Turkish authorities on Thursday released six close relatives of the assassin of the Russian ambassador to Ankara after holding them for almost three days for questioning in the wake of the killing, state media said on Thursday. Investigators are looking for links of the killer, Turkish policeman Mevlut Mert Altintas, ...
Bahraini authorities say they have interrogated detained opposition leader Nabil Rajab for spreading “false information” in an article published in French daily Le Monde that accused Gulf monarchies of fomenting “extremism”. Rajab, who already faces 15 years in jail for his criticism of Manama’s main ally Saudi Arabia, was accused ...