(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...

(Reuters) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that countries behind the fall in global oil prices would regret their decision and warned that  Saudi Arabia  and Kuwait would suffer alongside Iran from the price drop. "Those that have planned to...

(Reuters) - Security forces have found the body of an Egyptian police officer kidnapped by gunmen this week in the Sinai Peninsula, home to Islamist militants seeking to topple the government, the army spokesman said on Tuesday. The officer was snatched on Sunday in the border town of...

(Reuters) - Egypt's high court on Tuesday overturned the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak, ordering a retrial in the embezzlement case and opening the way for the ousted former president's possible release. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to three years in prison in May for...