The international community is increasingly turning to the Gulf monarchies to mediate conflicts as trusted go-betweens, analysts say.

Harvard received more than $100 million in donations from government sources in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bangladesh in the last four years, according to data released by the Department of Education.

Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain seek to hash out plan to avoid Palestinian displacement.

Qatar is a small country, flanked by two much stronger powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia. It has to be creative to preserve itself in this tricky neighborhood. And indeed, it is creative. Just look at its unique ability to maintains close ties with Iran,

As Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and Qatar look to move their economies away from oil, international consultancies are reaping the rewards.

Egyptian officials have been discussing the plan with European diplomats as well as with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

In this photo provided by the, Arab leaders from left to right, Bahrain Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad

Yedioth Ahronoth says days after the 2014 war in Gaza, Riyadh proposed to rebuild Strip and normalize ties with Israel, but PM thwarted talks to avoid empowering the PA over Hamas The post Report: Netanyahu’s rejection of Saudi peace offer led to Qatari cash corridor to Hamas appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Saudi Arabia and the United States have been patronising negotiations between the Sudanese warring parties in Jeddah.

Saudi Arabia's benchmark index gained 0.4%, on course to snap a five-day losing streak, with Al Rajhi Bank rising 0.5%

Hamas has already made a big concession by allowing private American and Egyptian military contractors to operate inside Gaza

The kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was once shunned in diplomatic circles. Now he is playing an important role in negotiations over Gaza and Ukraine.