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Islamic State claims attack on Saudi state security building

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a Saudi state security building northwest of Riyadh, the group’s Amaq news agency reported on Sunday. Saudi state media earlier said four militants who targeted the Mabaheth (domestic intelligence) station in Zulfi, a small city about...

King restores citizenship of 551 Bahrainis

King Hamad has ordered that the citizenship of 551 Bahrainis revoked by courts be restored, official media said Sunday, days after a senior UN official expressed concern about the punishment. The king, who can reverse court decisions, requested that the competent authorities take into...

Bahrain mass trial raises deep concern: U.N. rights chief

United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Thursday she was concerned that a Bahrain mass trial that revoked the nationality of 138 people this week had not met international fair trial standards. A court in Western-allied Bahrain sentenced 139 people to jail on terrorism...