MANAMA: Bahraini Shias have marked the one-year anniversary of their uprising against the country's Sunni rulers as security forces fanned out across the island nation in unprecedented numbers and police fired tear gas at protesters to pre-empt (...)
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Shia-led government cracked down harshly on dissent during the past year of Arab Spring uprisings, turning the country into a "budding police state" as autocratic regimes crumbled elsewhere in the region, an international rights (...)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — A state security court in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday sentenced five activists who have campaigned for political freedoms in the oil-rich Gulf federation to prison terms of up to three years.
The UAE has (...)
DUBAI: A coalition of international human rights organizations on Thursday accused the United Arab Emirates of violating international legal standards by prosecuting five jailed activists who have campaigned for political reforms in the oil-rich (...)
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Five activists on trial in the United Arab Emirates returned to court Monday two days after the oil-rich Gulf nation held elections for an advisory council.
The activists, including a blogger and a prominent (...)
DUBAI: International rights groups on Sunday called on the United Arab Emirates to release from custody five political activists who have campaigned for democratic reforms in the oil-rich Gulf country.
The UAE has not faced street protests (...)
CAIRO (AP) — Among the protest banners in Cairo's Tahrir Square was a hand-drawn map of the Arab Spring with black target symbols covering each country hit by anti-government uprisings since the leaders of Tunisia and Egypt were ousted earlier this (...)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia doesn't have a seat at Bahrain's crisis talks, but it carries a critical voice in everything from the tone of debate to the eventual offers on the table.
After four months of Shiite-led protests and (...)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? Just days before Bahrain's Sunni rulers hope to open talks with the Shiite opposition they crushed, the country's most powerful pro-reform bloc is asking supporters a pivotal question: Whether to join or snub the (...)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP): Syrian officials say their government has sent an Iranian-born Al-Jazeera correspondent, who also has American and Canadian citizenship, to Tehran following her detention last month in Damascus.
Al-Jazeera said (...)
DUBAI: A military court in Bahrain sentenced four Shiite protesters to death after convicting them on Thursday of killing two policemen during anti-government demonstrations last month, state media said.
Three other Shiite activists, who were (...)
DUBAI: A military court in Bahrain on Thursday convicted four Shia protesters and sentenced them to death for the killing of two policemen during anti-government demonstrations last month in the Gulf kingdom, the state media said.
Three other (...)
DUBAI: No protesters have taken to the streets calling for reforms. There's been barely a public whisper about whether the Arab uprisings could intrude on the cozy world of the United Arab Emirates' rulers.
The main challenge to authority so far (...)
DUBAI: Seven detained anti-government protesters will go on trial before a Bahrain military court for the killing of two policemen, the state news agency said Monday, the latest development in the crackdown on dissent in the Gulf (...)
DUBAI: Bahrain's leading human rights activist will be questioned by a military prosecutor, according to the Gulf country's interior ministry that has been leading the crackdown on Shia protests against Sunni rulers.
The interior ministry accused (...)
MANAMA: Dozens of mourners gathered in Bahrain's capital Tuesday to bury a Shia woman who witnesses say died at the hands of the country's military shortly after emergency rule was imposed last week.
The funeral was a reminder that emotions (...)
AL KHARJIYA, Bahrain: It was just after midnight when armed men in military uniforms came to the hospital bed of Ali Mansour Abdel-Karim Nasser, who was injured by pellets fired during a clash with riot police. He said what came next was worse: he (...)
MANAMA: Soldiers and riot police used tear gas and armored vehicles Wednesday to drive out hundreds of anti-government protesters occupying a landmark square in Bahrain's capital, a day after emergency rule was imposed in the violence-wracked Gulf (...)
MANAMA: Bahrain's king imposed a three-month state of emergency Tuesday and gave the country's military chief wide authority to battle a pro-democracy uprising that has threatened the ruling monarchy and drawn in forces from around the Gulf.
The (...)
MANAMA: Bahrain's king ordered the release of some political prisoners Tuesday, conceding to another opposition demand as the embattled monarchy tries to engage protesters in talks aimed at ending an uprising that has entered its second week.
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MANAMA: Bahrain's opposition leaders gathered Sunday to examine offers for talks by Bahrain's rulers after nearly a week of protests and deadly clashes that have sharply divided the strategic Gulf nation.
The streets in the tiny island kingdom (...)
DUBAI: Authorities in Gulf countries have stepped harassment of political activists in the past year even as the oil-rich states showcase themselves as expanding economic and cultural powerhouses, an international human rights group said on (...)
BAGHDAD: Iraq's dwindling Christian community was grieving and afraid on Monday after militants seized a Baghdad church during evening Mass, held the congregation hostage and triggered a raid by Iraqi security forces. The attack left at least 52 (...)
Speculation about Madonna s high-priced performance in the oil-rich Gulf was put to rest on Sunday when a managing company for music industry s biggest stars announced that it will be Kylie Minogue singing for a hefty sum in the Material Girl s (...)
DUBAI: The UN's top humanitarian official warned that continuing rising food prices could cause unrest and political instability worldwide.
John Holmes, the undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, made (...)