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DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Qatar will not be represented by a senior official at an Arab summit taking place in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, in a sign that a nearly year-old dispute between Gulf Arab neighbours is still a long way from being...

Israel said its aircraft attacked a Syrian army position on Tuesday after a stray mortar bomb struck the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, and it denied a Syrian statement that a warplane and drone were shot down. The air strike was a now-routine Israeli response to the...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have called on Arab countries to unite and confront Iran over its role in regional conflicts and its alleged support for militias. Speaking at an emergency session of the Arab League in Cairo on Sunday, Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi foreign minister, said Iran was aiming "to destabilise and fuel...

Bombing raids on rebel-held parts of Aleppo and Idlib come after US and Russia agree on ceasefire deal. Ruinous violence has raged in several parts of Syria, shortly after the US and Russia sealed an ambitious agreement aimed at breathing life back into a stuttering...

A ceremony in New York is honouring journalists around the world who've faced intimidation, harassment and imprisonment. The ceremony celebrating press freedom recognised journalists from a variety of nations, such as Cameroon, Thailand and Mexico, including an award for Afrah Nasser, a Yemeni reporter...

By Steve Scherer and Crispian Balmer | LUCCA, ITALY The Group of Seven major global powers were joined by Middle Eastern allies on Tuesday in a push to isolate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, hours before the U.S. secretary of state flies to Moscow, Assad's top...

Human Rights Watch has accused the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen of committing war crimes, saying its air strikes killed 39 civilians including 26 children in two months. The rights group says five air strikes that hit four family homes and a grocery store were...

U.S. President Donald Trump spoke separately to the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar on Sunday to discuss his "concerns about the ongoing dispute" between Qatar and its Gulf and Arab neighbors, the White House said. Trump, who is spending a long weekend...

The Yemeni port of Hudaida has seen the arrival of the first ship carrying 5.5 tonnes of flour and relief materials, while Sanaa airport has received the first humanitarian convoy carrying essential vaccines for children across Yemen. But with Yemen facing a large-scale famine...

The two countries are bound by a fraternity of faith and humanity Top political leadership in Somalia has expressed gratitude to the rulers of the UAE for their unstinted humanitarian efforts aimed at alleviating suffering in the African nation. A high-level delegation visiting Abu Dhabi...