Saad bin Mohammed Al-Rumaihi, the former Qatari prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani secretary, criticized Bahrain for broadcasting recording of telephone calls between Al-Wefaq’s Sheikh Hassan Sultan and the Qatari Emir’s special adviser, Shaikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Attiyah.

The Bahraini cabinet added 9 terrorist entities to the terrorist list. It added 3 entities from Yemen: Al-Balagh Charitable Foundation, Al-AIhsan Charitable Society and Rahma Charitable Organization and 6 others from Libya; Benghazi Revolutionaries Shura Council, Al Saraya Media Center, Boshra News Agency, Rafallah Sahati Brigade, Nabaa TV and Tanasuh Foundation for Dawa, Culture and Media.

Bahraini state media on Wednesday accused Qatar of attempting to overthrow the government in Manama, upping the stakes in a diplomatic crisis that has seen Doha isolated in the Gulf.

The United States issued its annual religious freedom report on Tuesday, slamming its allies in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, for persecuting religious minorities.

U.S. allies including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain did not uphold principles of religious freedom in 2016, while Islamic State has carried out "genocide" against religious minorities, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday.

The US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday (August 15, 2017) that “Bahrain must stop discriminating against the Shia communities” who compose majority of the Bahraini population.

The Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications Civil Aviation Affairs announced that a US F18 military aircraft undertook an emergency landing at Bahrain International Airport (BIA) at 12:40 pm on Saturday without resulting in any injuries or other damage.

Leader of the Sadrist movement Moqtada Al-Sadr said that he discussed files of Yemen, Bahrain, Syria as well as others like Jerusalem, Iranian-Saudi relations and Iraqi-Saudi relations during his meeting with the Saudi Crown Prince.

The Civil Aviation Affairs at the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication denied what was circulated about the opening of Bahrain’s airspace to Qatar Airways, saying that “this is incorrect and contrary to reality”.

King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa received, at Al-Safriya Place, US Administration Special Envoy Retired General Anthony Zini and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arabian Peninsula Affairs- Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs- Timothy A. Lenderking, who arrived in Bahrain to find out a solution for the crisis with Qatar.

A flour mill based in Bahrain has issued an international tender to purchase 25,000 tonnes of wheat which can be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Monday.

The British Vice website said that last week the British government released thousands of old files to the National Archives, where audience can now go to see them.

Bahrain Embassy in London warned Bahraini citizens, visitors and residents in the UK to avoid walking in alleys and dark areas and to avoid carrying valuable belongings in public due to the increasing robberies and assaults using liquid substances, such as acid in different tourist attractions in London.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the Government of Bahrain's long-term issuer rating to B1 from Ba2, and maintained the negative outlook.

Moody’s on Friday downgraded Oman’s and Bahrain’s long-term bond ratings, citing limited progress in addressing the nation’s vulnerabilities to the weak oil price environment

Campaign groups argue that Bahrain’s association with glamour sport is used to ‘launder’ a more wholesome image for the country.

Bahrain's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 2.88% at constant prices and 10.39% at current prices in the first quarter of 2017 compared to the same period of 2016.

The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office voiced its concern over measures taken by the government in 2016 which further restricted some civil liberties, including freedom of expression and assembly.

Al Arabiya sources revealed that Saudi emergency forces eliminated on Friday (July 14, 2017) wanted Bahraini convict Hassan Mahmoud Ali Al-Abdullah on Friday in Saihat, east of Saudi Arabia.

A group of international NGOs sent an open letter to the European Union (EU) member states and its institutions, urging them to stop the export of surveillance equipment to authoritarian countries.