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Republican holds and objections have delayed president's efforts to fill major diplomatic and development posts throughout Middle East and across the globe

Yousef Al Otaiba says two initial working groups could lead to expanded collaboration in other key areas

Former Saudi ambassador to the US warned against scaling back relations with Gulf partners – a charge a top US diplomat rebutted

Washington also looking to remove Guinea and Mali from African Growth and Opportunity Act over recent coups

US president also called on Sudanese military to release civilian officials

Law also forbids parent company Unilever from entering into new contracts with state government or its localities

Former Republican senator easily won bipartisan approval to serve as president’s envoy to Ankara

UAE hopes to use its seat to build on commitments that countries are expected to make at Cop26 in Scotland

Robert Malley also raised prospect of diplomacy to reach new accord if Tehran's nuclear advances kill original agreement

Ben & Jerry’s and parent company Unilever would be first entity that state divests from over law pushing back against boycotts of Israel and its settlements

Visit comes before Cop26 in Scotland amid stalled legislation to fight climate change in US Senate

Career diplomat Nick Burns criticised Beijing during his confirmation hearing before the Senate

Former US ambassador to UAE is President Biden’s pick for assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs

Agency chief Rafael Grossi arrives in Washington as global nuclear watchdog feuds with Tehran over access to nuclear sites

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says US has offered to sell Ankara F-16 fighter jets as compensation for expulsion from F-35 programme