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Sudan

A 2019 file photo shows Sudanese Gen. Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council. (REUTERS)

Sudan scraps planned visit to Israel

Iran

EU senior official Enrique Mora and Iranian Deputy at Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi at the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, April 17, 2021. (REUTERS)

Vienna talks resume amid tensions as Iran names suspect in Natanz attack

Hezbollah

A grocery market with signs including a tribute to Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut suburbs, April 16, 2021. REUTERS

Stockpiling fuel from Iran, Lebanese Hezbollah braces for state collapse

Middle East

Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, Greece and Israel, and Adviser to the President of the United Arab Emirates Anwar Gargash hold a press conference in Cyprus, April 16, 2021. (AFP)

Cyprus meeting of UAE, Israel, Greece showcases ‘new narrative’

Libya

UN envoy to Libya Jan Kubis hold a news conference following a meeting on the political process in Libya in Berlin, Germany, March 18, 2021.( AFP)

UN votes to deploy cease-fire monitors in Libya

Iran

A file picture shows the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Ali-Akbar Salehi meeting with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi, in Tehran. (AP)

Iran starts enriching uranium to 60%, Biden calls it ‘unhelpful’

Yemen

An oil tanker docks at the port of Hodeidah, Yemen. (REUTERS)

Yemen government approves more ships to dock at Hodeidah port

Houthis

A Yemeni girl stands at the Jaw al-Naseem camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the northern city of Marib. (AFP)

UN insists on peace plan for Yemen as catastrophe unfolds in Marib

Afghanistan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, in Kabul, April 15, 2021. (AFP)

Blinken reassures Afghans over US withdrawal, Taliban vows ‘pure Islamic system’