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Mojtaba Amani, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, announced on X that he has officially concluded his mission in Beirut. 

King Charles' younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was on Thursday arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over allegations he sent confidential government documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

The United States imposed sanctions on three commanders of the Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group over their role in the 18-month siege and capture of the city of al‑Fashir, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday.

Islamic State on Thursday claimed responsibility for an attack that killed one Syrian government security officer and wounded another in eastern Syria, marking an escalation in the group's attacks against the country's new leadership.

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper on Thursday condemned as "totally unjustifiable" the 10-year sentence given to a British couple in Iran for spying, saying the government would continue to press for their release.

A Turkish parliamentary commission's approval of a report setting out a roadmap for legal reforms alongside the disbandment of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group is an important step and the beginning of a fundamental change in Turkish policy, a PKK source told Reuters on Thursday.

Russia said on Thursday that it was seeing an unprecedented escalation of tension around Iran as the United States moved military assets into the Middle East, and the Kremlin urged both Tehran and "other parties" to exercise prudence and restraint.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump will preside over the first meeting of his "Board of Peace," an initiative that has drawn praise from Trump allies but also criticism from countries worried that it will undermine the United Nations.

Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the Palestinian enclave. 

U.S. President Donald Trump will host a Board of Peace meeting on Thursday in Washington, where he will announce that member states have pledged more than $5 billion for reconstruction and humanitarian efforts in Gaza, the White House said.

The United States is in the process of withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing three U.S. officials.

Saudi Arabia’s artificial intelligence company Humain announced on Wednesday a $3 billion investment in Elon Musk’s xAI, underscoring the kingdom’s growing ambitions in advanced technologies.