MINUSCA mission said the Egyptian police contingent was unarmed and traveling in a bus marked UN at the time of the "deliberate and unspeakable attack".

Iran's foreign minister has tested positive for Covid, local media reported, at a key moment in diplomatic efforts to revive a nuclear agreement with major powers.

Israel has said the objectives of the 1956 Gaza invasion included ensuring free passage through the Straits of Tiran.

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. 

The accord between Iran and six world powers to find a long-term solution to the crisis over its nuclear program has been moribund since former US president Donald Trump walked out in May 2018.

Erdogan's decision follows a crunch meeting in Rome on Sunday with US President Joe Biden, which the Turkish leader had expected to take place on the sidelines of the COP26 event. The two leaders agreed to try to move past a range of disputes.

In a statement issued Monday, the Arab Parliament expressed its rejection of the statements of the Lebanese Minister of Information who had criticized Saudi role.

The developments, sparked by Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi's remarks on the Yemen war, have dealt a fresh blow to crisis-hit Lebanon, where a fragile government is struggling to secure international aid, including from wealthy Arab countries.

The move came a day after recalling its diplomats from Beirut over a Lebanese minister George Kordahi's remarks that Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen were "defending themselves... against an external aggression", sparking a diplomatic row.

Meeting in person for the first time in two years, G20 leaders had climate change, the Covid pandemic, a tax deal and global economy worries on agenda.

The attack, the first to target the Green Zone since July 29, comes as authorities conduct a recount of votes cast in an Oct.10 parliamentary poll.

An Iranian general has said Israel and the United States were likely to have been behind a cyber attack that interrupted the distribution of fuel at service stations. In July, Iran's transportation ministry said a "cyber disruption" had affected its computer systems and website.

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum met Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly at Expo 2020 Dubai.

Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first public appearance since taking control of the group in 2016.  

Cyberattacks by Iranian spies have become more sophisticated and have intensified against Arab countries, say industry experts.

A hacking group known as Black Shadow claimed responsibility for the attack.

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.

Kuwait has recalled its ambassador from Beirut and has given the Lebanese envoy 48 hours to leave the emirate, the foreign ministry said Saturday, quoted by state news agency KUNA.

Leaders of the world's most advanced nations are hoping to hammer out a way forward on climate change and vaccine equality.

The Arab League has expressed strong disappointment at a decline in relations between Lebanon and Gulf states, after an adverse comment by a Lebanese minister about the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.

Sudanese anti-coup protesters plan to flood the streets Saturday to demonstrate against a military takeover that has derailed the country's transition to civilian rule and triggered a deadly crackdown.

This was agreed upon during a session of talks held in Athens on Friday between the GCC Secretary General and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nikos Dendias.

The decision closely mirrored that of Saudi Arabia, which too ordered the Lebanese ambassador to its country to return home.

Saudi Arabia ordered the "recall of the ambassador in Lebanon for consultations, and the departure of Lebanon's ambassador to the kingdom within 48 hours", over the "insulting" remarks made this week by Lebanon's information minister, the foreign ministry said.

Among 4,300 fuel stations across the country, at present 1,450 are connected to the central fuel distribution system that provides subsidized fuel to motorists. A further 2,350 stations were delivering unsubsidized fuel.  

Russia, the Republic of Korea, Italy and Ukraine are other four countries that have submitted bids for the event in their respective cities.

The process of supplying Lebanon with electricity is expected to begin in early 2022.

Women were able to watch a game at the 80,000-seat Azadi stadium in October 2019, when Iran thrashed Cambodia 14-0.

Saudi capital Riyadh has been ranked as the third smartest capital among the G20 member states and the 30th smartest city at the global level. Riyadh made qualitative progress on the IMD Smart Cities Index for 2021, issued by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), as it jumped 23...

Frances Haugen, the former Facebook engineer who leaked a trove of internal documents to international media, is due to speak on the opening night.

Kuwait has also urged other members to follow suit so that the UN can do its tasks properly.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus bluntly told the G20 they could no longer leave poorer countries hanging in the pandemic.

US defense officials met in Ankara Wednesday with Turkish counterparts to resolve remaining issues from the F-35 program, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke Thursday with Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, saying in a statement that the Pentagon recognized "Turkey's military modernization needs."

Climate adaptation means adjusting to the current effects of climate change and preparing for its predicted impacts in the future.

Diab had filed a lawsuit against judge Tarek Bitar, who has been thwarted at every turn in his probe of the August 4, 2020 explosion that killed more than 200 people and disfigured parts of the capital.

Seven protesters have been killed in Sudan since a military coup four days ago, a health official said Thursday, adding that other bodies had since arrived without giving an exact number.

Iran held six rounds of indirect negotiations in Vienna with President Joe Biden's administration on returning to the 2015 deal.

The meeting would be the two leaders' second since Biden was elected president.

The authority, known as HAICA, seized the channel’s broadcast equipment and said in a statement that Nessma TV was broadcasting without a licence. “Despite multiple letters and meetings, the channel continued its activities illegally,” the media authority said.

Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi had said the Iran-backed Huthi rebels are "defending themselves... against an external aggression" and "homes, villages, funerals and weddings were being bombed" by the coalition.

Eight oil storage tanks and five other tanks for oil and chemical products were damaged and were leaking, while the transformer of the power supply system was also knocked out.

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said new processes enabling capture and reuse of carbon were key to the kingdom achieving net zero.

Taking a strong stance against the military coup in Sudan, Saudi Arabia and the US have condemned the overthrow of the government, and called for the immediate restoration of Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government.

The money is coming in through the SFD, a Saudi government agency that usually finances social and infrastructure projects in developing countries.

On a visit to Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Turkey set out conditions if Baku wanted better ties with Ankara.

The reaction comes after four years under Donald Trump in which the United States offered a green light to Israel's activity on occupied Palestinian land, with his secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, touring a settlement at the end of his tenure.

Israel's designation of six leading Palestinian civil society groups as outlawed "terrorist organizations" is an unjustified attack, the UN human rights chief said Tuesday.

The drop in the water levels of the Sirwan river, which begins in Iran and flows through the Darbandikhan dam and the Diyala to join the Tigris, has been attributed both to low levels of precipitation and the building of more dams in Iran which retain water.

Facebook executives say the profits could have been even more if not for Apple updating its iPhone operating system to thwart advertisers targeting users without permission.

The country has been the target of protests by several football teams over its treatment of foreign workers. Its motorsports chief says Qatar has been open to criticism.