Bahrain’s government has selected banks for a planned international bond issue, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bahrain Qays Al-Zoabi said that the US is working on putting into effect all articles of the free trade agreement with Bahrain to achieve greater chances of profit for both countries.

King Hamad bin Isa Khalifa issued a decree transferring the ambulance services to Ministry of Interior, after they were affiliated to Ministry of Health since its establishment.

UK Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt expressed his concern about the recent sentence issued against Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab.

When Turkish author Orhan Pamuk gave the floor to the color "Red" to be a narrator in one of his greatest novels (My Name is Red), he gave the most powerful and symbolic color the honors of being an insider, and telling the tale.

The Criminal Investigation Department released on Wednesday (February 21, 2018) Secretary-General of the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi party) activist Hassan Al-Marzooq after interrogating him.

US Department of State Spokesperson Heather Nauert stressed that “the US Department of State will continue to have conversations with the Government of Bahrain about its very serious concerns about Nabeel Rajab case.”

High Military Court of Appeals upheld the death sentences and the revocation of citizenships of the defendants accused of plotting to assassinate the Bahraini Commander-in-Chief Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Bahrain will go ahead with imposing a value-added tax to strengthen state finances, Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Khalifa said on Wednesday, after domestic political opposition slowed the plan.

Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund Mumtalakat is in early talks to invest in Softbank Group’s private equity fund that aims to target the technology sector, its chief executive said.

A prominent Bahraini human rights activist was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday for criticizing Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen and accusing Bahrain's prison authorities of torture, his lawyer and fellow activists said.

A prominent human rights activist in Bahrain was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison over tweets alleging prison torture in his country and misconduct in Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen, despite wide international criticism of his trial.

An economic report published by Al-Ayam local newspaper mentioned that interest on personal loans in Bahrain increasingly rose nearly two years ago and it is expected to increase this year.

The prominent Kuwaiti dissident Dr. Ahmad Al-Khatib said that there are facts related to Bahrain that everyone must know.

High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced five members of the same family, including three sisters, to three years in prison in case involving “covering up” for wanted persons.

High-profile Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to a further five years in jail on Wednesday over tweets critical of the war in Yemen, a judicial source and human rights groups said.

Bahraini House of Representatives approved bill to ban members of dissolved societies as well as resigned MPs and members of municipal councils from exercising their political rights.

High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison over tweets criticising Bahrain prison torture and misconduct in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

12 NGOs called on international community to help free human rights defenders in Bahrain, and stop persecution of journalists simply for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly.

A military court of appeal is due to announce its verdict on the execution of six Bahrainis convicted in a speedy trial, over charges of plotting to assassinate Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.