Nicaragua cuts diplomatic ties with the Netherlands over “repeated meddling” shortly after denying entry to the new US envoy for his “interfering” attitude.

Ambassadors from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are reportedly going to return to Lebanon, following last year’s diplomatic standoff over Yemen’s war.

Another Lebanese minister has criticized the Saudi-led war in Yemen after similar comments by a former minister prompted a diplomatic rift between Lebanon and powerful Persian Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia.

A senior Hezbollah official says the main purpose of Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic dispute with Lebanon is to weaken the resistance movement and subjugate Lebanon to the Riyadh regime’s demands.

The Arab League calls on Lebanon and Persian Gulf countries to de-escalate tensions following Lebanese information minister’s remarks on Yemen war.

With the socio-economic crisis deepening in Lebanon, the Saudi regime is not making things any easier; Riyadh’s reaction to comments by Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi, who had decried the Saudi war on Yemen, is a stick being used against the Lebanese government.

The US embassy in Russia declares the dismissal of more than 200 local employees, attributing the move to Moscow’s retaliatory ban on Washington that restricts it from hiring non-Americans on its soil.