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Saudi convicts 27 for plotting attack on US forces

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced 27 people to prison for planning a series of attacks against U.S. forces in Qatar and Kuwait, with more than half of the defendants charged on Wednesday with also trying to join forces with a group in Syria to smuggle...

Houthis storm administrative building of Yemeni capital

A group of Houthi militants late on Saturday stormed the administrative building of Sanaa province and besieged the home of Sanaa governor, Abdel-Ghani Hefzallah Jameel, eyewitnesses said. They said the Houthis had besieged the administrative building of the province for...

Houthis, Islamist supporters clash in central Yemen

(Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite Houthi fighters and supporters of the Sunni Moslem party Islah clashed in central Yemen on Saturday, residents and local officials said, another sign of sectarian warfare in the violence-prone country that borders Saudi Arabia . Saturday's fighting in...

Bahrain activist detained for 'insulting' the king

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Bahraini activist who is eight months pregnant was detained for "insulting" the king after she tore up his photograph in court, a human rights organization said Thursday. Human Rights Watch said Zainab al-Khawaja appeared before a Bahraini...