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The US has vetoed, as expected, a UN Security Council draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump's recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and his plans to move the American embassy in Israel to the city. However, the proposed measure was backed on Monday by the 14 other Security...

Ahmed al-Asiri tells London seminar that human rights groups are being duped by Houthi rebels A Saudi general has directly confronted critics of his country’s military campaign in Yemen during a lively seminar in London that saw him pelted with an egg by protesters as...

Arab-Islamic-American summit condemns perpetrators that commit terrorist acts in the name of religion. Riyadh summit discusses ways of rooting out terrorism US President Donald Trump, leaders and representatives of 55 Arab and Muslim-dominated countries kicked off their Arab-Islamic-American summit in Riyadh on Sunday, focusing on unity...

by Ben Dalton President Donald Trump has announced that the US formally recognises Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and will begin the process of moving its embassy to the city, breaking with decades of US policy. In a much anticipated speech in Washington on...

Israeli police shoot dead three Palestinian suspects after they allegedly opened fire on Israelis near Al Aqsa compound. Three Palestinians reportedly opened fire near Al Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City, wounding three Israelis, before they were killed. Israeli police said the three gunmen reached one...

By Ishaan Tharoor May 31 To state the blindingly obvious: President Trump's European visit did not go well. The reported tidbits of his gruff exchanges with European leaders — combined with images of bemused dignitaries cringing through a series of awkward photo ops — were evidence enough, but the statements that...

Shehab Khan @shehabkhan Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has resigned from his post, his office has said. The resignation comes hours after the country's Supreme Court disqualified him over corruption claims against his family’s wealth. The Court said Sharif was not fit to hold office and ordered...

DHAHRAN: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Sunday opened an Arab League summit by criticising US President Donald Trump's decision to transfer the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. "We reiterate our rejection of the US decision on Jerusalem," the king said in a speech in Dhahran in eastern...

RIYADH: Eid Al-Fitr will begin on Sunday May 24, authorities in Saudi Arabia have announced. According to Arab News, the Shawwal moon was not sighted, meaning Saturday will be the last day of Ramadan. More to follow...

by Halim Shebaya Saudi minister of state for Arab Gulf Affairs Thamer al-Sabhan has become a household name in Lebanon. Last Sunday, Sabhan considered the silence of Lebanon's government and people "bizarre" in relation to "the war on Saudi Arabia" which the "terrorist militia party" Hezbollah is waging. Two days later, then...