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Saudi Arabia arrests 46 suspects over 2016 Medina attack 30 Apr 2017 - 04:51 pm
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Emirates chairman says demand 'holding' on U.S. routes not hit by cuts 25 Apr 2017 - 06:50 pm
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Dubai Mall briefly plunges into darkness by power outage 25 Apr 2017 - 08:08 am
A general view shows a power outage dark at the Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping centre in Dubai on April 24, 2017. AFP / Stringer
Saudi foundation pledges $50 million to eradicate measles 24 Apr 2017 - 08:06 am
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Egypt's Sisi visits Saudi Arabia as tensions ease 23 Apr 2017 - 05:44 pm
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace on April 23, 2017 shows Saudi King Salman receiving Egyptian President Sisi, upon the latter's arrival in the capital Riyadh. (AFP / Saudi Royal Palace / BANDAR AL-JALOUD)
Saudi Arabia restores civil service and military allowances 23 Apr 2017 - 12:03 pm
File Photo: Men look out of a building as the Kingdom Centre Tower is seen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 1, 2017. Reuters/Faisal Al Nasser/File Photo
Saudi King's air force pilot son named US envoy 23 Apr 2017 - 11:44 am
(FILES) This file handout picture released by the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on September 24, 2014 shows Saudi Arabian air force pilot, Prince Khaled bin Salman, as he sits in the cockpit of a fighter jet at an undisclosed location, after taking pa
Saudi Arabia malls to hire only nationals 21 Apr 2017 - 02:06 am
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Exiled cleric points to Iran’s widening influence in Bahrain 19 Apr 2017 - 08:01 pm
Murtada al-Sanadi, an exiled Bahraini Shi’ite cleric based in the Iranian holy city of Qom, speaks to Iranian media in Tehran, Iran, in this undated handout photo. Picture watermarked from source. Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
UAE: One dead, three injured in villa explosion 19 Apr 2017 - 02:40 pm
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Mattis in Riyadh to boost US-Saudi alliance 19 Apr 2017 - 09:47 am
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis (C-R) is greeted by Saudi Armed Forces Chief of Joint Staff General Abdul Rahman Al Banyan (C-L) upon his arrival at the Riyadh Air Base on April 18, 2017 at the start of a Middle East tour. / AFP / POOL / JONATHAN ERNS
UAE billionaire to fund most expensive Indian movie 18 Apr 2017 - 11:18 am
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Saudi Arabia blocks 68% of 900,000 violated internet links 18 Apr 2017 - 10:31 am
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‘Depressed’ Emirati drank petrol, set himself on fire and now fighting for life 12 Apr 2017 - 09:36 pm
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Countdown to Formula One Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 12 Apr 2017 - 09:33 am
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Saudi finance minister says no income taxes for Saudi citizens 09 Apr 2017 - 09:34 pm
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Saudi Arabia executes three Pakistanis for heroin smuggling 09 Apr 2017 - 04:49 pm
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New ID cards to GCC investors in Bahrain 03 Apr 2017 - 08:08 pm
Bahrainis walk near the shops at the old Manama market late on June 10, 2016 during Ramadan (AFP / Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

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A Palestinian woman cries as she embraces a loved one who was released from Israeli jail in the early hours of January 20, 2025. (Photo by Zain Jaafar / AFP) LIVE UPDATES: Joy as 90 Palestinians prisoners freed by Israel
Supporters and relatives of Israeli detainees Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher, watch a live television broadcast on their release on January 19, 2025.(Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) Hamas hands over three Israeli detainees to Red Cross in Gaza
Scores of displaced Palestinians walk along a road in the Saftawi area of Jabalia, as they leave areas near Gaza City where they had taken refuge, toward the further northern part of the Gaza Strip, shortly after a ceasefire deal was expected to be implemented. (Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP) UN races to feed one million Gazans after truce
US President Joe Biden speaks about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal in North Charleston, South Carolina, on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Sschmidt / AFP) Biden welcomes Gaza truce, says region 'fundamentally transformed'

Asia

A Seoul Regional Corrections inmate transport vehicle believed to be carrying the South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at Seoul Western District Court on Saturday. (Photo by Jintak Han/The Washington Post) South Korean president arrested, accused of leading insurrection
(Combo) This combination photograph created on December 23, 2024 shows a man wearing a protective face mask riding a motorcycle on a street in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province on January 26, 2020 (top) and cars on the same street on December 21, 2024. (Photo by Hector Retamal / AFP) Wuhan keen to shake off pandemic label five years on
File photo: A customer buys vegetables from a stall at a market in Karachi on July 3, 2023. (Photo by Asif HASSAN / AFP) Pakistan's trade deficit with neighboring countries rises by 43.22 pct
From L-R: Laos Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane, Myanmar's Permanent Secretary to ASEAN Aung Kyaw Moe, Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan, Thailand's Minister of Foreign Affairs Maris Sangiampongsa, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamad Hasan, Philippines's Secretary for Foreign Affairs Enrique A. Manalo, Brunei's Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Pehim Yusof, Cambodia's Secretery of State Kung Phoak, Indonesia's Minister for Foreign Affairs Sugiono, East Timor's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bendito Freitas, and ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn pose for a group photo during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' Retreat in Malaysia's Langkawi Island on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Azneal Ishak / POOL / AFP) ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritise ceasefire over elections

Europe

A fireman inspects damages caused by a fire at a retirement home, on the outskirts of Serbia's capital Belgrade on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Andrej Isakovic / AFP) Fire at Belgrade retirement home kills eight
People gather at the entrance of Ryogoku Kokugikan for the arrival of sumo wrestlers during the Grand Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Philip Fong / AFP) Sumo to stage event in Paris as part of global push
This photograph taken on May 15, 2024, shows then Croatian Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Josip Dabro (C) as he speaks with officials during a meeting in Zagreb. (Photo by DAMIR SENCAR / AFP) Croatian deputy PM quits over gun shooting video
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