Iran's foreign minister on official visit to the UAE

The Iranian official will be in the UAE at the same time as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US Vice President Kamala Harris

Tensions rise between Lebanon's Shia and Christian parties as election results trickle out

A Hezbollah MP has warned the Lebanese Forces party against 'inciting a new civil war' after the LF threatened to form a government that excludes Shia parties

Yemen's first commercial flight in six years departs Sanaa airport

The re-opening of Sanaa airport was on due 24 April, but was prevented from operating by the Saudi-led coalition

Participation down as polls close across Lebanon

Citizens took to the polls for the first time since the start of what the World Bank describes as the world's worst economic crisis in 150 years

Saudi Arabia executes three men on charges of 'terrorism'

These killings come just two months after the kingdom carried out a mass execution of 81 detainees