Bahrain’s central bank governor said on Tuesday that the country’s economic growth might accelerate because of the recovery of oil prices since mid-2017, but he warned that the government needed to be careful about its budget deficit.

Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Qatar may need more than a year and a half to introduce an agreed 5 percent value added tax (VAT) rate, said an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official.

Bahraini House of Representatives approved on Tuesday a bill to ban members and officials of Al-Wefaq, Wa’ad and Amal societies from running in upcoming parliamentary elections in November.

Al-Wefaq Society offered its condolences to the Bahraini people on the deaths of three oppressed Bahraini youths and the loss of a fourth (who is missing).

The Northern Governorate Municipal Council in Bahrain confirmed that those affected by the Buri fire have not been paid the compensation promised by the government, although three months have passed since the incident.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said the court rejected the lawyers' request at a hearing to speak to the secret witness, “even from behind a veil and with his voice altered.”

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Daqaq did not rule out that the four martyrs were attacked by Bahraini forces or pirates who were in Iranian waters, noting that the boat was found stolen without its engine and equipment.

The Manchester Evening News website said that Bahrain will witness the opening of a new university “British University Bahrain” later this year, in partnership with University of Salford.

Saudi Arabia has no interest in participating in a European Union-style regional security alliance as proposed by Qatar, its Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Monday.

Islamic State militants ambushed a convoy of pro-government militia fighters near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk late on Sunday, killing at least 27 of them, the government-backed Popular Mobilisation Forces said on Monday.

A deadline will be introduced in Bahrain for people to register births and deaths. There is currently no time frame for informing authorities, but the Shura Council yesterday approved requirements for new parents and the recently bereaved.

Hasan Al Marzooq, Secretary-General of the Unitary National Democratic Assemblage (Al-Wahdawi party), said that the security authorities summoned him for interrogation tomorrow (Wednesday, February 21, 2018), without mentioning reasons.

A synagogue delegation organized a trip to Bahrain and occupied Palestine on February 25th, in first visit of its kind to a Gulf state.

Adam Rajab, son of prominent human rights defender, said that his father spent 4 out of the 7 uprising years in prison, most of which were in solitary confinement.

Amnesty International has launched an online campaign to call on the Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab on the eve of his sentencing hearing on Tuesday (February 20, 2018).

A US Senate delegation arrived in Bahrain and met with Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.

A Bahraini member of parliament submitted a proposal to consider February 14 of every year as an official holiday, marking the vote on the National Action Charter.

Bahraini Ministry of Labor and Social Development announced a decision obliging NGOs to refer to the Ministry regarding all offers submitted to them by foreign embassies and bodies.

Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa criticized on Sunday (February 18, 2018) the Cybercrime Directorate at the Ministry of the Interior, saying that it is spreading sedition among citizens.

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the late Saudi King, Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, asked the United States to bomb Iran.