Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States, speaking to reporters on Tuesday after the kingdom announced it would permit women to drive, said the decision was not just a major social change but part of the country’s economic reforms.

The top U.S. military officer said on Tuesday Iran was complying with the pact curbing its nuclear program and warned that any American decision to walk away from it would make other nations less likely to enter into agreements with the United States.

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women.

Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued a circular stipulating the official holiday on Ashura anniversary.

Bahraini Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received yesterday (Tuesday, September 26, 2017) US Ambassador to Bahrain William Roebuck, according to Bahrain News Agency (BNA).

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received on Tuesday (September 26, 2017) Sheikh of Al-Murrah tribe, Talib bin Mohammed bin Lahoum bin Shraim Al-Miri, who was revoked by the Qatari authorities of his citizenship for being accused of supporting the states that boycotted Qatar.

Saudi Arabia is condoning hate speech against its Shiite minority from the upper echelons of its religious establishment, schoolbooks and social media, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday.

Investcorp announced yesterday that its U.S.-based real estate arm has invested in six multifamily properties in Florida and Arizona, for a total purchase price of approximately $350 million. The properties are located in key growth markets with strong fundamentals in the multifamily space.

Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Chief of Staff Dhiab bin Saqr Al-Nuaimi received yesterday US Military Attaché to Bahrain, Colonel Steve Vincent.

Iraq on Sunday executed 42 Sunni Muslim militants convicted on terrorism charges ranging from killing members of security forces to detonating car bombs.

The ambassadors to Washington from Britain, France, Germany and the European Union all strongly backed the international nuclear agreement with Iran on Monday, as long as Tehran continues to comply with the pact.

The Iraqi government will not hold talks with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) about the results of the "unconstitutional" referendum on independence held on Monday in northern Iraq, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said.

Authorities in Kirkuk declared a curfew an hour and a half before polls closed in a Kurdish independence referendum on Monday as jubilant Kurds celebrated a vote that has raised fears of a new outburst of ethnic conflict.

Israel is on the path to normalize diplomatic ties with the Gulf kingdom of Bahrain as the two countries draw closer over their shared hostility to Iran, with an announcement even possible in the relatively near future.

Professor of law and international investigator Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, who headed the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) that investigated the violations of the Government of Bahrain in 2011, died today on Monday (September 25, 2017) at the age of 79.

UAE Minister of Infrastructure Development Abdullah Al-Nuaimi announced that it was decided to postpone the work of the "Gulf train" railway project to 2020-2021 instead of next year 2018, reported Saudi Al-Hayat newspaper.

Bahrain’s Jaffaria Endowments (Waqf) directorate said that it has completed the registration of 312 Ashura food stands, since the directorate announced opening the door for registration on September 10.

Bpifrance, the country's state investment bank, will finance investment projects of French companies in Iran from 2018, granting up to 500 million euros ($598 million) in annual credits, its CEO said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.

The Iraqi government asked the autonomous Kurdish region on Sunday to hand over international border posts and its international airports, retaliating to a Kurdish independence referendum to be held on Monday in northern Iraq.

Iraq on Sunday urged foreign countries to stop importing crude directly from its autonomous Kurdistan region and to restrict oil trading to the central government.