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EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini arrived for a one-day visit to discuss implementation of an agreement for Iran to curtail its nuclear program in return for lifting sanctions against the country, state TV reported. And it’s what keeps the Saudi leadership up at...

While far from ideal, this bipartisan legislation gave Congress a vital say in whether this Iran deal goes forward.

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Kuwait on Sunday on a regional tour that also includes Qatar and Iraq, urged Iran’s Gulf Arab neighbours to cooperate against the common threat of “terrorism, extremism and sectarianism”.

The Iranian minister, for his part, said that Iran has always emphasized the dialogue and cooperation as well as expansion of friendly ties among neighboring states, adding that the issue was top on the agenda of Iran’s foreign policy.

After private meetings in Jeddah on the Red Sea coast, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter told reporters that Salman and his defense minister “reiterated their support” for the deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program while expressing reservations about its enforcement.

Saudi Arabia said it has arrested 431 suspected Islamic State terrorists and thwarted six suicide attacks by militants.

ISLAMABAD: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia hosted Iftar/dinner in the honour of visiting Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Safa Palace, Makkah, on Sunday evening.

He was 75.

Born in the mountainous region of Taif, Saud al-Faisal in 1964 earned a degree in economics from Princeton University (USA).

Yemeni tribal sources said on Saturday that almost two dozen people, mostly civilians, lost their lives after Saudi warplanes bombed a munitions factory in the Saqayn region of the northwestern province of Sa’ada. If confirmed, the attack would be the farthest into Saudi...

The news agency also said Houthi forces launched rockets against a number of Saudi army positions, including a military airport in the southern city of Najran, in response to what it described as Saudi aggression against Yemen.

The Houthi-run agency said 42 people in all had died in Saudi-led strikes across the country Monday.

Yemen was previously the preserve of IS’s jihadist rival Al-Qaeda, which controls swathes of the south and east, but since March the group has claimed a string of high-profile attacks.

A Saudi-led Arab coalition has been bombarding Houthis and allied military models since March 26 in a marketing campaign to revive Saleh’s successor as president, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, to energy.