The U.S. Senate rejected a resolution on Tuesday that would have prohibited the proposed sale of advanced medium range air-to-air missiles, missile launchers and other weapons and support to Saudi Arabia.

Former Secretary General of Wa'ad, Ibrahim Sharif, commented on the Parliament-government agreement that took place yesterday, as the Parliament passed the VAT bill that raised it to 10%, as well as sensitive fundamental amendments to the retirement law.

The Parliament passed a resolution on (Tuesday, December 7, 2021) increasing the value-added tax to 10% starting January (in 3 weeks), after 23 attendees approved the resolution.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said that the government approach to establish 5 civilian, industrial and tourist cities in the areas of Fasht Al-Jarm, Fasht Al-Azm, Suhaila Island, the Gulf of Bahrain and Hawar Islands is an environmental setback that has implications on fish reserves and destroys a large number of Bahrain's fisheries.

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution released Secretary-General of the Islamic Alliance Sheikh Hussein Al-Maatouk after investigating him for hours on the morning of Tuesday (December 7, 2021).

Campaign Against Arms Trade expressed its solidarity with activist Ali Mushaima as he reached his 13th day on hunger strike in front of the Bahraini Embassy in London.

The United Arab Emirates' senior national security adviser met his Iranian counterpart and hardline President Ebrahim Raisi in a rare visit to Iran on Monday, a move aimed at overcoming their long-standing differences and increasing cooperation.

The United Arab Emirates is slashing its official working week to four-and-a-half days and moving its weekend to Saturday and Sunday in a major shift aimed at improving competitiveness, officials said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia and Oman on Tuesday opened the first direct land crossing between the two Gulf neighbours, they said in a joint statement

The Kuwaiti Public Prosecution sent (Monday, December 6, 2021) a subpoena to the Secretary-General of the Islamic Alliance Sheikh Hussein Al-Maatouk asking him to appear to investigate him over the case of the Charitable Committee of the Imam Al-Hussein Mosque, over which 15 people have been arrested for weeks.

The American for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain called on US President Joe Biden to announce practical steps to end all types of oppression in Bahrain in the speech he will deliver on Tuesday in the "Summit for Democracy".

King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, sent written letters to leaders of Qatar, Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain and Kuwait ahead of a Gulf summit in Saudi Arabia

Human rights activists said that political prisoner Mohammed Jomaa Al-Khor, who is sentenced to life in jail, went on an open hunger strike on Sunday, December 5, 2021, demanding to meet the director of Jaw Central Prison.

Labor Minister Jameel Hmaidan issued a decree appointing a temporary director to Bilad Al-Qadeem Charity (the charity of the ancient country, the Zanz and Azari) after the ministry rejected the accreditation of 6 of the elected members due to "Political Isolation Law".

Amnesty International urged the king of Bahrain to put an end to harsh sentences against prisoners of conscience and order their immediate release.

Kuwaiti Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology, Rana Al-Fares, issued an order on Saturday banning the entry of commercial vessels loaded with goods to and from Israel.

The German Press Agency (DPA) said that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman will embark on a tour of Gulf states, including the Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, the Emirates and Kuwait.

Protests were staged yesterday in Al-Markh, Nuwaidrat and Damistan, to denounce normalization with the Israeli entity, demand the release of political prisoners and stress on the continuity of martyrs path.

Bilad Al-Qadeem Charity (the charity of the ancient country, the Zanz and Azari) said that the Ministry of Labor and Social Development rejected 30 of the 34 candidates for the charity's elections, depriving dozens of families of monthly aid.

The Indian Employment Agency (Seagull International) published a job advertisement demanding a large number of employees to work in one of the petrochemical projects in Bahrain, in several jobs of different specialties and requirements.