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Abdelaziz Bin Mohammed Al-Wasel presented his credentials as Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the United Nations in New York to UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres. Al-Wasel had been serving as ambassador to the UN in Geneva since 2016.
Saeed Iravani has been named as Iran’s next permanent representative to the United Nations, taking over from Majid Takht Ravanchi.
Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) commander Rear Admiral Saif Bin Nasser Al-Rahbi travelled to Tehran for talks with his Iranian counterparts including Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces (Artesh) chief of staff General Mohammad Hossein Baqer.
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) secretary-general Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo fell victim to a heart attack in his native Nigeria on 5 July, shortly before he was due to leave the post he had held with some skill and grace for six years. Veteran Kuwait Petroleum Corporation and government official Haitham Al-Ghais is scheduled take over as secretary-general in Vienna on 1 August.
Chechen Republic President Ramzan Kadyrov – a controversial figure who has been heavily involved in the Ukraine war, fighting as part of Russia’s invasion force – arrived in Saudi Arabia's Medina on July to perform Hajj rituals.
Two women were appointed to senior positions in Saudi Arabian King Salman Bin Abdelaziz’s latest set of royal orders, with Shihana Al-Azzaz becoming Council of Ministers deputy secretary-general and Princess Haifa Bint Mohammed named deputy tourism minister.
A reshuffle of senior Kuwaiti ambassadors is continuing, with veteran envoy to London Khaled Al-Duweisan retiring after 29 years in the post.
Oman's energy and minerals minister Mohammed Bin Hamad Al-Rumhi has retired from the job he held since December 1997, as part of a mini-reshuffle of the cabinet. There also have been some changes to governor positions.
Former Bahraini ministers who lost out in a wide-ranging government reshuffle, including several members of the ruling Al-Khalifa family, have been appointed to new roles, in a series of royal orders issued by King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa.
Kuwait Red Crescent Society secretary-general Maha Al-Barjas was elected vice-president for Asia and the Pacific of the International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Societies -- the first Arab woman to hold the post.
The head of intelligence of Iran’s IRGC Hossein Taeb has been replaced after 13 years in post, with counter-intelligence chief Brigadier General Mohammad Kazzemi taking over. The change comes after a series of mysterious deaths of IRGC personnel and a recent drone attack on a military site near Tehran.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was among senior US officials who attended a farewell reception on 13 June for long-serving Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his wife Sheikha Rima.
Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani has avoided a potential private prosecution in the UK courts over allegations that the Qatari state had funded violent groups in Syria.
King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa made 17 new cabinet appointments on 13 June, although most of the more influential government posts were untouched. Mohammed Bin Mubarak Bin Dainah becomes oil and environment minister, while Sheikh Khalid Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa was named deputy prime minister and infrastructure minister; new tourism minister Fatima Bint Jaafer Al-Sairafi is one of four women in the 25-strong cabinet.
Saudi King Salman appointed Ahmed Al-Issa as director-general of the General Directorate of Investigation (Mabahith), part of the Presidency of State Security (PSS), in a series of security-related appointments.
