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Abu Dhabi has unveiled a major new financial innovation hub with the launch of the FinTech, Insurance, Digital and Alternative Assets (FIDA) cluster, approved by Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban have agreed that Turkey will guarantee that Russian gas can continue to flow to Hungary, Orban said on Monday.

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said on Monday that Rwanda is violating its commitments just days after attending a ceremony in Washington to sign deals that aimed to end years of conflict in the country's mineral-rich east.  

Yemen’s main southern separatist group claimed broad control across the south of the country on Monday, including in the port city of Aden which has served as the base of the Saudi-backed, internationally recognised government for a decade.

Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its Middle Eastern network with the launch of direct flights to Jizan, Saudi Arabia, starting January 1, 2026.

Quadcopters, electromagnetic rifles and an AI-powered navigation system were among the wares displayed at one of Africa and the Middle East’s biggest arms expos, as defence companies jostle to break into regional markets increasingly defined by drone warfare. 

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar stood before 108 Israeli ambassadors in Jerusalem and declared that Israel “cannot succeed” without revolutionizing its public diplomacy.

More than 3 million Syrians have returned home since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad's rule a year ago but a decline in global funding could deter others, the U.N. refugee agency said on Monday.

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines announced Monday that it has reached an agreement to acquire Czech airline Smartwings along with its shareholder Czech Airlines, in a deal valued at €154 million. 

The trial of a dual national holding European citizenship has begun in Iran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Monday, saying they were indicted for "intelligence cooperation and espionage in favour of the Zionist regime (Israel)."

Syrians marked the first anniversary of the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad and his iron-fisted rule on Monday with jubilant celebrations in major cities, as the fractured nation struggles to find stability and recover after years of war.

U.S. President Donald Trump's outgoing Ukraine envoy said a deal to end the Ukraine war was "really close" and depended on resolving just two major issues but the Kremlin said there had to be radical changes to some of the U.S. proposals.