Cuba says there's been no fundamental change in the application of the US blockade despite restoration of ties between the two countries.

The US Congress passes a bill that would allow families of September 11 victims to sue the Saudi government for the attacks. The White House says it will kill the bill.

A senior UN official says only small portions of aid have been delivered to Syrians in the past 2 months, calling for a 48-hour weekly humanitarian pause in the conflict zone.

Iranian pilgrims are absent from the annual Hajj pilgrimage after Saudi Arabia failed to guarantee their safety following last year’s stampede.

Reports say the top military commander of the terrorist Jabhat Fateh al-Sham group fighting in Syria has been killed in an airstrike.

Government forces in Syria recapture a strategically important district on the southern outskirts of the city of Aleppo.

US Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, pledges to considerably expand the US military budget and capabilities if elected president.

The Syrian Army regains more territory north of Hama after battling terrorists in the area.

Russia says Turkey's incursion in Syria could further complicate the military and political situation in the Arab country.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, in a meeting with the families of those killed in last years’ Mina tragedy in Saudi Arabia, says silence towards the tragedy is a scourge for the Muslim world.