An Egyptian court has ordered that a prominent human rights activist remain in custody pending trial on charges relating to a protest against the government's transfer of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a rights lawyer said on Saturday.

An independent human rights group has expressed deep concern over the fate of seven people, including two minors, who have been forcibly disappeared as the ruling Al Khalifah regime relentlessly continues with its crackdown on human rights activists and pro-democracy campaigners in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.

Egyptian authorities have allowed the opening of the Rafah crossing east of the country to the besieged Gaza Strip after nearly three months of closure.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has been fired as the leader of the ruling ZANU-PF party, less than a week after the military seized power in the African country, party sources say.

Israeli forces have killed 14 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of this year, according to a Palestinian statistics agency.

Israel is ready to share “intelligence information” on Iran with Saudi Arabia, the Israel army chief, Lieutenant General Gadi Eizenkot, said in an interview with the privately owned online Saudi newspaper Elaph.

Iran does not have a problem obtaining financing for its aircraft deals and the delivery of purchased aircraft is on track, its deputy transport minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan said on Saturday, according to state media.

Palestinian officials have threatened to cut all communications with the US, if the Trump administration continues with plans to shut down their diplomatic mission in Washington.

Only weeks after the world heard news of a revival in Iran’s ambitious plans to get a foothold in the global market of liquefied natural gas (LNG), speculations are now emerging that the country’s first consignments of the strategic fuel could flow to markets in 12 months’ time.

Thousands of protesters flooded Zimbabwe’s streets demanding Robert Mugabe’s resignation on Nov. 18 in a movement organised by independence war veterans and backed by ruling party barons and the army.

Turkey will "soon" share evidence that the United States has supplied the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)/ Democratic Union Party (PYD) with arms, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Nov. 17.

Israeli minister of military affairs has extended the hand of friendship to Arab countries, calling on them to form an alliance against Iran.

U.N. war crimes judges will on Nov. 22 hand down a historic verdict against former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic, blamed for steering Europe's worst atrocities since World War II.

Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil has cautioned Israel against waging a war on his country, citing Beirut’s confidence to secure victory in the battle.

The top U.S. nuclear commander said on Nov. 18 that he would resist President Donald Trump if he ordered an “illegal” launch of nuclear weapons.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Turkey to hold a trilateral meeting with his Russian and Turkish counterparts over the conflict in Syria.

Iranians are commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of the eighth Shia Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Reza (Peace be upon Him).

Lebanon's foreign minister will not attend an extraordinary Arab League meeting on Sunday called by Saudi Arabia to discuss "violations" committed by Iran, a ministry source told AFP.

Former UK foreign secretary Jack Straw has warned that Saudi Arabia poses a "threat" to stability in Lebanon unless calmer heads prevail in the kingdom.