Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa on Saturday to enforce 20-year prison sentence, detaining her at a protest in the capital, lawyers said.
On Sunday, Pope Leo will begin a historic visit to Lebanon, a country where every gesture, every word, and every symbol carries exceptional weight. For Lebanese Catholics, and for all Christian communities across the nation, this visit is far more than a pastoral journey.
The UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has confirmed that safety inspections and required maintenance are currently underway on Airbus A320 aircraft operated by UAE national carriers, following an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) issued by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the global A320 fleet.
Georgian authorities arrested a leader of an opposition party on Saturday on suspicion of attempted arson of the court chancellery building in the capital Tbilisi.
At least two people were killed and three wounded by Kurdish security forces during a protest outside of the Lanaz refinery on the road to the northern Iraqi city of Erbil, security and medical sources said on Saturday.
Turkey said on Saturday that an unmanned vessel reportedly attacked a tanker in Russia's shadow fleet off Turkey's Black Sea coast, after the ship was initially struck late on Friday.
The presidents of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda will travel to Washington next week to sign a peace deal and meet with U.S. President Donald Trump, three sources told Reuters, as the U.S. tries to broker peace in war-hit eastern Congo and attract Western mining investments to the region.
Pope Leo visited Istanbul's famed Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship during his four-day visit to Turkey.
Iran is to boycott next week's draw for the 2026 soccer World Cup in the United States in protest at the limited allocation of visas, the Iranian football federation said on Friday.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's powerful chief of staff Andriy Yermak, a close ally who has headed Ukraine's negotiation team at fraught U.S.-backed peace talks, quit on Friday, hours after anti-corruption agents searched his home.
The head of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, said on Friday that the group reserves the right to respond to Israel’s killing of its top military commander, while leaving open the possibility of a future conflict.
UAE residents are gearing up for a long weekend as the country marks its 54th National Day, also known as Eid Al Etihad. The annual celebration commemorates the founding of the UAE on December 2, 1971, when six emirates united to form a single nation.
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