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The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a mass campaign to vaccinate children against polio in Gaza would resume on Saturday, with over half a million children targeted.

The African Union (AU) has condemned the "war crimes and crimes against humanity" committed in Sudan, a country ravaged by war since April 2023, which has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and the displacement of 12 million people.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hit back on Wednesday at Donald Trump's suggestion that Ukraine was responsible for Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion, saying the U.S. president was trapped in a Russian disinformation bubble.

Egypt's president called on the international community on Wednesday to adopt a plan to rebuild war-torn Gaza without displacing Palestinians, after a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump angered Arabs with his own vision for the enclave.

Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable route to replace the canal, adding that there were positive indicators for the return of stability in the region.

For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back home.

The Iranian Parliament initiated a procedure on Wednesday to dismiss Economy and Finance Minister Abdolnasser Hemmati, state television reported. The move comes as the national currency, the rial, faces a sharp depreciation against the US dollar.

 The United Arab Emirates leader told the United States' secretary of state on Wednesday that his country rejects a proposal to displace Palestinians from their land, the Emirati state news agency WAM reported.

"Alice fuer Deutschland" (Alice for Germany) chanted supporters as far-right leader Alice Weidel addressed an election rally outside Germany's financial centre Frankfurt, far from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's traditional eastern German stronghold.

More than one million people, including 800,000 internally displaced individuals and 280,000 refugees, have returned to their homes in Syria following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations (UN) announced on Tuesday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had postponed his visit to Saudi Arabia planned for Wednesday and that talks on how to end the war with Russia could not be held behind Ukraine's back.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has positioned Turkey as an "ideal host" for future peace talks on Ukraine, stating that Donald Trump’s diplomatic approach aligns with Ankara’s stance.