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British-Iranian jailed for sedition 'at breaking point'

 British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail sentence after being accused of sedition in Iran has reached "breaking point" and considered suicide, rights group Amnesty said Saturday. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was sentenced in September...

Two Swedish journalists detained in southeast Turkey

 Police Saturday detained two Swedish TV journalists in the sensitive Kurdish-majority province of Diyarkabir in southeastern Turkey after they filmed near a military zone, a local news agency reported. The pair, identified only by their initials as L.N.B. and R.A.S., were arrested...

Saudi envoys visit to Lebanon next week a show of solidarity

(The Daily Star)- A Saudi delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut at the beginning of next week to meet with senior officials after the recent political breakthrough in the country, local media reported Saturday. Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz will dispatch Emir of Mecca Prince Khaled...