(Reuters) - The Yemeni army and Houthi fighters clashed near the presidential palace in the capital Sanaa on Monday, a Reuters witness said, in the sharpest escalation of tensions since the Shi'ite Muslim movement took over the city in September. Gunfire and explosions were...

(Reuters) -  Saudi Arabia  has postponed Friday's public flogging of activist and blogger Raif Badawi on medical grounds, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Badawi was subjected to the first 50 lashes a week ago and was due to be flogged again after...

(Reuters) - The Pentagon transferred five Yemenis held at Guantanamo prison to foreign custody on Wednesday in the first handover of detainees in 2015, sending four to Oman and one to Estonia despite Republican calls for a moratorium on the resettlements. U.S. officials...

(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...