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.

Bahrain ranked the penultimate place among Gulf States on World Happiness Index 2015-2017.

The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) issued a statement about the meeting held between defense Secretary James Mattis, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on March 14 at Al-Safriya Palace in Manama.

The Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that there is no constitutional obscurity in the extradition agreement between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Russian Federation.

Agriculture and Marine Resources Agency has disposed of a shipment of Australian cantaloupe fruits estimated at 8 000 cartons, implementing a decision to stop their importation as a precaution.

In smart new offices with Gulf views, a dozen firms work on digital currencies, blockchain-based payments and other financial technology.

Embassy of Egypt to the Kingdom of Bahrain issued a circular on the voting rules and procedures for Egyptians residing outside Egypt in the 2018 presidential elections.

Emperor Akihito of Japan received on Wednesday (March 14, 2018) the credentials of Ambassador-designate of the Kingdom of Bahrain to Japan, Ahmed Mohammed Al-Dosari.

Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa received the President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder, who is currently visiting Bahrain.

The White House on Tuesday hosted 19 nations, including Israel and Arab Gulf states, to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, but the Palestinian Authority boycotted the meeting, angered by the Trump administration’s policies on Jerusalem.

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company's (Mumtalakat) Long-Term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to 'BB-' from 'BB+' and maintained it on Rating Watch Negative (RWN).

SALAM for Democracy and Human Rights launched a campaign and petition to stop Brazil from exporting tear gas to Bahrain.

Bloomberg said that access to a debt is helping some cash-strapped nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council kick reforms down the road.

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.

Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva and other Organizations expressed “Bahrain’s dismay over the negative remarks contained in the High Commissioner's written review on the annual report on the Kingdom that contained inaccurate information such as harassment of human rights defenders and other deleterious comments on the recent legal actions taken by Bahrain.”

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Emirates and other “autocratic” regimes with poor human rights records have spent nearly £700,000 in the last five years on luxury trips for MPs, prompting claims that British politicians are being used to the “launder the reputation” of some of the world’s most repressive governments, the British “i news” newspaper revealed.

Reuters said that European Union states are set to remove Bahrain, the Marshall Islands and Saint Lucia from a list of tax havens next week, leaving only six jurisdictions on it, an EU document shows.

The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst expressed serious concerns regarding the wider context of a general crackdown and mounting pressure exerted on human rights defenders in Bahrain. The special rapporteur also expressed his concern over prosecution, punishment and intimidation of human rights defenders.

Bahrain said on Saturday that it had arrested 116 people accused of belonging to a "terror" cell allegedly linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Iran said Sunday that claims Bahrain had arrested a 116-member "terrorist cell" trained by Iran were "baseless".