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Morocco's seven-year drought has come to an end after abundant rainfall this winter, Water Minister Nizar Baraka said on Monday.

Turkey said on Monday that any foreign intervention in neighbouring Iran would lead to greater crises in the country and the region, and it called for U.S. and Iranian negotiations to resolve existing problems. 

Hezbollah spokesman Youssef Zein declared Monday that his party was "disappointed" by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's remarks about the militia's weapons during a televised interview marking his first year in office. 

The Confederation of African Football has launched investigations into violent confrontations that marred two Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals over the weekend, with possible sanctions looming for those involved.

Israel plans to begin the long-awaited privatisation of two of its largest defence companies as early as the second quarter of this year, a senior government official said.

An Israeli-backed Palestinian militia said on Monday it had killed a senior Hamas police officer in the southern Gaza Strip, an incident which Hamas blamed on "Israeli collaborators".

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he plans to speak with billionaire Elon Musk about restoring internet in Iran, where authorities have blacked out services for four days amid ongoing anti-government protests.

Thailand's progressive opposition People's Party and its leader are most favoured among voters for next month's general election, two surveys showed, underlining the stiff challenge facing Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's bid to stay in power.  

President Donald Trump said the U.S. may meet Iranian officials and was in contact with the opposition, as he weighed a range of strong responses including military options to a violent crackdown on Iranian protests which pose one of the biggest challenges to clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Unrest in Iran has killed more than 500 people, a rights group said on Sunday, as Tehran threatened to target U.S. military bases if President Donald Trump carries out threats to intervene on behalf of protesters.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Sunday he hopes Iran "will soon be freed from the yoke of tyranny," condemning what he described as "mass massacres against civilians" as the Iranian regime faces unprecedented mass protests.

Saudi real estate developer Dar Global will launch two Trump-branded luxury developments in Riyadh and Jeddah with a combined value of $10 billion, CEO Ziad El Chaar announced Sunday.