One person was killed on Sunday when an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck northwestern Turkey's Balikesir province, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, adding 29 people were wounded and 16 buildings collapsed.
Israeli officials have reiterated claims that a significant number of journalists working in the Gaza Strip are either members of Hamas and other Islamist organizations, or maintain close collaboration with them.
The Iraqi government announced on Saturday that it will prosecute those involved in deadly clashes that shook a public administration office on the outskirts of Baghdad, directly blaming the pro-Iranian armed faction Kataeb Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades).
President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was nominating State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations.
Turkey is seeking to strengthen its regional influence by rallying Muslim nations around the Palestinian cause, while maintaining close ties with Hamas leadership based in Ankara and Istanbul.
The Lebanese army said on Saturday that six soldiers were killed and others wounded in an explosion while they were inspecting a weapons depot and dismantling its contents in the southern city of Tyre.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned Israel’s plan to expand its military operations in the Gaza Strip, claiming such actions would worsen what it called an already dire humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the U.S.-brokered peace agreement between Yerevan and Baku, while warning against “any foreign intervention” in light of the development rights granted to Washington in a strategic corridor near Iran’s border.
Syria will not take part in planned meetings with Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Paris, Syria's state news agency quoted a government source as saying on Saturday, casting doubt over an integration deal signed by the two sides in March.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Israel's goal is not to take over Gaza, but to free Gaza from Hamas and enable a peaceful government to be established there, the prime minister's office said on X.
Iraq's navy has detained a Liberian-flagged oil tanker in its territorial waters as part of a crackdown on fuel smuggling at sea, sources with the navy and oil and transport ministries said on Friday.
The United States mission to the United Arab Emirates said on Friday it was aware of information indicating threats towards the Jewish and Israeli communities in the UAE.
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