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ISLAMABAD – Pakistani state TV says a high-level delegation has left for Saudi Arabia to assess whether to take part in Riyadh’s coalition battling Shiite rebels in Yemen. The TV report Tuesday says the delegation includes Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz and some military …

A Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes and ten years in jail for insulting Islam received his first 50 lashes outside a mosque in the city of Jeddah Friday. Raif Badawi—the co-founder of a now banned website called Liberal Saudi Network– was flogged 50 times after morning prayers in …

KAMPALA, Uganda – Uganda’s military said Tuesday the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander who surrendered to American troops last week will be taken to The Hague for trial. Dominic Ongwen is now in U.S. custody in Obo, a town in eastern Central African Republic, the country where he surrendered on …