The discussions are said to have taken place at Qasr Al Watan, the presidential palace.

Riyadh and Bangkok restored their diplomatic relation broken over jewel theft by a Thai-born janitor who stole $20 million worth of gems in 1989 from a Saudi palace.

This was the first such encounter between the Jewish state's current foreign minister and a Palestinian official. The Israeli foreign ministry declined to comment to AFP but did not deny that the meeting took place.

More than fifty years after establishing diplomatic ties, China and Iran accelerate implementation of the Iran-China 25-year cooperation program, which can pave the ground for expanding all-out ties. The Chinese and Iranian foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

The new law bans the import of all goods from the region unless companies offer verifiable proof that production did not involve forced labor.

France and Saudi Arabia have committed to "fully engage" to resolve a diplomatic row between the Gulf kingdom and Lebanon, visiting French President Emmanuel Macron said Saturday. 

The United States warned Saturday it was capable of deploying "overwhelming force" in the Middle East as it faced questions about its willingness to use its military power in the region.

Lebanon on Monday called for talks with Saudi Arabia to ease a spiraling diplomatic row sparked by remarks made by a Lebanese minister on the Yemen war. 

This is bad news for Lebanon, which had been counting on financial assistance from the Gulf to rescue its economy. Now, its ties have soured with four countries in the neighborhood because of comments made by its Information Minister George Kordahi.

The deal struck with Iran on Sunday over access to surveillance equipment at Iranian nuclear facilities allows space for diplomatic talks, according to IAEA director general Rafael Grossi. It soothes a sore point in deadlocked talks to resuscitate the 2015 deal to curb Iran's nuclear programme.

Experts say Israel and Jordan could be poised for an unprecedented boom in water cooperation

The two top diplomats discussed issues concerning the Middle East, and the developments in the international arena. The meeting was also attended by the Saudi ambassador to France.

An Iraqi tribe based in Nasiriyah has threatened shut down the French Consulate in the Southeastern city The al-Husseinat Tribe’s chief Caesar al-Ajil al-Husseinawi said the diplomatic mission had repeatedly insulted it An Iraqi tribe based in Nasiriyah has threatened shut down the French Consulate in the Southeastern city, said...