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Israeli police have arrested an East Jerusalem resident on charge of alleged contact with Hamas' political chief Khaled Mashaal, Israel's Channel 2 reported yesterday. According to the police spokesperson Luba Al-Samri,...

Two major Arabian Gulf states have today lauded the UN General Assembly's decision to set up an investigative team to probe war crimes allegations in Syria. Saudi Arabia and...

The Egyptian campaign against Saudi Arabia has reached new heights when a newspaper loyal to coup President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi described the Saudi monarch, King Salman Bin Abdelaziz, as...

The government of Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi put on quite a diplomatic performance when it accused Qatar of being responsible for the terrorist attack against St Peter's Church in Cairo....

Retired Saudi General Anwar Eshki has denied that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) was angry with Egypt over its accusations against Qatar of planning the bombing attack against the...

Qatar and Liechtenstein put forward a draft resolution to the UN General Assembly to punish all parties that have committed war crimes in Syria. Al Jazeera reported that the...

Military officers and counterterrorism forces from Saudi Arabia, Israel, Qatar and Jordan are in east Aleppo and are preparing to leave with the gunmen, Syria's permanent Representative to the...

Official Egyptian media sources said that Mahmoud Shafik Mohamed Mostafa, a 22-year-old suicide bomber who was allegedly declared by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to had been responsible for the...

Iranian media today accused Qatar of declaring war against Tehran by allowing the United States to deploy a sophisticated radar over its territories capable of deactivating or limiting the...

Daesh claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a suicide bombing at Cairo's main Coptic cathedral on Sunday that killed at least 25 people. The militant group said in a statement...

If confirmed, Rex Tillerson – the ex-oil executive, who is Donald Trump's tip for Secretary of State – would face a messy, complex world as the chief US diplomat....

The executive director of the Qatari sovereign wealth investment fund, Abdullah bin Mohamed Al Thani, revealed that firms connected to the fund had invested $33 billion in the United...

Ankara and Doha have launched a joint aid campaign for Syrian refugees in Turkey yesterday. Aid organisations the Turkish Red Crescent and the Qatar Charity, a Doha-based NGO, inked...

Qatar defended its labour law reforms yesterday after coming under attack from a human rights group that said the changes will not end the abuse and exploitation faced by...

When I think of Qatar or Qatari culture, my thoughts tend to sway towards the Gulf region as opposed to Qatar itself. I haven't been able to distinguish the...

The chief executive of Qatar Petroleum said yesterday that the country is merging state-owned liquefied natural gas producers Qatargas and RasGas in its latest attempt to lower energy prices....

Qatar's Investment Authority (QIA) and Swiss Commodity trading Glencore have agreed to acquire 19.5 per cent of Russia's largest oil-producer, Rosnet. The deal is worth €10.2 billion ($11.3 billion),...

Gulf Arab states that have funded and armed the opposition fighting against Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad are not yet ready to give up on aiding the insurgency, even as...

The Gulf States have decided to carry out "Gulf-Security 2 and 3" drills in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council announced...

The security of the Gulf is crucial and essential to Britain's security, Prime Minister Theresa May insisted yesterday in her speech at the 37th Gulf Co-operation Council Summit in...

Closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states is held at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama

King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets with King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (not seen) at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama,

Leaders and heads of delegations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries started the 37th session of the GCC Supreme Council in the Bahraini capital Manama yesterday. Against the backdrop...

Gulf Cooperation Council member states attend the 37th Leaders Summit at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain

King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz meets Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Prime Minister Theresa May will travel to Bahrain this week for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council that she hopes will cement stronger ties with Middle Eastern countries...

Over 3,500 undocumented workers have left Qatar under the amnesty scheme set up by the government. In September, the Ministry of Interior announced that it would give a grace...

Tunisia and the UK have yesterday signed an agreement to fund the building of two multidisciplinary hospitals in the Tunisian cities of Gabes and Beja. The agreement was signed...

Oil prices increased to its highest in months after the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) agreed to curb production for the first time since 2008. In a...

The International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) has released a report highlighting the human cost of landmines last year. The ICBL-CMC is a global network of various...

Qatar will offer $1.25 billion to Tunisia to help revive the country's economy, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani told a conference in Tunis on Tuesday. "I am pleased...

Syria's Foreign Ministry on Monday denounced comments by Qatar that it will continue to back rebels against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as merely an attempt "to raise the morale...