Diplomacy

UN peacekeeping crisis: Funding, personnel at 25-year low, report warns

The Trump administration has been withholding payments to the United Nations in a bid to push for reforms

International law

Former ICC prosecutor says Mossad chief pressured her to stop investigating Israel war crimes

Mali’s new turmoil tests Algerian bid to reclaim mediator role in the Sahel

France bans Ben Gvir after flotilla activists abuse video

Israel's genocide in Gaza

Palestinian UN ambassador withdraws General Assembly vice presidency bid after US pressure

Egypt pressing Al-Azhar 'to back UAE' against Iran, sources say

UAE paid $6m to bury damaging report on US ambassador Otaiba

India and UAE sign defence and energy deals during Modi's state visit

Trump says Beijing opposes Iranian toll in Hormuz, as Chinese vessels exit waterway

Inside Saudi Arabia

Saudi fighter pilots bombed UK weapons ranges during RAF training

US and France disagree on approach to Hezbollah, American official says

UAE-Israel deal: Secretive 1960s Israel-Iran built pipeline could open new oil route, says report

Netanyahu secretly agreed to F-35 sale to UAE before opposing it: Report

'They are lying': Turkey blasts Greece for rejecting Nato talks on defusing tensions

US to cut $100m in aid to Ethiopia amid deadlock in Renaissance Dam talks

Turkey rejects Austria's 'baseless' spying allegations

Ethiopia seeks 'clarification' from US on aid cuts over Nile Dam construction

Beirut explosion

'Like a touristic trip': Lebanese unconvinced by Macron's Beirut encore

Macron meets Lebanon's political elite as country marks centenary

Israel normalisation deals

Pompeo ends Mideast tour without a single state agreeing to normalisation

UK lifts ban on evidence-sharing with US in Islamic State 'Beatles' case