(Reuters) - A Saudi judge has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to an additional five years in jail, his wife said, after he refused to show remorse or recognize the court that handed down his original 10-year term for sedition. Walid Abu al-Khair, founder and director of...
The Houthi militant group has threatened to overrun Yemen's eastern oil-rich Maarib province, citing what it described as the lack of government action towards the alleged presence of hundreds of Al-Qaeda militants in the region. The threat came in a message from the Shiite...
(Reuters) - Dozens of Bahraini protesters on Friday clashed with security forces who fired bird shot and tear gas to disperse them during an anti-government rally over the detention of an opposition leader, a Reuters witness said. Western-allied Bahrain has seen outbreaks of sectarian...
(Reuters) - A liberal activist sentenced to prison and flogging in Saudi Arabia underwent the first round of 50 lashes in public after Friday prayers, rights watchdog Amnesty International said. Raif Badawi, who set up the "Free Saudi Liberals" website, was arrested in June...
