A senior Saudi official said billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, detained for over two months in an anti-corruption crackdown, is negotiating possible settlement with authorities.

Bahrain's Court of Cassation upheld a two-year prison sentence against prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab over television interviews he had with foreign media outlets.

Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa postponed a ministerial order No (9) of 2018 about certain fees for the services of the General Directorate of Traffic.

Akbhar Al-Khaleej local newspaper said that the MPs are to attend the House of Representatives coming session, and that they will not boycott the session or postpone it to Tuesday due to petrol prices increase.

The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeals of a student in Al-Jabriya Industrial School sentenced to 3 years in prison, because he appealed the verdict after the legal period ended and rejected the appeals of another appellant because he didn’t attend the session.

BBC channel said that “Bahrainis threaten to boycott cinemas” after the increase in tickets prices.

The Sixth High Criminal Appeals Court rejected the appeal of a 17-year-old youth sentenced to 3 years in prison, over putting fake bomb on street in Wadiyan in Sitra, for appealing the verdict after the legal period ended.

In response to erroneous statements by the Bahraini embassy in London about the organization’s planned work on Bahrain, Amnesty International issued a statement on (January 11, 2018) clarifying its recent discussions with the embassy and urged the authorities in general to respond positively to human rights concerns it raises and to its repeated requests for access to the country for it and other human rights organizations

Amnesty International issued on (January 12, 2018) a statement in which it expressed grave concern about the death sentences passed against six defendants tried by the Military Court in Bahrain.

Iran's foreign minister said on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump's latest decision on a nuclear deal between Iran and major powers undermined the solid multilateral agreement.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would waive nuclear sanctions against Iran for the last time to give Washington and its European allies a chance to fix the "terrible flaws" of the 2015 nuclear deal.

Some shareholders of construction giant Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) may transfer some of their shares to the government as part of a financial settlement with authorities, the company said on Saturday.

Bahrain's BAPCO offered 500,000 barrels of Banoco Arab Medium crude to load in February, the second month that the producer has offered prompt loading supplies, a tender document reviewed by Reuters showed on Friday

Bahrain's largest opposition society, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, condemned the arrest of Shiite cleric and former Al-Wefaq MP Sheikh Hamza Al-Dairy, after a court upheld a one-year jail term against him, over taking part in Diraz protest held in support with Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

Private bus drivers said that the increase in petrol price will make them increase their prices by 30%, if the competent parties do not reconsider this decision.

The cinema tickets prices in City Center Mall increased yesterday from 3 to 3.5 BD, which angered citizens and made them call to boycott the cinema through launching several hashtags, especially that this increase coincided with an increase in the gasoline prices and the selective tax, which added burden to the citizens.

Bahrain’s fourth high criminal court sentenced two defendants to two years in prison and three others to one year on charges of “assembling, burning tires and attacking police with Molotov cocktails and iron rods in the Southern Sehla area.”

The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) in Bahrain said that it had referred 13 policemen for trial over the Jaw Central Prison events that took place in March 2015.

A source informed on the oil sector in the country said that the Bahrain Petroleum Company (BAPCO) has lost 40% of its production capacity since the fire that broke out on November 26, 2016.

Qatar's Foreign Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that the naturalization of Bahrainis issue was settled after a dialogue between the two states.