Saudi Arabia says uncovers al Qaeda cell plotting attacks
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 62 suspected al Qaeda militants with links to radicals in Syria and Yemen who were plotting attacks on government and foreign targets in...
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Bahraini Shi’ite youth risk radicalization as political talks stall
MANAMA (Reuters) - Dozens of black-clad, masked men parade through Bahrain's Shi'ite Muslim villages, some holding petrol bombs and others denouncing al Khalifa, the Sunni Muslim monarchy that has ruled...
Saudi authorities detain activist after court appearance: wife
DUBAI (Reuters) - A prominent Saudi rights lawyer and activist, Waleed Abu al-Khair, has been detained incommunicado by authorities after appearing in court in Riyadh on sedition charges, his wife...
Saudis hardened by wars in Syria, Iraq join al Qaeda in Yemen
SANAA (Reuters) - Dozens of Saudi Islamist militants have left the battlefields of Syria and Iraq for Yemen, where their experience appears to have contributed to a spate of lethal...
Bahrain deadlocked talks saved from brink, some hope for progress
MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's crown prince has pulled reconciliation talks back from the brink by organizing a meeting with the Shi'ite opposition, and the appointment of a royal delegate, and...
Analysis: Rise of Islamists frays strategic UAE-Egyptian relations
DUBAI (Reuters) - Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the...
Analysis: Rise of Islamists frays strategic UAE-Egyptian relations
DUBAI (Reuters) - Days before his overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak received a senior visitor from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of several Gulf monarchies long supportive of the...
Uprising verdict shows Bahrain courts can’t protect rights: groups
DUBAI (Reuters) - An appeals court ruling confirming prison terms for 13 protest leaders in Bahrain this week shows that the Gulf Arab state's judicial system is flawed and unable...
Uprising verdict shows Bahrain courts can’t protect rights: groups
DUBAI (Reuters) - An appeals court ruling confirming prison terms for 13 protest leaders in Bahrain this week shows that the Gulf Arab state's judicial system is flawed and unable...
Bahrain top court upholds sentences against uprising leaders
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain's highest court upheld prison sentences against 13 leaders of the 2011 uprising on Monday, a defense lawyer said, a ruling that could stir up further unrest...