The report of the Financial and Administrative National Audit Office for the years 2017 and 2018 revealed that the Mortality and Complications Committee at the Salmaniya Medical Complex has been suspended since April 30, 2017.

National Audit Office report revealed that the quantities of drugs dispensed exceeded the quantities prescribed medications by doctors.

The report of the National Audit Office for the years 2017 and 2018 showed that the balance of Bapco’s revenue arrears increased from $295 million at the end of 2014 to $693 million .

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Ministry of Works gave car allowances to employees despite the allocation of cars to them from the ministry.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Ministry of Municipalities Affairs and Urban Planning continues to contract with companies to supply engineering and information technology personnel, in the absence of a recruitment plan.

The Australian SBS website stated that Craig Foster, former Socceroo and current SBS commentator, has challenged the president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to support Australian refugee footballer Hakeem Al-Araibi or resign.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that the failure of the stores department in the Ministry of Health to finish the medications and health supplies that are close to expiry led the ministry to suffer financial losses due to the expiry of some medications.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that the reason behind running out or medications within the past years is that the Ministry of Health minimized the quantities of requirements planned by the Inventory Management department for the tender for the purchase of medications made during the years 2016 and 2017, in a way that is not commensurate with the actual rate of consumption of those medicines and without clear justifications.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 revealed that there is no clear plan at the ministry of works and municipalities to employ Bahrainis, indicating that there are more than 200 foreigners in the ministry.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that 12 main medications are not available in Ministry of Health central stores, in contravention of the minimum required pharmaceutical needs for basic health care.

National Audit Office report for the years 2017-2018 said that Al-Salmaniya Medical Center Accident and Emergency Department delays starting the treatment of emergency and urgent patients.

United States Secretary of the Navy, Richard V. Spencer, arrived in Bahrain and visited each of Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad and Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Explosions rocked Yemen’s Red Sea city of Hodeidah for a second day on Wednesday despite a U.N.-mediated ceasefire meant to pave the way for peace negotiations to end nearly four-years of war.

Bahrain's central bank said on Wednesday that it had decided to raise its one-week deposit facility to 2.75 percent from 2.50 percent.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Tuesday (December 18, 2018) member of Bahrain Human Rights Society Zainab Al-Khamis after detaining her for hours at King Fahd Causeway entrance upon her return from Saudi Arabia.

MP Abdulnabi Salman said that a number of Bapco employees are threatened to be dismissed or transferred to Tatweer Company with non-remunerative and unfair employment contracts.

Yemen’s warring parties blamed each other for violations of a U.N.-mediated ceasefire in Hodeidah meant to avert an all-out battle for a port city vital for emergency aid supplies and pave the way to peace negotiations.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 10 defendants, whose ages range between 15 and 21, to 5 years in jail over charge of assembling in Jid Al Haj and burning a patrol and bound them to jointly pay 401 BD for the damages they caused.

The Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced 2 suspects to 3 years in jail over charge of putting fake bomb in Jid Ali.

The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper stated that lawyers for Hakeem Al-Araibi have lodged an urgent request for Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to grant the refugee footballer Australian citizenship.