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Sudan has faced a severe economic crisis, worsened by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Biden administration said it will review last year's deal with the Taliban amid suring violence in Afghanistan.
Jordan's King Abdullah gets Covid-19 jab
Jordan's King Abdullah and some of his family members have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus
Oman sultan names heir among major constitutional changes
Oman Sultan Haithem has named his son as her heir, among a long list of changes to the constitution.
Malaysia declares virus emergency, sparking anger
Critics of Malaysia's government have accused authorities of attempting to use the coronavirus pandemic to cling to power, after the king ...
Oman's sultan, Bahraini king to skip GCC summit
Oman's Deputy Prime Minister Fahd bin Mahmoud Al-Said and Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa will represent their countries at the GCC Summit in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.
'All Gulf leaders' to attend GCC summit in Saudi
A statement by the Gulf Cooperation Council confirmed that all leaders of member states will attend the annual summit in Saudi Arabia's ...
Qatar emir invited to Gulf summit amid diplomatic row
The GCC has invited Qatar's emir in an effort to smooth relations between Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Kingdom.
Detained Saudi rights advocate launches hunger strike
Muhammad al-Qahtani, the co-founder of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) organisation, launched a hunger strike in ...
Next round of Afghan peace talks scheduled in Doha
New peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government is scheduled to take plate in Doha next month, an official said on Sunday.
In town brutalised by IS, Iraq tests its power
The Iraqi government is attempting to restore control over Sinjar, the Yazidi homeland previously controlled by a web of paramilitary ...
France to probe family of late Yemen president Saleh
Assets of both Saleh and son were frozen by the UN Security Council and the US Treasury Department in 2015.
Kurdish ex-MP sentenced to 22 years in jail
Leyla Guven, 56, was given a 22 year sentence on charges of joining "a terror group" and "disseminating terror propaganda".
UAE says visa ban 'temporary coronavirus measure'
The UAE Foreign Minister told his Pakistani counterpart that the travel visa suspensions were 'temporary'.
Obama's memoir and the Arab Spring
Barack Obama's recollection of his early White House years reopens the debate about the former US president's controversial Middle East policy.
A decade of upheaval, lost hopes after Arab Spring
From a time after 2011, the surge towards the dreams of the Arab Spring seemed irreversible. Now they are further than ever.
Democrats urge Georgia's Muslims to vote in Senate runoff
Democrats are trying to persuade Muslims in Georgia to register to vote and secure them a victory in the senate runoff.
Afghan officials: Bomb, shooting attack in Kabul kill 3
Kabul's deputy provincial governor Mahbobullah Mohibi and his secretary died in a car bombing, while in a separate attack gunmen shot and killed ...
Jordan announces 'promising' natural gas find
Jordanian officials have long pinned their hopes on finding major gas reserves at the field, which is located along the kingdom's eastern border ...
Video evidence shows Egyptian agents monitored Regeni for weeks
Italian prosecutors have confirmed that slain student Guilio Regeni was monitored by Egyptian security agents for more than a month before his ...
Germany takes in senior member of Syria's 'White Helmets'
Leading member of the White Helmets Khaled al-Saleh, his wife and two children left Jordan aboard a German government plane that landed in the ...
Georgia's Muslims mobilise the vote in Senate race battle
In-depth: Georgia's Muslim community is spearheading a grassroots campaign to get voters to the polls ahead of two runoff races which could ...
Saudi foreign minister meets Sudanese leaders in Khartoum
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan met with senior Sudanese leader in Khartoum on Tuesday.
Jordan, Israel diplomats in rare meeting on Palestinian issue
The rare meeting came days after Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas visited Jordan.
President Abbas and King Abdullah met in the Jordanian resort town of Aqaba.
The UN and Qatar have finalised an agreement to open a counter-terrorism office in Doha.
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