A Bahraini civil society group has defended sending a delegation to Israel as a gesture of tolerance and coexistence, state news agency BNA has reported, after news of the visit sparked wide anger on social media.

The European Union has published its first blacklist of tax havens, naming 17 territories including three Arab countries: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Tunisia.

The 2017 Manama Dialogue will start today (Friday, December 8, 2017) in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The dialogue is held every year to discuss the most important security and political cases in the region.

Bahrain's embassy in Amman called on Bahrainis in Jordan to keep their distance from places of rallies and exercise caution for the sake of their safety in light of the current regional developments.

The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain expect to be removed from the European Union's tax-haven blacklist after taking steps to block tax avoidance by companies, the governments of the two countries said on Thursday.

Bahrain will join a group of countries committed to fighting corporate tax avoidance as it seeks to be taken off the European Union's tax-haven blacklist, the Bahraini Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.

A Bahraini delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa arrived in Kuwait to take part in the Gulf Cooperation Council summit, held in Kuwait today and tomorrow.

S&P Global Ratings on Friday lowered Bahrain’s long-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Bahrain to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-'.

The Bahraini ambassador to Baghdad, Salah Al-Maliki, announced that his country has submitted to the Iraqi authorities a list of people wanted by the Bahraini judiciary authorities currently residing in Iraq.

Average daily rates (ADR) at Bahraini hotels fell to its lowest October mark for 11 years, according to new data released by analysts STR.

The Ambassador of Bahrain to Iraq, Salah Al-Maliki, said that “the issue of non-extradition of wanted terrorists to Bahrain may affect some of the steps going forward,” he implicitly denied the existence of any Iraqis wanted by the Iraqi government on Bahrain territory.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi demanded Saudi Arabia to stop its war on Yemen and its military intervention in Bahrain and halt its pressing policies in Lebanon and Qatar.

General Directorate of Traffic announced the withdrawal of 3 driving licenses of drivers for 3 months during November, for their repeated traffic violations.

Head of the Manama Civil Defence Centre, Captain Mohammed Abu Al-Fateh stated that 28 houses were damaged and 5 of them were burnt as a result of the terrorist act that targeted oil pipelines near Buri last week.

The Qataris have found a sarcastic expression to describe Bahrain: “The island of retweets.” It is a metaphor for Bahrain's blind dependence on Saudi Arabia, as Manama’s stances are nothing but “retweets” of Riyadh’s announced position.

Bahrain said on Wednesday a bomb attack on a police bus which killed an officer and wounded nine last month was carried out by a militant cell trained by its arch-foe Iran.

All Bahraini citizens in Iraq are safe and no injuries were reported among them during the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Iraq 2 days ago, the Bahraini ambassador to Iraq Salah Al-Maliki stressed.

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa issued Royal Order 63/2017 restructuring the Isa Award for Service to Humanity board of trustees.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected the “foolish and baseless accusations” made by Bahraini officials against Iran, claiming Tehran was involved in the oil pipeline explosion that took place in their country.

Bahrain began applying the decision to impose visa on citizens and residents of Qatar.