An official delegation from the UAE has visited Damascus for the first time since the beginning of the Syrian crisis.

China conducts a combat readiness patrol near the Taiwan Strait following a visit to Chinese Taipei by a US congressional delegation.

A European Parliament delegation that is on an official visit to Chinese Taipei calls for more "high-level concrete steps" to strengthen relations between the European Union and the Chinese territory, defying Beijing's warnings against direct ties with the self-ruled island.

Myanmar's ruling junta rejects a request for a visit between a Southeast Asian envoy and deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

China calls on Australia to abandon its “Cold War mentality” after former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visited Taipei.

Regime forces in Bahrain have attacked protesters in the city of Sitra, after they gathered to express their opposition to Israeli foreign minister’s visit to the country and the normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and Manama.

Thirteen Birzeit University students, who were arrested in mid-July, are still behind bars in Israeli jails.

Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett reportedly met with Jordan's King Abdullah in at his palace in the Jordanian capital city of Amman last week.

French President Macron has made a visit to Rwanda to reset relations between the two countries after decades of political tensions over France’s alleged complicity in the 1994 genocide.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Ukraine in a show of support for the Ukrainian government against Russia.