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Activists: Bahrain Shiite cleric under house arrest is ill

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists said Monday that a prominent Shiite cleric who [...]

Health of Bahrain’s Top Shiite Cleric Worsens

For months, the most important cleric among Bahrain’s Shiite majority has stayed home, threatened with [...]

Kuwait court sentences MPs to jail terms for storming into parliament

 27 NOVEMBER, 2017 Court sentenced current MPs Jamaan al-Harbash and Waleed al-Tabtabai to five years [...]

Yemeni, UAE troops seize Qaeda-held seaport city – residents

Yemeni and Emirati soldiers seized Yemen’s seaport of Mukalla from al Qaeda fighters on Sunday, [...]

Bahrain: Protests After Funeral of Teenager Killed by Police

In Bahrain, protests broke out after the funeral of a teenager reportedly killed by police, [...]

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Beyond: The Rampant Hypocrisy Behind UK Foreign Policy

  This week, Stratford Magistrates Court in East London sees the trial of eight political [...]