Kuwait arrested five suspects accused of posting a video on social media considered offensive to the Gulf state’s crown prince, the interior ministry said on Tuesday.

Oman will delay the introduction of a 5 percent value-added tax until 2019 instead of introducing it next year as originally planned, local media reported late on Monday, a decision that may hurt its effort to strengthen shaky state finances.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society dubbed the death penalty verdicts issued against 6 citizens as “fool”, stressing that the cases are absurd and baseless.

The Fourth High Criminal Court considered the objection of an inmate “32 years”, convicted of attacking policeman and sabotaging the room contents of an officer in “Jaw Prison”, void, for not attending the session. The suspect had been sentenced to 3 years in jail.

The Sixth High Criminal Court commuted the life term verdict issued against a suspect accused of attempting to murder two policemen and burning their patrol to 15 years in jail.

The Director-General of Northern Governorate Police announced the arrest of one of the suspects involved in the Damistan gas cylinder blast in which a civilian car was damaged. He said the Public Prosecutor had been notified and the investigation would continue to identify and arrest the remaining suspects.

Bahrain's top military court sentenced six men to death on Monday after convicting them of charges including plotting to assassinate the Gulf state's armed forces chief, state media reported.

Bahrain's Military High Court on Monday sentenced six Shiites to death, 15 years in prison and revoked their nationality on charges of attempting to assassinate the commander-in-chief of the country's defense force, who oversees the appointment of military judges.

A Bahraini military court sentenced six Shi‘ite Muslim men to death and revoked their citizenship after they were convicted on charges of forming a terrorist cell and plotting to assassinate a military official, Bahrain news agency BNA reported on Monday.

BDF General Command announced that Bahrain Royal Navy Force (BRNF) will carry out at live ammunition firing at the (Hair Bu Amama) area today (Tuesday, December 26, 2017) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

A Bahraini military court sentenced on Monday (December 25, 2017) 6 citizens to death, 15 years in prison and revoked their nationality in a case related to plotting to assassinate Bahrain Defence Force Commander-in-Chief field marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The court also sentenced 7 others to seven years in jail and revoked their citizenship. Meanwhile, it acquitted 5 defendants.

Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa met with the new US Ambassador Justin Siberell and Admiral John Aquilino, Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of the Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Bahram Qasimi responded to the tweets of the Bahraini foreign minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed, in which the FM criticized Iran, stressing that the latter is the most independent in the region.

Head of the Quality of Education and Training Commission, Jawahar Al-Mudhaki told the local Al-Bilad newspaper that, “after reviewing the reports of the second and third sessions, it was found that 20 public schools received an “inadequate" rating.

The first high criminal court in Bahrain sentenced both a non-Bahraini policeman and another person to five years imprisonment, also fining them 3,000 BD.

The Egyptian artist Khaled Abul Naga could not express his point of view during the Peacemaking Youth Forum organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports without being interrupted by the quarreling of Sawsan Al-Shaer, a writer who is close to the regime.

The Ministry of Health in Bahrain said that medications that have approached their expiration date do not lead to any side effects or affect the patient’s health.

The local “Akhbar Al-Khaleej” newspaper said that those who have the right to vote in the 29th election session of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry reached about 100.000 voters.

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism Zayed Al-Zayani issued a number of decisions suspending and refusing renewal for 15 tourist facilities, for breaching the obligations and touristic legislative provisions in a way that harms the national tourism interest. The decisions included facilities in number of hotels.

Four Bahraini human rights organizations issued a report under the title of "Death or Confession", a report that monitors the violations due to secret military courts that tried civilians whose confessions were extracted under torture. These civilians were accused of attempting to commit crimes against Bahrain Defense Force; they include human rights activist Mohammed Al-Mutghawi and Sayed Alawi Husain, the personal attendant of the highest religious cleric in Bahrain Sheikh Isa Qassim.