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US President Donald Trump on Monday denied offering Iran sanctions relief and the release of frozen funds in return for nuclear concessions from Tehran.

An Israeli airstrike killed Izz al-Din Al-Beik, the head of Hamas' armed wing in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, Israeli and Palestinian officials said.

US President Donald Trump told reporters that United States officials talked with mediators trying to end Washington's war with Iran on Monday, adding the US will win the Iran war "very soon." 

Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei paid tribute to former Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah in a written statement marking the second anniversary of his killing in an Israeli strike. 

Jordan's National Fund for Enterprise Support (NAFES) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) have signed an agreement to support about 20 small businesses in jewelry, filmmaking, and e-sports and gaming.

A Turkish court convicted comedian Deniz Goktas of insulting President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday but ordered his release after almost three months in custody, broadcaster NTV said.

Moroccan opponents of normalization with Israel wrapped up three days of protests against the kingdom's decision to upgrade relations to full embassies, even as Rabat moved forward with plans to exchange ambassadors and deepen economic ties.

Qatari mediators are expected to hold separate talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in New York and with the US side on Monday or Tuesday, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters.

Israel's military intelligence has begun taking a hard look at the "Libya corridor" and Turkey's growing military and diplomatic influence in the region, the Jerusalem Post reports.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spent six hours on the ground in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, in a visit dominated by talks on Iran with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MBZ), sources told The Jerusalem Post. 

Swiss voters on Sunday firmly rejected a proposal to adopt a more restrictive form of neutrality that would have blocked their country from imposing economic sanctions or cooperating with NATO.

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Saudi state news agency said, amid escalating hostilities between Riyadh and Yemen's Houthis.