MANAMA: Bahrain suggested Thursday that it has classified evidence that Iran was linked to Shia-led protests in the Gulf kingdom despite an independent commission that said it found nothing to back the claims.
The allegations of Iranian (...)
DUBAI: At least five Saudi women have been taken into custody accused of defying the men-only driving rule in the ultraconservative Arab kingdom, an activist said Wednesday.
The detentions mark the first major backlash by authorities since a (...)
DUBAI: Bahrain's security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters Monday in advance of plans to stage major rallies and bring the Arab reform wave to the Gulf for the first time, witnesses said.
It was the (...)
PARIS: The apparent suicide of the former shah of Iran's youngest son has shocked and saddened Iranian emigres, many of whom were forced into exile by the Islamic Revolution and hoped their country's monarchy could one day be restored.
The death (...)
BAGHDAD: Iraq's political bazaar is branching out.
Envoys for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his chief rival crossed paths in Kuwait this week. Iraq's deputy prime minister just returned from Turkey and a top Shia powerbroker and others have (...)
BAGHDAD: Nearly four minutes of shaky, hand-held video clips show roadside bombs hitting US convoys, a battery of Katyusha rockets and a soldier who appeared to be downed by sniper fire.
And digitally burned into the left-hand corner is the (...)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: An Iranian pro-reform website says that a former government official, known as a supporter of the opposition, was stabbed at a Tehran university.
The Rahesabz website says Ahmad Motamedi was wounded in the assault at (...)