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Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, left, speaks alongside Somaliland's President Abdirahman Abdullahi Mohamed during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Hargeisa, the capital of the breakaway East African region, on January 6, 2026. (Somaliland Presidential Office via AFP)
January 14, 2026, 10:30 am
Israel’s recognition of Somaliland brings danger and opportunity to a rough region
‘It is a mutually beneficial friendship,’ says breakaway region’s FM, though al-Shabab threats, Houthi risks and Middle East power games make the new ties with Jerusalem precarious
By SAM METZ and Omar Faruk
This handout picture provided by the Palestinian Authority's press office shows Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (L) received by Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani upon arrival in Doha on September 14, 2025, ahead of an Arab-Islamic emergency summit. (Thaer GHANAIM / PPO / AFP)
September 14, 2025, 8:49 pm
Qatari PM says Israel must be ‘punished’ for strike, vows to continue ceasefire efforts
Draft resolution ahead of Monday’s Doha summit, which falls on 5th anniversary of Abraham Accords, reportedly says Israeli actions threaten both ‘current agreements and future ones’
By Lazar Berman, Agencies and ToI Staff
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gives a press statement on the support of Ukraine, at the Foreign Office in Berlin on March 1, 2025 (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)
March 8, 2025, 6:50 pm
France, Germany, Italy and UK give support to Arab-backed plan for rebuilding Gaza
Foreign ministers say proposal rejected by US and Israel and that does not significantly address Hamas ‘shows a realistic path to the reconstruction of Gaza’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Participants attend the International Alliance to Implement the Two-State Solution meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2024. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
November 10, 2024, 4:04 pm
Arab, Muslim leaders touch down in Riyadh for talks on war in Gaza and Lebanon
Saudi-state media says gathering of Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation heads to focus on Israeli ‘aggression’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the presidential palace in Ankara, Turkey, on September 4, 2024. (AP/ Francisco Seco)
September 9, 2024, 11:10 pm
Erdogan demands Muslim leaders convene summit over Temple Mount ‘expansionism’
Turkish president also says he will appeal to The Hague over killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi at a protest in the West Bank last week
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A woman walks past a huge billboard depicting Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) and slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh at Tehran's Valiasr square on August 8, 2024. (AFP)
August 8, 2024, 5:49 pm
Killing of Hamas boss Haniyeh will ‘cost Israel gravely,’ Iran warns
Acting foreign minister praises choice of Sinwar as successor, claims wide consensus of Islamic countries supports Tehran’s right to retaliate for slaying of terror leader
By AFP and ToI Staff
(R to L) Deputy Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia Waleed Al-Khuraiji and Azerbaijan Yalchin Rafiyev, Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour and Jordanian Foreign Minster Ayman Safadi, attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting in Jeddah on August 7, 2024. (Amer HILABI / AFP)
August 7, 2024, 10:15 pm
Saudi Arabia calls Haniyeh killing a ‘blatant violation’ of Iran’s sovereignty
Comment by deputy FM during extraordinary meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation is first reaction by Iran’s regional rival to assassination in Tehran
By Agencies and ToI Staff
From left to right: Syria's President Bashar Assad, Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi as they follow Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Front R) and Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi (Back R) during an emergency summit of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Riyadh, November 11, 2023. (Handout / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
November 11, 2023, 6:04 pm
Muslim leaders blast Israeli ‘crimes’; Iran: Solution is Palestine from river to sea
But outcome of summit also highlights regional divisions over response to war, with some nations vetoing a far harsher stance including a call to sever all Israel ties
By ToI Staff and AFP
Iran's President Raisi arrives in Riyadh for a summit on Gaza, November 11, 2023. (Screen grab Al Ekhbaria/AFP used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 11, 2023, 12:54 pm
Wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, Iran’s Raisi arrives in Saudi Arabia for Gaza summit
Iranian president blames US for ‘expanding the scope of the war’ in comments ahead of his first trip to Riyadh since countries restored ties
By AFP and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by Iran's presidency on October 28, 2023, shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during an interview with the Qatari state-owned television network Al-Jazeera, in Tehran. (Handout/ Iranian Presidency/ AFP)
November 6, 2023, 9:42 pm
Iranian president expected to attend summit in Saudi Arabia on Israel-Hamas war
Source says Ebrahaim Raisi, whose country is a key backer of the Gaza-ruling terror group, will visit Jeddah for next weekend’s meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
By AFP and ToI Staff
Iraqis raise copies of the Quran, Muslims' holy book, during a protest in Baghdad, Iraq, July 22, 2023. (Hadi Mizban/AP)
July 24, 2023, 7:52 am
International Islamic group suspends Sweden’s special envoy over Quran desecrations
57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation accuses Swedish authorities of enabling ‘repeated abuse of the sanctity of the Holy Quran and Islamic symbols’
By AP
Salwan Momika holds up a Quran before setting some pages on fire in a protest outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP)
July 2, 2023, 8:07 pm
Swedish government condemns ‘Islamophobic’ Quran burning outside Stockholm mosque
Foreign ministry says incident last week by an Iraqi citizen ‘in no way reflects the views of the Swedish government,’ but defends ‘constitutionally protected right’ of expression
By AFP
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Waleed Al-Khuraiji, right, meets with Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 (SANA via AP)
April 12, 2023, 8:00 pm
Saudi Arabia hosts Iranian, Syrian officials as Middle East ties thaw
Syrian FM in country for first time since 2011; Israel looks on in alarm as Riyadh warms relations with Jewish state’s enemies
By AFP and ToI Staff
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks at the start of a two-day gathering of the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation, at the Parliament House in Islamabad, Pakistan, March 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
March 22, 2022, 3:17 pm
Islamic nations urged by Pakistan to mediate in Ukraine war
War ‘could have great consequences for the world,’ Pakistani PM says at Islamic Cooperation conference, citing prices of oil, gas and wheat; China’s FM attends for first time
By Munir Ahmed
Illustrative: Then-director general of International Peace and Security Department at Iran's Foreign Ministry, Reza Najafi, center, talks to a Saudi protocol official during a group picture of leaders attending Islamic Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, June 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
January 17, 2022, 7:47 pm
After years, Iran diplomats return to Saudi Arabia to take up posts in Islamic forum
Arrival of Iranian delegation to Organization of Islamic Cooperation marks first such diplomatic move between Tehran, Riyadh since ties cut in 2016
By AFP
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