Bahraini Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa received a parliamentary delegation from the United Kingdom, and discussed with them “situations on the international and regional levels”, according to an official statement.

Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy in London, published an article in “The Guardian” newspaper in which he said that his family is paying the price while Bahrain is buying arms in London.

ivil Service Bureau (CSB) President, Ahmed bin Zayed Al-Zayed, issued Civil Service Instructions 5/2017 for regulating, managing, implementing and controlling the manpower expenditure budget of the governmental entities for the fiscal years 2017-2018. The instruction is in line with the financial regulations to manage, implement and control of the government’s general budget, which was promulgated by Law 20/2017 on adopting the government’s general budget for the fiscal years 2017-2018.

Executive Director of Financial Institutions Supervision in Central Bank of Bahrain Abdul Rahman Al-Baker expected that the share of the total health insurance premiums will increase to at least 35% in case the compulsory health insurance is implemented.

The Al-Ayam local newspaper reported from what it described as a well-informed source that the government intends to change the postal sector in the ministry of transportation and telecommunications into a profit-making association, adding that the provided postal services will be based on the principle of full profitability instead of symbolic fees.

United States Ambassador to Bahrain, William Roebuck, refused, in his response to a question during his visit to the Al-Ayam daily to mark the end of his period as Ambassador to Bahrain, to retract the criticism raised by the US State Department in its report on religious freedoms in Bahrain.

The Kingdom of Bahrain followed Saudi Arabia and Israel’s footsteps, declaring its support for United States President Donald Trump’s new strategy against Iran.

Bahrain witnessed mass rallies on Friday (October 13, 2017) that were held in various areas across the country. Protesters condemned the Bahraini regime’s normalization of relations with Israel and the arrests of children launched by the security authorities.

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said Iran was not surprised that supporters of the United States President Donald Trump’s “inane speech” on Iran and the nuclear deal are Persian Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The security authorities in Jaw Central Prison prevented the prominent opposition leader who is sentenced to life in prison, Hassan Mushaima, from medical treatment and banned him from going to his medical appointment on Tuesday (October 10, 2017).

Human rights activist Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman met Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Michel Forst.

The Bahraini court sentenced on Thursday (October 12, 2017) prominent Shiite cleric and former Al-Wefaq MP, Sheikh Hamza Al-Dairy, to one year in prison over taking part in Diraz protest.

Commander-in-Chief of Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa received Thursday (October 12, 2017) a delegation of cadets from the US National Defence University who are taking part in Capstone session. They were headed by Retired General Douglas Fraser. The meeting was held in the presence of the American ambassador William Roebuck.

The NIHR said that it established a committee to follow the government implementation of recommendations of the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review Working Group for Bahrain, headed by the chairman of the institution and memberships of the vice president, chairman of the committee on civil and political rights, chairman of committee on economic, social and cultural rights and the Secretary-General.

The Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs, Abdulhussain Mirza, said that international Amazon company requested half of the ministry’s solar energy production. Mirza also denied what was circulated that the government will install solar panels free of charge for citizens.

The Jaafaria Endowment Administration rejected the allegations made by members of the Northern Governorate Council, accusing the Administration of corruption and negligence in the maintenance of mosques and cemeteries, and threatening to prosecute them.

The General Directorate of Traffic (GDT) in the Interior Ministry called on all citizens and residents who use vehicles with the old plates to replace them with the current plates.

The Bahraini authorities continued their harsh security campaign against citizens, through raiding a number of houses and arresting citizens.

The Bahraini security authorities released on Wednesday (October 11, 2017) Shiite cleric Sayed Ali Al-Mousawi after 9 days on his arrest.

The prominent dissident Ibrahim Sharif warned on Wednesday (October 11, 2017) that Bahrain might face financial crisis similar to that witnessed in Greece in 2010, calling to take measures to confront the increase in governmental debt.