradition agreement between his country and Russia.

Bahrain sees no resolution in sight to a diplomatic row between Qatar and its neighbors, which cut diplomatic and trade ties with the tiny Gulf Arab state nearly a year ago.

India only abides by sanctions imposed by the United Nations and not those imposed by any other country, such as ones announced by the United States against Iran, India’s foreign minister said on Monday.

Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Project, a vast tourist development aimed at opening the economy, has been registered as a standalone company and will be headed by a former director of London’s Canary Wharf business zone, the country’s sovereign wealth fund said on Sunday.

Council of Representatives' Secretary-General Abdullah bin Khalaf Al-Dossari announced putting the cornerstone of the council’s new building today morning.

Ministry of Health announced the acceptance of 70 doctors for employment out of 380 unemployed doctors who applied for the exam announced by the ministry last April. A number of doctors said that they received calls from the health ministry last Thursday stating that they were accepted in the doctor profession for 2018-2019.