Egyptian Ambassador in Manama, Soha Ibrahim Refaat, announced the “winning of Presidential candidate Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in the presidential elections held in the embassy quarters in Al-Mahouz”. Al-Sisi won 3164 votes, i.e. 97.8% out of the total number of voters that reach 3423. Meanwhile, 71 voters voted for the competing candidate Moussa Moutsafa Moussa, the embassy announced.

Egyptian expatriates in Bahrain started to cast their votes in the presidential elections, which has officially opened its doors to Egyptians living abroad for 3 days.

Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Bahrain Soha Al-Far said that the number of Egyptian community residing in Bahrain is about 23000, according to the latest official study of Labour market regulatory authority.

Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa sent a verbal message to President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El Sisi, conveyed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held talks in the Egyptian capital on Sunday at the start of his first foreign tour as heir to the throne.

Egypt has committed more than 1,000 square kilometres (386 square miles) of land in the southern Sinai Peninsula to a planned mega-city and business zone unveiled by Saudi Arabia last October, a Saudi official told Reuters on Monday.

An Egyptian site called “Wadh’ef” published advertisements a few weeks ago for employing teachers in Bahrain of various specialties.

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said that the late Saudi King, Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, asked the United States to bomb Iran.

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, who told Reuters on Wednesday he intended to run in the presidential election early next year, told pan-Arab TV channel Al Jazeera that the United Arab Emirates had barred him from traveling.

Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the largest political group in Bahrain, condemned the terrorist attack on a mosque in the Egyptian region of Al-Arish that was launched during Friday prayers on November 24, 2017, describing it as "perfidious " attack.

The Arab Quartet countries boycotting Qatar have added two entities and 11 individuals to their list of terrorism including former Bahraini MP from Al-Wefaq opposition group Sheikh Hasan Sultan.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Choukri sent a verbal message from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, received today Assistant Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Rear Admiral Hussain Mustafa Al-Jaziri.

Saudi Arabia announced on Tuesday a $500 billion plan to create a business and industrial zone extending across its borders into Jordan and Egypt, the biggest project yet in a series of efforts to free the kingdom of its dependence on oil exports.

Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to lift a ban on imports of Egyptian agricultural products, Egypt said on Sunday.

Qatar said on Monday that a U.S. media report had shown that the United Arab Emirates was involved in an alleged hack of Qatar's state news agency in late May that helped spark a diplomatic crisis in the Gulf.

Egypt is standing by the list of demands it and three Gulf Arab countries made of Qatar and will keep sanctions against Doha in place, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told his Kuwaiti counterpart on Monday.

Qatar announced plans for a steep rise in Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) production capacity on Tuesday that suggested it was ready for a protracted dispute with Gulf neighbors, but Doha said it was doing all it could to reach agreement.

Egypt accused on Tuesday Qatar of supporting terrorist organizations in Libya.

Ambassadors of Bahrain, the Emirates, Egypt and the Charge D’Affaires of Saudi Arabia to Seoul met Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs of Republic of Korea, Ambassador Lee Jeong Kyu at the premises of the Korean Foreign Ministry.