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Yemeni FM slams Iran, Houthi militia during UN General Assembly address
In just a few years, the Houthi militia group has destroyed the dreams of all Yemenis for freedom, Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed al-Hadrami said ... Gulf -
Cuba blasts US for its travel ban on Raul Castro
Cuba is blasting the Trump administration for its “baseness and rot” as it denounces the US decision to impose a travel ban to United ... World News -
Bahrain supports US efforts to counter Iran and its proxies: FM
Bahrain said Iran has been practicing terrorism for decades and that the Kingdom supports US efforts to counter Iran and its proxies in the region, ... Gulf -
Syria’s Foreign Minister says Turkey continues to support terrorists
Syria’s Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem said in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday that Turkey has ... Middle East -
UN Human Rights Council condemns Houthi abuses in Yemen
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution condemning the abuses committed by the Houthi militia in its widespread recruitment and ... Gulf -
Saudi FM says Kingdom holds Iran responsible for oil attacks
Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Assaf, speaking at the UN General Assembly, said the Kingdom holds Iran responsible for the recent ... Gulf -
‘Iran is moving in the wrong direction’ says UK minister for the UN
A panel of British legal experts including the UK’s minister for the UN condemned on Wednesday Iran’s human rights record at a meeting at the UN ... Middle East -
Iran’s Rouhani says he is open to discussing small changes to nuclear deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday he was open to discuss small changes, additions or amendments to a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and ... Middle East -
Trump heads to UN with long list of deals he’s yet to close
President Donald Trump, a self-described deal-maker, is saddled with a long list of unresolved foreign policy deals he has yet to close heading into ... World News -
Iran may not attend UN summit in New York: Reports
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his delegation may not be able to attend an annual UN meeting in New York because the US government has not ... Middle East -
Netanyahu cancels UN visit over post-poll ‘political context’: Officials
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cancelled his planned visit to the United Nations General Assembly due to the “political context ... Middle East -
N.Korea says it is willing to resume nuclear talks with US in late September
North Korea said on Monday it was willing to restart nuclear talks with the United States in late September, but warned that chances of a deal could ... World News -
Pompeo says US to rally support for Uighurs at UN
The United States will use this month’s UN General Assembly to rally support for the Uighurs, whose treatment by China is among “the worst ... World News -
Brazil president to skip Amazon summit on doctor’s orders
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will skip a regional summit on fires that have devastated swaths of the Amazon because doctors want him to get ... World News -
US fails to win UN condemnation of Hamas
A US-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required ... Middle East -
The need to resolve crises in the Middle East
In his speech addressed to the participants of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly last September, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh ... Middle East -
From Truman to Trump: The rise and fall of a paradigm
Because of their intense dislike of President Donald Trump, the mainstream media seem to have missed the potential importance of his recent address to ... Middle East -
Diplomatic Avenue: Interview with ICRC President Peter Maurer
Peter Maurer, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, talks to Al Arabiya’s New York Bureau Chief Talal al-Haj about ... Diplomatic Avenue -
Palestinian president Abbas accuses US of undermining two-state solution
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday accused Donald Trump’s administration of undermining efforts towards a two-state solution, a day ... Middle East -
Iran removes missile strike video threatening UAE, Saudi Arabia before UN speech
An Iranian media outlet close to the hardline Revolutionary Guard published a video on Tuesday threatening missile attacks on the capitals of Saudi ... Middle East -
Egypt’s Sisi urges peace talks restart at meeting with Israel’s Netanyahu
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for a resumption of Israel-Palestinian peace talks when he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... Middle East -
Trump: ‘No plans’ to meet Iran’s Rouhani ‘despite requests’
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had no plans to meet with Iranian leader Hassan Rouhani at the United Nations “despite requests” to ... World News -
Interview with UNGA President Espinosa ahead of 73rd General Assembly
World leaders have been heading this week to New York for the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. Al Arabiya News Channel’s UN Bureau Chief ... Diplomatic Avenue -
American victims want Palestinian leader barred from UN General Assembly
A group of American victims of Palestinian violence are asking President Donald Trump to bar Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas from entering the United ... Middle East -
Trump leaves door open to meeting Iran’s Rouhani at UN General Assembly
President Donald Trump left the door open Wednesday to meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly ... Middle East -
Iran aide doesn’t see ‘any reason’ for Trump-Rouhani talks
A semi-official Iranian news agency is quoting an aide to the country’s president as saying that he doesn’t see “any reason” ... Middle East -
Tillerson, Russia’s Lavrov to meet on Sunday: US State Dept.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will meet in New York on Sunday on the sidelines of the United Nations ... World News -
Civil society groups urge UN General Assembly action on Syria
More than 200 humanitarian and human rights groups called Thursday for the UN General Assembly to address Syria’s deadly conflict Middle East -
Pakistan denounces Indian UN speech as ‘litany of falsehoods’
Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since the end of British rule in 1947 Gulf -
Maspero: The real-life drama of an Egyptian TV channel
Someone messed up on the job at Egyptian state-run TV, and big heads began to roll Blogs