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A migrant has been rescued and 50 others are feared drowned after a boat sank in the Mediterranean, officials said on Sunday.

Israel will reopen Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt for the passage of people only after an operation to locate the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the enclave is completed, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said late on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia is positioning itself as a new hub in Africa’s gold trade, announcing that it is ready to begin purchasing bullion directly from Sudan in a move that could reshape long-established export routes dominated by Dubai.

The head of Iran’s state-run telecommunications company said on Saturday that internet access could be restored “today or tomorrow,” according to the Fars News Agency.

The Asian Winter Games scheduled for 2029 have been postponed to an unspecified later date, the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced on Saturday.

Airlines have been rerouting and cancelling some flights across the Middle East as tensions ramp up between Iran and the United States, with President Donald Trump saying on Thursday the U.S. had an "armada" heading towards Iran.

Air France resumed flights to Dubai on Saturday, just one day after suspending the route, citing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. The abrupt stop-and-go decision has raised questions about the airline’s risk assessment and consistency.

Italy formally protested on Saturday the release on bail of the owner of a Swiss bar engulfed in a deadly New Year's Day fire and recalled its ambassador to Switzerland, as the court's decision came under criticism in both countries. 

Ukrainian and Russian negotiators began a second day of U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi on Saturday after an overnight wave of Russian airstrikes that knocked out power for millions of people amid freezing winter temperatures.

Syrian troops and Kurdish forces were massed on opposing sides of front lines in northern Syria on Saturday, as the clock ticked down to an evening deadline that would determine whether they resume fighting or lay down their arms.

U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were in Israel on Saturday to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, mainly to discuss Gaza, two people briefed on the matter told Reuters.

Iran will treat any attack "as an all-out war against us," a senior Iranian official said on Friday, ahead of the arrival of a U.S. military aircraft carrier strike group and other assets in the Middle East in the coming days.