The kingdom has repeatedly said it would stick to the decades-old Arab League position of not establishing official ties with Israel until the conflict with the Palestinians is resolved.

This month, the Israeli military said it had intercepted a total of four unarmed drones headed for an offshore gas rig.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a one-day-visit to the United Arab Emirates to offer his condolences on the passing away of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, former UAE president and Abu Dhabi ruler.

That policy was having a "suffocating effect" on civil society, said Mary Lawlor, the UN Special Rapporteur for rights defenders.

Israel's army has said it has not yet concluded whether one of its soldiers will face criminal charges over Abu Akleh's killing.

US president will meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during summit in Jeddah, says senior official

The UAE was the first Gulf country to normalise ties with Israel and only the third Arab nation to do so after Egypt and Jordan.

Homosexuality is punishable by law in a number of majority Muslim countries, including Kuwait.

Isareli media channel Haaretz reported that a 15-member delegation of Pakistani expatriates visited Israel. The delegation included American-Pakistanis, British-Pakistani and a Pakistani journalist.

A legal team has been hired to file a case against the killing of its journalist and bombing of its Gaza office by the Israeli forces

“In the event of the continuation of the Israeli aggression against the Iranian presence in the region,” Iran may “attack Israel directly,” Nasrallah said during a video address at an event in Beirut.

A statement by the US Naval Forces Central Command, or NAVCENT, said the task force would rely on regional and coalition partnerships. This in fact signifies the increased US involvement in the middle east as opposed to the notion that the US is leaving the region.