Bahraini authorities remain silent about ISIS threats and want others to remain silent as well, although the threats of this terrorist organization trouble the world.

The Islamic State group is calling on its followers to launch attacks in Bahrain and to target American military personnel stationed on the tiny island ahead of a visit by the U.S. defense secretary.

Bahrain’s Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa expressed on Tuesday (December 13, 2016) his optimism about the new US Administration headed by President Donald Trump.

Awal Centre for Studies and Documentation is exhibiting its special edition of the famous “Tribe and State in Bahrain” by Lebanese scholar Fuad Khuri at its pavilion at Beirut International Book Fair.

From his exile in the Canadian city of Windsor, Bahraini critic Dr. Ali Al Dairi issued his new book “God of Monstrosity: Takfir and Wahhabi Politics”; an extensive research that seeks reading the political and ideological context of the Wahhabi Takfir, during the first Saudi state experience.

Bahraini clerics deemed the verdict that upheld the 9-year jail term against opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman an imprisonment of opposing political activism and condemnation of national peace, bearing the British government “responsible for supporting the Bahraini regime in delving into the security option.”

A US Army-affiliated website “Stars and Stripes” said that “the Islamic State (ISIS) has called on its followers to carry out attacks in Bahrain, including on U.S. installations, presumably including the U.S. 5th Fleet.”

Bahraini Parliamentary Financial Committee expressed its concern about rising public debt that reached as in December 2015 about 7.2 billion BD.

Recently disclosed chain of emails between Hillary Clinton and her advisor shed light on reality of Saudi role in crushing Bahraini uprising and killing anti-regime Shia protestors.

Iran summoned the British ambassador on Saturday to protest against remarks by Prime Minister Theresa May who accused Tehran of "aggressive regional actions" in a speech to a Gulf Arab summit.

Bahrain’s Interior Minister Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa received last Friday (December 9, 2016), Hakan Fidan, head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization, in presence of high-ranked officials from Bahrain and Turkey.

Bahraini King’s son, Nasser bin Hamad, said that his bicycle “flew in the air”, due to wind, which caused its crash, and thus prevented him from completing the “Ironman” race launched Saturday.

On Human Rights Day, the tale of “Jaw” emerged from within Bahraini prisons. It is novel recounting the story of a political prisoner and his sufferings on March 10, 2015 inside Central Jaw Prison.

State-run Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) has received bids from international construction companies to expand its Sitra oil refinery, industry sources said.

Bahrain’s Defence Minister Yusef bin Ahmed Al Jalahma received on Friday (December 9, 2016) his US counterpart Ashton Carter and his accompanying delegation on arrival at Bahrain International Airport to take part in the 12th edition of Manama Dialogue.

Participants in a roundtable session in the German capital Berlin said that Bahrain has arrested 1153 people since the beginning of the year, including 186 children and 21 women, which reflects the extent of human rights deterioration in the country.

Standard & poor's (S&P) agency downgraded Bahrain’s sovereign debt rating from “BB” to “BB-“, but said the outlook for the Kingdom and its central bank is stable.

The executive director of a leading British think tank, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) that organizes the “Manama Dialogue” forum, has quietly stepped down after a British newspaper revealed that IISS has received £25 million from Bahraini royals.

Husain Abdulla Founder and Executive Director of Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB), Husain Abdullah, said that Bahrain's monarchy is trying to ingratiate itself with the incoming US administration by holding its national celebration at Trump Hotel

Major US news networks, ABC and CNN, have raised ethical concerns regarding Bahrain renting out Trump’s Hotel Hall for National Day celebration in Washington.