Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr A prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia has warned the kingdom against the brutal crackdown on protesters amid ongoing anti-regime demonstrations in Eastern Province. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who is Friday Prayers leader of Saudi eastern town of Awamiyah, also called on Al Saud regime to stop bloodshed. He predicted that the Saudi regime would be toppled if it fails to end the month-long... 

Though the US State Department said it was unable to confirm the reports of attacks by naval ships on the city, the violent crackdown in the Syrian port of Latakia continues apace, with major human rights implications. Yesterday’s reports had attacks from ground troops and tanks as well as shelling from the Syrian Navy, with at least 31 people killed and dozens of others wounded. The crackdowns... 

Alabama's Governor Robert Bentley Alabama’s governor has signed the nation’s toughest new immigration law in a major crackdown on illegals. The new law affects education, housing and employment. It requires public schools to document students’ immigration status and even makes it a crime to knowingly give an illegal immigrant a ride. The bill also means police can arrest anyone... 

People in Saudi Arabia have taken to the streets to protest against the violent Saudi-backed crackdown on Bahraini anti-government protesters. Demonstrators in the eastern city of Qatif denounced Riyadh for backing Bahraini forces in destruction of mosques and holy sites, Press TV reported on Friday. On March 13, Saudi Arabia deployed military forces in Bahrain upon Manama’s request to quell... 

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Egypt’s government Friday to halt the use of violence against protesters, end “unprecedented” curbs on communication and begin implementing political and economic reforms. Clinton’s remarks represented an incremental toughening of the Obama administration’s stance in Egypt’s unfolding political crisis, but they fell short... 

In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 25, 2010, Christians attend the Christmas mass at the St. Grigor Armenian Catholic church in Tehran, Iran. Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown that demonstrates the limits of religious tolerance by Islamic leaders who often boast they provide room for other faiths. Iran has arrested about 70 Christians since Christmas in a crackdown... 

Security personnel walk on the site of a military operation in the village of Besh-Kungei outside Bishkek. The new government of Kyrgyzstan has launched a crackdown on militants it claims are linked to extreme Islamic groups. Two suspected terrorists were killed and another was captured in a gunfight in Bishkek, the capital of the former Soviet Republic. “This is a religious extremist group whose...