A militant group is recruiting in the oil exporting nation, say Glen Carey and Deema Almashabi

Saudi Arabia has closed its Cairo embassy and recalled its ambassador following protests over a detained Egyptian human rights lawyer.

A Saudi prince wants to buy half of debt-saddled Liverpool, in a deal worth up to £350m (€382m)that would mark the latest buy-in by Gulf investors in an English team, according to reports.

Only about 16% of eligible Iraqi voters living outside their country have registered for next weekend’s elections and the largest turnout so far has been in Iran, organisers said.