Eastern Region Traffic Director Ali Al-Zahrani said that traffic violations will be applied on automobiles carrying GCC number plates as of November, adding that violated vehicles will not be allowed to exit through land ports unless the fines are paid.

Gulf Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (GIDHR) said that it monitored the life sentences in the Bahraini courts between January 2018 and May 2019. GIDHR documented 271 life sentences in political motivated cases.

The Director of Traffic Operations and Control, Adel Al Dossari announced that legal steps had been taken against 103 drivers for transporting students without licenses.

The Court of Cassation upheld on Wednesday (October 9, 2019) the two verdicts issued against convicts in receiving money from a former Qatari Minister, aiming at affecting the Parliamentary elections in Bahrain. The first instance court had sentenced Waheed Al-Dossari to 5 years in prison and Hasan Al-Araibi to 3 years.

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights called on the government of Bahrain to commute all death sentences. These sentences followed trials that did not comply with fair trial guarantees, and in which allegations of torture against those sentenced were not investigated, making their confessions legally invalid.

The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of the Kingdom of Bahrain has recently published its latest Telecommunications Services Residential Market Survey report.

An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that his country condemns the Turkish military's offensive in northeastern Syria, deeming it a "flagrant" attack against the country's unity, independence and sovereignty.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the military attack by the Republic of Turkey on areas in the north-east of the brotherly Syrian Arab Republic, which is a violation of the international law rules and an attack on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.

Bahrain's authorities are failing to provide adequate medical care to high-profile prisoners, Human Rights Watch and the Bahrain Institution for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said.

The Al-Wefaq Islamic National Society greeted teachers for their efforts in raising and teaching generations, praising Bahrain's distinguished teachers.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Decree 84/2019, appointing Wael bin Nasser Al-Mubarak as Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs.

Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa pledged to continue working to develop the capabilities of the Bahrain Defense Force members and provide them with the latest military systems to raise their readiness to perform their national duties professionally and effectively.

King Hamad bin Isa issued royal decree calling on the Shura Council and parliament to convene.

A US delegation led by the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, David Pekoske, held discussions on Sunday (October 6, 2019) with a delegation from the Bahraini Interior Ministry chaired by Chief of Public Security, Tariq Al-Hassan, at the Public Security Officers Club.

The Israeli Channel 12 revealed on Saturday that Israel proposed an initiative to a number of Gulf States based on normalizing relations between both sides and establishing the foundations of open economic and security cooperation despite the continuing Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

Sheraton Bahrain Hotel is to close and lay off all its employees.

Bahrain called on its citizens on Thursday not to travel to Iraq for the time being due to security tensions, state news agency reported.

"With full confidence I say that the crime rate has returned to normal as it was in 2008 and 2009. We will need to be vigilant towards new threats emerging from technology, such as cybercrime and the use of drones to carry out strikes. We are alert and prepared to deal with known challenges such as ballistic missile threats," said Bahrain's Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa during an event held in London by the Bahraini-British Friendship Society.

Bahrain Mirror: The Cassation Court rejected the appeals of three prisoners of conscience, Amal, Iman and Fatima Abdullah who are spending 3-year prison verdict in Isa Town Women's prison over political cases.

Diplomats forked out £14,319 to bring eight Bahraini judges and Interior Ministry officials to England, where they also toured courts and probation centres.