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Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh, on Tuesday, Saudi media reported, months after the two regional rivals agreed to end years of antagonism under a Chinese-brokered deal....

Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad, is expected to attend an Arab Summit in Saudi Arabia on Friday, ending his isolation by states that shunned him during a civil war that...

Pakistan's former premier, Imran Khan, was arrested on Tuesday as he appeared for hearings at the Islamabad High Court. He was charged in a number of cases that his...

Below is a timeline of Sudan's political upheavals in recent years: 19 December, 2018 – Hundreds protest in the northern city of Atbara against soaring bread prices. Demonstrations spurred...

Saudi and Omani delegations have been holding talks with Houthi officials in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, as Riyadh seeks a permanent ceasefire to end its military involvement in the latest chapter...

The 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq was meant to topple a dictator who had inflicted reckless wars and economic misery on his fellow Iraqis, and then to usher in...

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed, on Friday, to re-establish relations after a seven-year diplomatic rupture, according to a statement issued by Iran, Saudi Arabia and China, Reuters reports. Here are key...

British-Iranian relations, which have been strained for decades, were back in the spotlight after Iranian authorities sentenced to death British-Iranian national, Alireza Akbari, for spying, charges he denies. Here...

Sudan's government and rebel groups in Darfur agreed on Tuesday that all those wanted by the International Criminal Court should appear before the tribunal, a list that includes ousted...

Mass protests this year in Algeria, which holds a presidential election on Thursday, have caused the biggest political crisis since the end of its 1990s civil war that killed...

28 December 2020: Saudi invited Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to join the GCC Summit in January in what analysts believe is sign that the Gulf crisis may be coming...

27 July 2023: 1,700 Israeli settlers join National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir  to storm Al-Aqsa while preventing Muslims access to the holy site. Likud MK Amit Halevi and Negev and...

16 May 2023: Bahrain and Qatar announced that direct flights will operate between the two countries from 25 May 12 April 2023: Qatar and Bahrain agree to restore their diplomatic relations,...

2006-Present 25 July 2023: The Israeli Knesset approves the expansion of the discriminatory Admissions Committees Law and allows more Jewish-only communities to screen applicants and reject those they deem unsuitable;...

On 9 July 2005 171 Palestinian civil society groups adopted a call to boycott, divest and sanction Israel for its violations of international law. The BDS movement calls for Israel to fully withdraw from the occupied Palestinian territories dismantle the illegal Separation Wall in the West Bank provide full legal and political equality for Palestinian citizens of Israel and recognise the right of Palestinian refugees to return to the homes they were forced out of in 1948