Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, March 2

A Saudi diplomat kidnapped by al-Qaida in southern Yemen three years ago has been freed, an Yemeni interior ministry official told Xinhua on Monday.

Abdullah al-Khalidi, a Saudi deputy consul in Yemen's southern port city of Aden, was handed over on Sunday to tribal leaders in Shabwa, Yemen's southeastern province where the al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is active, the official said. (Yemen-Saudi-Kidnap)

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CAIRO -- At least two people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a bomb went off outside a court in central Cairo, state-run Ahram Online reported.

The bomb exploded in front of the main gate of Egypt's Supreme Court, near the prosecutor general office, injuring at least five policemen, the report added. (Egypt-Bomb)

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KHARTOUM -- Over 121,400 South Sudanese refugees have crossed into Sudan by the end of last February, said United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

"By Feb. 19, an estimated 121,400 South Sudanese refugees have arrived in Sudan following the outbreak of violence in South Sudan in mid-December 2013," said OCHA in a report made available Monday. (Sudan-Refugees)

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TRIPOLI -- Libya's major political factions on Monday agreed to resume the UN-brokened dialogue after a week-long stalemate, according to sources from the rival parliaments.

The internationally recognized parliament House of Representatives (HOR) voted unanimously and decided to turn up in the dialogue due to held on Thursday in Morocco, lawmaker Abu-Bakr Eb'era told Xinhua. (Libya-Peace talks) Endit