Taliban officials said yesterday that the movement will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month and wants them moved to Qatar.

Israeli Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel, accompanied by dozens of settlers, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem this morning.

Women in Saudi Arabia will be notified by text message if they are divorced under a new law designed to protect them from having their marriage ended without their knowledge, the government said on Sunday, Reuters reports.

Palestinian Christians living in occupied Jerusalem are fighting back against Israeli attempts to take away their land. Their struggle to remain in the historic city was raised by Christian Today in a report today where the non-denominational Christian news agency said that “Christians in Jerusalem are warning of another attempt by Israeli parliamentarians ...

A loan facility from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will help cash-starved Pakistan bridge its deficit and shore up foreign reserves, Pakistan’s chief government spokesman said today.

Human trafficking is becoming more “horrific” in conflict zones, where armed groups keep women as sex slaves and use child soldiers to spread fear, the United Nations said today, warning of widespread impunity.

The prospective American peace deal, dubbed as the “deal of the century”, is to include that $250 billion be paid by Arab states in compensation for Jewish property left behind after the creation of Israel, Al-Wattan Voice said yesterday.

The Palestinian Authority (PA) announced yesterday that it will take more punitive measures against the Gaza Strip.

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has refused a request by Kenya’s national air carrier to fly over Sudan’s airspace on a direct route from Nairobi to the Israeli capital city of Tel Aviv, The Jerusalem Post reports yesterday.

Israeli occupation forces once again used force to disperse unarmed Palestinian protesters in the besieged Gaza Strip today injuring dozens.

Iraq has announced it will reduce its oil production by three per cent, in line with OPEC’s decision to limit output.

The UN Human Rights Office said yesterday it could not assess the fairness of Saudi Arabia’s trial for the murderers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US has developed relations between Israel and Arab countries, against the threat of Iran.

Despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement that he will withdraw US troops from Syria, American strikes in the east of the country have increased.

Israeli soldier shot live ammunition and tear-gas bombs at Palestinian students who were leaving their school in the northern occupied West Bank village of Tell in Nablus yesterday.

Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was advised to begin normalising relations with Israel in order to ensure stability in his country, Haaretz reported him saying yesterday.

A source familiar with consultations to form a Lebanese government said recent talks “did not result” in finding a solution to the government formation crisis.

Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has denied claims by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel-bound planes are allowed to use the Sudanese airspace.

Beijing says it has lodged “stern representations” with Washington after an American navy warship sailed near the disputed islands in the South China Sea, prompting the Chinese military to scramble warplanes and vessels to warn it off.

The United States has agreed $195 million deal to boost Saudi missile system denying global denunciation with Riyadh murder of dissent Saudi journalist.