India, July 13 -- US Senator Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump's closest allies, reportedly spent the last few weeks of his life working on an effort to help Saudi Arabia and Israel establish diplomatic ties before he died on Saturday.

The 71-year-old, who had once openly criticised Trump before becoming one of the president's strongest supporters, died late on Saturday due to a heart condition linked to hardened arteries, his office announced on Sunday.

The South Carolina senator was seen as one of the biggest voices on US foreign policy, and remained focused on some of his biggest diplomatic goals until the very end.

Graham viewed Saudi-Israel ties normalisation as the biggest achievement in a wider post-war plan for West...