Thai beermaker Toon's hoppy Sandport brew will be out of stock on Friday's International Beer Day -- a far cry from the parties of previous years -- as the kingdom's small brewers struggle under the strain of tough booze laws and the pandemic crunch.

UNESCO-listed buildings in the old city of Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.

Online armies of self-styled Saudi patriots riding a wave of state-led nationalism attack critics and what they call "traitors" of the kingdom -- but their growing clout has left the government uneasy.