Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain News Agency (BNA) said that the government approved during its session on Monday (October 5, 2015) to merge some governmental entities to avoid duplication of work, increase productivity and reduce costs.

Bahrain Mirror: Although the 2015-2016 scholastic year has started about a month ago, a number of parents complained about the shortage of teachers in a number of public schools in Bahrain.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s third criminal court renewed the detention of a policeman for 15 days pending investigations.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour, Sabah Al-Dosari, said that the number of unemployed graduates with education majors and registered in the ministry’s employment center reached 1451.

Bahrain Mirror: A few days after the decision to lift subsidies on meat came into effect, Bahrain is leaning towards lifting subsidies on electricity very soon.

Bahrain Mirror: The Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Gholamali Khoshroo, rejected the accusations brought forth by Bahrain against his country during the 70th session of the UN General Assembly.

Bahrain Mirror: Amnesty International launched a petition demanding the release of Dr. Ali Al-Ekri, a Bahraini consultant surgeon, who is serving a five-year prison sentence since October 2012.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa delivered an address on Friday (October 2, 2015) at the United Nations General Assembly in which he accused Iran of exploiting “extremist groups and providing safe haven for fugitives.”

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Minister of Interior Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa discussed security cooperation with the Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of the Fifth Fleet Vice-Admiral Kevin M. Donegan.

Bahrain Mirror: Gulf Air, the official carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain, denied stopping the company’s flights to Iran following the withdrawal of the Bahraini ambassador to Tehran.

Bahrain Mirror: The newly-appointed UK Ambassador to Bahrain Simon Martin said that Bahrain “deals with terror threats that jeopardize its security and stability just like other countries of the world do.”

Bahrain Mirror: The European-Bahraini Organization for Human Rights (EBOHR) said that it received information stating that detainee Khalil Ibrahim Al-Saffar, who suffers from a cerebral laceration, is being tortured in the Criminal Investigation Department.

Bahrain Mirror: Residents of the Bahraini village of Zinj expressed their protest against the decision of the administration of Jaffaria Endowments (Waqf) to lease the Al-Kharis cemetery to an investor to build a commercial project.

Bahrain Mirror: On the first day of lifting government subsidies on meat (Thursday, October 1, 2015), the Bahrain Livestock Company imposed a number of conditions and rules on butchers.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain's Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced an accused (21 years old) to 10 years in prison over hiding a bomb in the washroom of a mosque in the Bahraini village of Al-Maqsha.

Bahrain Mirror: Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, presented a formal complaint against the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

Bahrain Mirror: Responding to similar Bahraini measures, the Iranian Foreign Ministry declared the number two official at the Bahrain Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran 'Persona non grata', ordering him to leave Iranian territory in 72 hours.

Bahrain Mirror (AP): Iranian state media is reporting that the country's Foreign Ministry has ordered a senior Bahraini diplomat to leave Iranian territory in 72 hours.

Bahrain Mirror (AFP): Iran has expelled a senior official from Bahrain's embassy in Tehran in apparent retaliation after the Sunni-ruled Gulf state did the same to its envoy in Manama.

Reuters: Iran's Foreign Ministry has declared Bahrain's second-ranking diplomat in Tehran persona non grata and given him 72 hours to leave the country, a day after Bahrain withdrew its ambassador, Iranian media reported on Friday.