German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul a “monstrosity” and vowed to halt all German arms exports to Riyadh until the case is cleared up.

Thousands of mourners took part in a funeral procession held in Sitra, south east of the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday (October 15, 2018) for Sheikh Abdulhussein Al-Sitri, one of senior Bahraini clerics in Bahrain.

Turkey and Italy are the last buyers of Iranian crude outside China, India and the Middle East, according to tanker data and an industry source, the latest sign that shipments are taking a major hit from looming U.S. sanctions.

Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) Mariam Al-Jalahma said that the authority received 68 complaints submitted against governmental health services within the past 5 months. She said that investigation in 25 of the complaints was concluded and that one complaint was referred to the public prosecution.

Head of the Capital Governorate Prosecution Office, Nawaf Al-Awadhi, said that the Public Prosecution received a report regarding the collapse of a building located in the Salmaniya area.

Bahrainis see how the ruling government has resorted to their pockets in order to pay for the country’s debts and compensate for budget deficits that have resulted from the lean years.

Sayed Abdullah Al-Ghuraifi, a prominent Bahraini Shiite cleric, called on the authorities in the country to release all preachers, eulogy reciters and obsequies organizers.

A Bahraini man (20 years) and a woman were killed in an accident on Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Highway on route to the King Fahad Causeway.

Secretary-General of the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), Khalifa Al-Fadhel, said that the institution trained 880 individuals during the second quarter of this year.

VIVA Bahrain will be geared up for fifth generation or 5G telecom services by the year-end or early next year when the kingdom’s telecom regulator makes spectrum available, according to the company’s chief executive Ulaiyan Al-Wetaid.

Bahrain Press Association (BPA) said that it documented 22 final verdicts against journalists, photographers and online activists convicted over cases related to opinion and freedom of expression last year.

An incumbent prime minister, his ousted predecessor and a paramilitary chief instrumental in defeating the Islamic State group are the three favorites vying for Iraq's premiership.

The door for running in the elections of the new board of directors of the Bahrain Medical Society 2018-2020, scheduled to be held on April 7 at the Society headquarters in Joufir, was closed on Monday (March 26, 2018).

Qatar announced Wednesday it was spending three billion euros ($3.71 billion) to buy 28 military helicopters, its latest high-profile defence purchase during a bitter diplomatic rift with its Gulf neighbours.

DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, said on Thursday it is committed to the port project in Somaliland despite Somalia’s move to ban the ports operator from operating in Somalia.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visited Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for the first time since his abrupt resignation during a visit there in November set off a major political crisis.

An institute linked to Exeter University in Britain opened an exhibition called “Remembering the dead in Bahraini Shia cemeteries”. The exhibition is organized by Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies and supervised by Professor Timothy Insoll, archaeologist and Professor of African and Islamic archaeology at the Institute, and it contains photos, and traces from heritage of Shiite cemeteries in Bahrain.

The Bahraini authorities launched last year executing 3 young dissidents in politically-motivated cases, followed by the killing of 5 peaceful protesters in Diraz outside the house of Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.

A civil defense team managed to extinguish a second major fire in the warehouse of the International Agencies Company Limited (Intercol) for import and logistics services, located in the industrial zone of Mina Salman. The fire caused a black cloud that covered the skies of the Bahraini capital Manama.

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.