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Mohammed bin Salman continues kingdom’s traditional practice of chequebook diplomacy
Saudi imposition of visa scheme and limit on attendance reducing numbers from abroad able to make pilgrimage to Mecca
Psychosocial wellbeing of children falls to ‘alarming levels’ due to Israel’s blockade and repeated military operations, report finds
Israel-Palestine settlement must adhere to ‘two-state solution’, says Cypriot president
Iran censured by IAEA for failing to explain uranium particles at three undeclared sites
Moscow seeking to convince Turkish president to drop his plan to drive Kurdish forces from 30km-wide border zone in Syria
Tel Aviv to dispatch warships and a naval version of its Iron Dome missile defence system to protect drill ship which has entered an offshore oil and gas field partly claimed by Lebanon
The UN estimates that as of the end of last year, 377,000 Yemenis have died due to the war
Former defence minister Elias Bou Saab is chosen as deputy speaker by 65 votes in second round of voting for the post
Commanders boarded ships at Iraqi port on Friday in retaliation over move against Iranian vessel
Beirut Letter: NGOs and ‘bubbles’ supply shelter, food and medical care to needy
More than 350 Irish troops are deployed with Polish, Hungarian and Maltese contingents at a camp at al-Tir near Bint Jbeil
Hizbullah’s partners shed seats in election with ruling coalition set to lose majority
Few believe election will end rule of political elite accused of destroying nation
Official Enrique Mora arrives in Tehran for discussions in ‘new step forward’