The Latest Breaking News from Arab League

A surprise deal reached one year ago to mend ties with Iran has paid dividends for Saudi Arabia, largely shielding it from the Israel-Hamas war and related unrest, analysts say.

Arab and Muslim leaders rejected Israel’s "self-defence" claims in Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire at a joint summit in Riyadh. But they declined to approve punitive economic and political steps against the country over its war against Hamas.

Arab leaders and Iran's president gathered in the Saudi capital Saturday for a summit meeting expected to underscore demands that fighting in Gaza end before the Israel-Hamas war draws in other countries.

Deputy PM Oliver Dowden, Sarah Snook, Piers Morgan and more will appear on BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg today.

Palestinian authorities say at least 500 people were killed in an Israeli raid on a hospital in central Gaza.

Emergency meeting of Arab League calls for ‘serious negotiations between the PLO and Israel’

The European Union, one of the biggest donors to the Palestinian people, has suspended all development funding after Hamas militants broke out of the Gaza Strip and launched a series of attacks on Israel. Meanwhile, an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers is to be held on Tuesday.

It's the first known visit to the country by American lawmakers in six years. GOP Reps. French Hill, Ben Cline and Scott Fitzgerald urged the Biden administration to maintain pressure on Bashar Assad.

Some 40 countries will attend a meeting in Jeddah to discuss a set of common principles to end the war in Ukraine.

Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister, who was the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation

In a significant outreach, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan will visit Syria from July 12 to 13, the Ministry of External Affairs said in an announcement. During the visit, MoS Muraleedharan is likely to meet the Syrian leadership in the capital Damascus for wide-ranging discussions.