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A UAE minister says Emirates sought 'fundamental change and restructuring' and not shutting down Al Jazeera. Saudi Arabia and three other Arab countries that have imposed a political and economic blockade on Qatar are to drop their demand that the Al Jazeera Media Network be shut down. Saudi...

Hawaii judge rules grandparents are exempt from Trump's travel ban enforcement on six Muslim-majority countries. A federal judge in Hawaii has expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six Muslim-majority countries to avoid President Donald Trump's travel ban. US District...

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...

Kenyan heads to the polls in August for highly anticipated general elections that will see the election of officers at four levels. The presidency, governorship, Members of Parliament – MPs and Senators as well as Members of the County Assembly. The most keenly contested race...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S.'s top diplomat was expected to travel back to Qatar on Thursday for more talks with the country's 37-year-old a day after wrapping up discussions with the king of Saudi Arabia and other officials from Arab countries...

Djibouti: China's People's Liberation Army Daily, wrote that this development was 'landmark move' that seeks to expand China's ability to ensure global peace. In a sign of Beijing’s growing clout, the Communist country sent ships carrying its military personnel to its first overseas base in...

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has halted until Oct. 12 the work of a committee formed with the United States to negotiate relief from U.S. sanctions, the Sudanese state news agency SUNA said on Wednesday. The move comes one day after the United...

The US secretary of state visited Qatar on the second stop of his Gulf tour.   SOURCE:ALJAZEERA

Johannesburg - The United States has announced more than $630 million in aid for Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria, where conflict has helped to cause what the United Nations calls the world's largest humanitarian crisis in more than 70 years. Saturday's statement says the...

Qatar has $340 billion in reserves including holdings of its sovereign wealth fund that could help the Gulf country to weather the isolation by its powerful Arab neighbors, central bank governor Sheikh Abdullah Bin Saoud al-Thani told CNBC. "This is the credibility of our system,...