Britain suspended a foreign aid scheme to fund policing in rebel-held areas of Syria worth millions on Monday, following allegations the money had ended up with extremists or been misappropriated.

U.S. President Donald Trump faces a key decision this week on whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, prompting a flood of warnings from the Arab world that it could ignite tensions and sink hopes for peace.

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Qatar attended round-table talks Monday ahead of a regional Gulf summit, in their first such encounter since Riyadh cut all ties with Doha.

Former Egyptian premier and presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq said on Sunday he was reconsidering his intention to run in the 2018 presidential elections, after relatives said his whereabouts were unknown for around 24 hours.

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Monday called for a summit of Muslim nations if the United States takes the controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
President Donald Trump faces a key decision this week over Jerusalem's status, potentially reversing years of U.S. policy and prompting a furious response from the Palestinians and the Arab world.

Yemen's ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh, who was killed on Monday, ruled the Arabian Peninsula country for more than three decades, remaining a key player long after his 2012 resignation.

U.S. President Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to decide whether to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to the disputed city of Jerusalem.

Three weeks of ferocious bombardment of Syria's Eastern Ghouta have crushed illusions of a lasting truce in the rebel enclave which Damascus appears determined to recapture at all costs.

Yemen's President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi has ordered his forces to retake Sanaa from Huthi rebels, an official from his office said Monday, as insurgents fight for control of the capital.

Key dates in the life of Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, whose death Huthi rebels announced on Monday.
