The two soldiers were reportedly fighting with Yemeni Houthi rebels in Jazan province
Modi’s two-day visit to the UAE is the first by an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi’s trip in 1981
The confirmation comes after reports emerged that both the GCC and Iran are planning talks on September 22
Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the UAE in 34 years
A total of 19,000 kg of ammunition, 144 kg of explosives, 68 weapons and 204 grenades were seized
The bombing outside a girls’ school in the Shi’ite village of Sitra in July also wounded six other policemen and was the deadliest attack in Bahrain since March 2014
About 30 of those detained are Saudi nationals while the other suspects hailed from Syria, Bahrain, Yemen and Pakistan
Modi, who is likely to visit on August 16 and 17, will be the first Indian prime minister to visit the United Arab Emirates in 34 years
Following the action, all assets owned by both Qataris under the US jurisdiction will be frozen while Americans will be banned from doing any business with them
The projects include 100 schools, 78 health clinics, four bridges and 600 public city buses
Yemeni military sources said the United Arab Emirates had sent in dozens of tanks and heavy artillery pieces to the fighters in recent days
Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran’s July 14 accord with the United States and other powers will hasten detente between Tehran and Washington
Abdel-Malek al-Houthi said that Aden’s fall occurred only because some fighters had returned home to be with their families at the end of Ramadan
The suspects had firearms and explosives and had been in touch with militant groups abroad, a senior official said
A shell reportedly fell on a house around dawn in Najran province
Lavrov is visiting Qatar to discuss about Syria, Yemen and Libya, stability in the GCC and bilateral relations
Senior members of Yemen’s exiled administration flew into Aden on July 16 to make preparations for the government’s return
The shelling took place in Dhahran Aljanoub, a governorate in the Saudi border region of Aseer
The attack which killed two policemen and wounded six people, was the deadliest such attack in Bahrain in months
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has failed to understand Iran’s aims, a senior UAE minister has said
The coalition may have committed a war crime when it bombed two residential compounds, killing 65 people including 10 children, HRW said
On Saturday, the government said it had foiled an explosives smuggling plot by two Bahrainis with ties to Iran
The bombing targeted policemen on duty in the Sitra area, the interior ministry said
The kingdom’s foreign minister said Tehran was intervening in its neighbours’ internal affairs
The Arab coalition fighting the Houthis had announced a five-day truce from 11:59 pm on Sunday to allow in emergency aid
Mohammad Javad Zarif is visiting Kuwait and Qatar before heading to Iraq
The al-Anad base, 50 km from Aden, has been held by the Iranian-allied Houthi movement
The arms smuggling plot was masterminded by two Bahrainis with ties to Iran, officials said
News of the ceasefire came after 80 people were killed in an air strike on the central Yemeni city of Taiz
The kingdom has emphasised that Hamas delegation’s visit to Saudi Arabia was religious rather than political