Gulf Air Company revealed on Thursday (April 5, 2018) its expansion plan for 2018 through flights to 50 destinations.

King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa received UK Prince Andrew, Duke of York, marking his visit to attend the official opening ceremony of the UK Naval Support Facility (NSF) at Mina Salman.

Britain on Thursday (April 5) opened a new naval base in Bahrain, its first permanent military outpost in the Middle East in nearly half a century, London's defence ministry said.

A lawmaker in President Emmanuel Macron’s party has officially asked for a parliamentary investigation into the legality of French weapons sales to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, days before the kingdom’s crown prince arrives in France.

BDF Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received a delegation of MPs from British House of Commons in the presence of Chief of Staff Dhiyab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi, and Bahrain's Ambassador the United Kingdom Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.

State-run Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has approached banks to sound their appetite for the financing needed to back the capacity expansion of the existing Sitra oil refinery, a project expected to cost well in excess of $5 billion, sources familiar with the matter said.

The United Kingdom opened a permanent military base in Bahrain on Thursday, Bahrain’s state news agency BNA reported.

The U.S. State Department has approved a possible $1.31 billion foreign military sale of self-propelled Howitzer systems and conversion equipment to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani will meet U.S. President Donald Trump on April 10 in Washington, the state news agency QNA reported on late Thursday.

Britain on Thursday (April 5) opened a new naval base in Bahrain, its first permanent military outpost in the Middle East in nearly half a century, London's defence ministry said.

Adam Rajab, human rights activist Nabeel Rajab’s son, said Bahraini authorities have declined allowing his father to undergo surgery despite his stay in hospital.

Bahrain's Oil Minister said the amount of tight (light crude) oil discovered recently in the new oil field could exceed 80 billion barrels.

Saudi Ambassador to Bahrain Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh delivered two written letters from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Saudi Aramco said on Thursday its plants and facilities in the southwestern province of Jizan were operating “normally and safely”.

The Khaleeji Commercial Bank in Bahrain announced the appointment of Jassim Mohammed Al-Seddiqi as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Bahrain's Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed bin Rashid Al-Zayani predicted that the development of the Manama market would take 18 to 36 months.

Saudi Arabia’s first cinema in more than 35 years will open on April 18 in Riyadh, the capital, the authorities said.

Defence Affairs Minister Yusuf Al-Jalahma met his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu, on the sidelines of the Seventh Conference on International Security being held in Moscow.

A rights group says Bahrain has denied entry to a Danish lawmaker and a European rights activist who were attempting to enter the country to visit a detained Bahraini-Danish citizen.

Bahrain refused entry on Wednesday to a Danish lawmaker and an Irish human rights campaigner who were intending to visit a prominent Bahraini-Danish activist in jail, a Bahraini human rights group said.