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Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the establishment of a regional council of eight Arab and African countries bordering the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Saudi King Salman received the foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Eritrea, Yemen, Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti in Riyadh and...

Aggressive price wars that pushed some calls below a penny per minute in India may be catching up with wireless carriers. Mountains of debt could hinder their bidding for airwaves in next month's auction, potentially blowing a $74 billion (roughly Rs. 4,92,140 crores) hole in...

By: Zakeriye Ahmed, Horn diplomat correspondent Over the weekend, the US killed Al-Qaeda's top leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Ayman Al-Zawahiri was the...

Two Islamic organisations and 11 individuals have been added to an existing "terror list" drawn up by four Arab nations that are blockading Qatar, claiming the entities and individuals are supported by Doha. State-run Saudi Press Agency issued a joint statement by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United...

Boat carrying refugees was travelling to Sudan when it was hit by airstrike from Apache helicopter, coastguard says Thirty-one Somali refugees were killed off the coast of Yemen when a helicopter attacked the boat they were travelling in, a coastguard in the Houthi-controlled Hudaydah area...

By Tommy Wilkes and Nigam Prusty | NEW DELHI India signed a deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France on Friday for around $8.7 billion, the country's first major acquisition of combat planes in two decades and a boost for Prime Minister Narendra...

By:David Fält I don’t agree with much of the Trump Administration’s policies and I’m not an American citizen. Normally, that would mean it’s not my place to comment. But given the Washington Post’s Editorial Board recent brutal character killing of Ken Isaacs, I’m compelled to...

By:Aljazeera open their embassies within two months, according to Iranian and Saudi state media. The agreement was reached on Friday during talks in Beijing. Iranian state media posted images and video of Ali...

  Tensions between the Gulf states are pushing their neighbours and partners into choosing sides. By:Ahmed Soliman Research Associate, Horn of Africa, Africa Programme The Horn of Africa is already feeling increased stress on regional relations, and faces the potential for heightened instability, as a result of the...

US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital has been met with a wave of disapproval. Leaders from within the Muslim world and from the wider international community were swift to criticise the move, and warned of the potential for violence and...