Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain's High Criminal Court has sentenced 29 people to jail terms ranging from five to 25 years for detonating an explosive device intended to kill policemen in 2014, state news agency Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain on Monday announced plans to cut government subsidies for diesel and kerosene from next month, state media reported, after similar moves by its Gulf neighbours.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court jailed five people for life Monday after convicting them of manufacturing and using explosives in the Gulf state which has been rocked by intermittent violence since 2011.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Dec 17th 2015 Bahrain's central bank said it had decided on Wednesday to raise the interest rate on its overnight deposit facility, its key policy interest rate, to 0.50 percent from 0.25 percent with immediate effect.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Appeals Court adjourned the trial of the Bahraini opposition leader and Secretary-General of Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, Sheikh Ali Salman, until January 14, 2016 for the defence pleading, and ordered the Public Prosecution to hand Salman its plea and court records.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Fitch Ratings has revised Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company's (Mumtalakat) Outlook to Negative from Stable and affirmed the Long-term Issuer Default Raing (IDR) and senior unsecured rating at 'BBB-'.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Fitch Ratings has changed Bahrain Telecommunications Company's (Batelco) Outlook to Negative from Stable while affirming its Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'BBB-'.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on National Bank of Bahrain (NBB) and BBK B.S.C. (BBK) to Negative from Stable, while affirming their Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BBB-'

Bahrain Mirror: The Audit and Administrative Control Bureau in Bahrain have issued a report recently revealing shocking figures, regarding the public debt and government spending. It recorded a wide-range of violations committed within ministries and governmental institutions.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Fitch Ratings has revised Bahrain's Outlook to Negative from Stable and affirmed its Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) at 'BBB-'and 'BBB', respectively.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahrain's foreign ministry has summoned Iran's envoy and accused Tehran of interfering in its affairs after remarks by the Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, BNA state news agency said.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa was taken to hospital on Friday night but was in stable condition, state news agency BNA said.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Faced with heavy losses from low oil prices, Gulf states have embarked on belt-tightening measures to cut spending and boost non-crude revenues, but analysts warn much more needs to be done.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court has jailed for 10 years a freelance photographer who covered demonstrations and revoked his citizenship after convicting him of "terrorism", Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Bahrain this week jailed a freelance photographer for 10 years and stripped him of his nationality after convicting him of terrorism, the media rights group Reporters sans Frontiers said on Tuesday.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahrain's security forces tortured detainees in the years after its 2011 protests, despite a government promise to stop such abuses in the island nation, according to a new report released Monday.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Bahraini security forces are torturing detainees during interrogation as regulatory bodies set up after the 2011 uprising "lack independence" and officials are not held accountable, Human Rights Watch said Monday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reuters): Nov 18 Mumtalakat has signed a joint venture agreement with India's Synergies Castings Ltd and will construct an aluminium casting and specialty alloy wheel manufacturing facility in Bahrain, the kingdom's sovereign fund said on Wednesday.

Bahrain Mirror (Reters): A Bahraini criminal court sentenced 12 people for life and revoked their citizenship after finding them guilty of carrying out bomb attacks on police, a senior judicial official said in a statement late on Sunday.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): A Bahraini court on Sunday jailed 12 Shiites for life and stripped them of their citizenship after convicting them of bomb attacks against police in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, a judicial source said.