Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa issued Edict 45/2015, appointing Muath bin Duaij bin Abdulla Al Khalifa as Promotions Director at the Civil Service Bureau.

Bahrain Mirror: The Al-Bilad newspaper, owned by the Prime Minister’s son Ali bin Khalifa, said that it had received official documents showing the government’s intention to lift subsidies from 248 thousand electricity users.

Bahrain Mirror: A document disclosed that the Palestinian National Authority has requested assistance from Bahrain worth 4 million dollars in 2013 to build domiciles for Palestinian diplomats.

Bahrain Mirror: Reports revealed that calls were made on Saturday (August 8, 2015) between the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Bahraini government, leading to the release of Sheikh Maitham Al-Salman.

Bahrain Mirror: A number of high-ranking graduates said they received calls from the Ministry of Education informing them that their complaints were not accepted, without explaining why, although their GPAs exceeded 98%.

Reuters: Bahrain has lifted a ban on the main opposition newspaper which it had imposed a few days previously, accusing it of threatening national unity and relations with other states, the official news agency BNA reported.

AFP: Bahrain has given permission to a pro-opposition newspaper to resume publishing after a two-day ban that drew criticism from human rights groups, state media said.

The Bahraini Akhbar Al-Khaleej newspaper reported that restaurant prices in Bahrain began to rise even before implementing the decision to lift subsidies on meat products.

Senior member of Bahrain's Special Investigations Unit (SIU), Ibrahim Al-Kuwari, said the "unit received 19 complaints in July, including three allegations of torture and 16 claims of mistreatment by security forces.

AP - Bahraini authorities say they will allow an independent newspaper in the Gulf kingdom to resume publishing days after ordering it temporarily suspended.

Reuters: The U.S. government on Friday said it approved a possible sale of $150 million worth of equipment to Bahrain to maintain its fleet of Lockheed Martin Corp F-16 fighter jets, even as two U.S. senators introduced legislation to reinstate an arms sales ban that was lifted by the Obama administration in June.

AFP: Bahrain has announced the "temporary" suspension of a newspaper close to the Shiite opposition, drawing condemnation from a human rights group which said Manama was seeking to crush dissent.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Members of the US Senate and Congress are working on introducing legislations in order to link military aid to Bahrain to a certification presented by the US State Department that Bahrain has fully implemented all of the recommendations by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) to strengthen human rights in the country.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Human Rights First said that “the immediate suspension of Al-Wasat newspaper in Bahrain is another seriously alarming move from the Bahraini government in silencing all opposition voices and crushing dissent."

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The European Union called on Bahrain to review its decision to suspend the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on Friday (August 7, 2015), stressing that the existence of independent media outlets can reinforce the reconciliation efforts.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Forum for Human Rights said that 65 houses were raided in the island of Sitra in Bahrain, leading to “35 arbitrary arrests, and causing sabotage inside the citizens’ houses and intimidation of the residents.”

Bahrain Mirror: The BBC said that the Bahraini authorities “have suspended the publication of the only independent newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom.”

Bahrain Mirror: The head of the North Area Municipality, Mohammad Bou Hammoud, said that the “there is still no progress regarding the issue of temporary employees in the municipality’s secretariat and no final solution has been made.”

Lawyer Abdullah Al-Shamlawi described the decision to suspend the Al-Wasat newspaper as an illegitimate administrative move, explaining that "Article 28 of Decree-Law No. 47 of 2003 stipulates that it is not permitted to suspend a newspaper unless by a judicial verdict."

A Bahraini official said that the government will review the policies of subsidies on petroleum products to study and evaluate their prices.