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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.

The BRIDGE Summit 2025 announced that a high-level closed session chaired by UNESCO will open this year’s event, focusing on the future of information integrity in an era of rapid technological change and rising digital influence on global decision-making.

Lebanon is finally saying out loud what its political class has been too afraid to admit: the country wants its sovereignty back. 

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday in Jerusalem © Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he will meet President Donald Trump later this month, saying a second phase of the U.S. president's Gaza plan was close.

President Donald Trump describes a Middle East in transition and argues that the region, long seen as a focal point of global instability, now presents expanding opportunities for partnership, investment, and strategic cooperation. 

Fifty-five Iranians deported from the United States will return to their home country in the coming days, Iran's foreign ministry said on Sunday, in the second such deportation under President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Benin's government said on Sunday its armed forces had foiled a coup attempt after a group of soldiers in the West African nation claimed on national television to have seized power.

A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022.