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Saudi Arabia announced to recall its ambassador in Egypt and close its embassy in Cairo and consulates in the Egyptian cities of Alexandria and Suez.
Major General Robert Mood of Norway will set foot in Syria to lead a UN cease-fire observer mission.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Saturday that Yisrael Beitenu party is no longer obligated to the coalition.
The United Nations nuclear watchdog confirmed on Saturday it will resume talks with Iran in mid-May, more than two months after the last meeting over concerns about Iran's atomic activities ended in failure.
The UN anticipates that 30 of up to 300 members of the UN ceasefire monitoring team for Syria will be on the ground by April 30.
Pakistan deported the family of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to Saudi Arabia on Friday, their lawyer and a diplomat said.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Arab League (AL) urged Thursday the Syrian government to fulfill its ceasefire commitment.
King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday named Fayez Tarawneh as the new prime minister, shortly after the resignation of former Prime Minister Awn Khasawneh.
A spokesman of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) said Thursday that it will support and cooperate with interim Prime Minister Abdel Rahim el-Keeb's government.
At least 16 people were killed and 12 others wounded in the blast of an explosive device in Syria's central province of Hama, SANA news agency reported.
New UN observers from China, Indonesia and Ghana arrive at a hotel in Damascus April 25, 2012, to join the UN Supervision Mission in Syria.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced support on Tuesday for the first time for Palestinians to establish a contiguous state, saying their future country should not look like "Swiss cheese".
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