Palestinians have expressed outrage at teams from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for taking part in the opening legs of the Giro d’Italia cycling race in Israel over the weekend, which they say undermined Arab solidarity with their cause.

U.S. President Donald Trump is not fit for his job, the speaker of Iran's parliament said on Wednesday following his decision to back out of the international nuclear pact on Iran.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States will withdraw from a 2015 international agreement designed to deny Tehran the ability to build nuclear weapons.

Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader.

U.S. President Donald Trump said that he will announce on Tuesday whether he will be pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, which is earlier than the previous scheduled date of announcement on May 12.

Batelco’s Board of Directors approved in the meeting held on May 3, 2018 the functional structure of Batelco’s two separate entities, one of which will be retail and one for wholesale.

Director General of Organization and Position Budget in Civil Service Bureau Engineer Jamal Abdulaziz Al Alawi said that the main organizational structure of 15 governmental bodies were studied in 2017.

The Shura Council agreed in its session on Sunday (May 6, 2018) with the House of Representatives on all the amendments added to the health insurance law, without any amendments on the bill passed by the House of Representatives about two weeks ago. The council passed all the 88 articles of the law within 3 hours

An official source said that competent parties are working on issuing permits to collect money for charity, religious, social disabilities and relief organizations and other official organizations.

Head of Parliamentary inquiry committee Mohsen Al-Bakri told Al-Bilad local newspaper about some of service projects that the government committed to its work program for 2015-2018 saying that the Ministry of Social Development is the most governmental body that fails to implement the plans committed to in the government’s program of action.

Lawyer Rim Al-Shaalan said that the prison’s authorities are preventing prisoners from access to Shiite books.

Chief of Public Security Tariq Al Hassan discussed with Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for Environment Mohammed Mubarak bin Dainah process of linking radioactive contamination sensor network to ministry of interior.

Bahrain Embassy in the United States organized a seminar on defence and security relations between the two countries, held at the residence of Bahrain’s ambassador Abdullah bin Rashid Al Khalifa, in cooperation with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS-Americas), based in Washington.

Head of Jaffaira Endowments (Waqf) Sheikh Mohsen Al-Asfour said that the endowments is studying opportunities of investment in 50 real estate projects within the coming period, indicating that the allocated budget reached 20 million BD.

Transplant administrative coordinator at King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Hassan Al-Khanani, said that “the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation signed a deal with Bahrain, represented by King Fahad Specialist Hospital with Salmaniya Medical Complex, to transplant organs to Bahraini patients in Bahrain, in case of stroke deaths.”

The International Monetary Fund predicted that the Bahraini economy will grow to $40 billion in 2019 with an estimated annual growth of 3% this year and 2% in gross domestic product next year.

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security in the House of Representatives rejected a bill to amend foreigners’ law (immigration and residence). The amendment suggests “creating a money account specialized to achieve the aims of this law with 5% of the fees for entry and residence of foreigners, all foreigners, to Bahrain. The bank account of each foreigner is used according to the interior minister’s decision in case he doesn’t afford the expenses of returning to his country.”

News websites reported that the head of Human Rights Subcommittee at European Parliament said Bahrain refused to receive the committee's delegation to assess the human rights situation there.

First Bahraini High Criminal Court Sentenced a 24-year-old Serb and a 30-year-old Bosnian national to five years in prison for robbing a currency exchange office in the Umm Al-Hassam area by threatening employees with an electric taser.

Bahrain Press Association (BPA) said that it documented 22 final verdicts against journalists, photographers and online activists convicted over cases related to opinion and freedom of expression last year.