Saudi police this week detained 135 suspected sympathisers of Islamist militants in the holy city of Mecca, a Saudi newspaper said on Thursday. The men of different nationalities were picked up in a security sweep of the city, the semi-official al-Riyadh daily said. Investigations were under way to establish if they had any links to wanted militants, it said. Bahrain detains extremists: Bahraini authorities have detained a number of people belonging to a militant Sunni Islamic group as part of anti-terrorism measures.