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  • Gulf Naval Coalition
    Bahrain to join US-led naval coalition in the Persian Gulf

    Bahrain has agreed to join a U.S.-led coalition for maritime security in the Persian Gulf, making it the third member of a group proposed in the wake of heightened tensions with Iran.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain solidifies Patriot buy

    The kingdom is not disclosing the quantity of systems and missiles that might be on order, but the State Department cleared the possible foreign military sale of Patriot in May for an estimated worth of $2.5 billion.

  • Iran in the Region
    High-Level Cyber Intrusions Hit Bahrain Amid Tensions with Iran

    On Monday, hackers broke into the systems of Bahrain’s National Security Agency—the country’s main criminal investigative authority—as well as the Ministry of Interior and the first deputy prime minister’s office, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.

  • Interest Rates
    UAE, Saudi, Bahrain cut interest rates following US Fed

    Gulf central banks largely move in lockstep with the US to protect their currencies’ peg to the dollar. But as the Fed raised rates nine times since 2015, they were unable to lower borrowing costs to help weather the effect of lower oil prices on their economies.

  • Economy
    Loans in UAE, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain just got cheaper with lower interest rates

    Taking out loans across many GCC countries just got cheaper on Thursday as central banks cut interest rates. Central banks in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain all cut their interest rates by 25 basis points after the US Federal Reserve lowered its rates for the first time since the financial crisis. Kuwait’s central bank did not cut its rate, though, keeping it unchanged.

  • Bahrain
    Opinion: Bahrain’s Perception Problem

    After the kudos of hosting a major economic and peace conference last month, Bahrain, the principal base for U.S. and British naval forces coping with the Iranian threat, is now being criticized for executing Shia activists convicted of terrorist offenses.

  • Israel-Palestine
    Bahrain, Jordan, France among those condemning Jerusalem area demolitions

    Several nations and international bodies, including France, Jordan, Qatar, the EU and the UN, condemned Israel’s razing of Palestinian homes on the edge of Jerusalem on Monday that Israeli officials said posed a security threat.

  • Middle East Peace
    Opinion: Neither Peace nor Prosperity: Jared Kushner’s Middle East Peace Plan Falls Flat in Bahrain

    Kushner—gifted the portfolio by his father-in-law—outlined the plan’s themes and goals in a diffident, yet arrogant, tone, as if this approach had never been tried before.

  • Bahrain
    Bahrain records hottest June in more than 100 years

    Bahrain has recorded temperatures that make the month of June the hottest ever experienced in the Arab Gulf country in more than a century. Summers in the Arabian Peninsula are consistently hot and humid, with people bunkering indoors for the better part of at least five months. The Bahrain News Agency’s report on Tuesday, however, shows temperatures are soaring even higher.

  • Bahrain
    UNESCO adds Bahrain burial mounds to World Heritage List

    The UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted Saturday to add Bahrain's Dilmun Burial Mounds to its World Heritage List, praising the tombs for their “globally unique characteristics”.