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A window for peace between Israel and Lebanon just unexpectedly opened.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has called on Israel to withdraw its forces from Syria and Lebanon, claiming that such a move is necessary to "ensure stability and peace for all." 

At the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (Davos 2025), the UAE’s Minister of Economy, Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, underscored the vital role of the private sector as a key partner in driving national economic growth and enhancing the country’s global competitiveness.

Turkey has detained 11 people as part of an investigation into a fire that killed 79 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in the Bolu mountains, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Wednesday.

In neighbourhoods levelled by 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas officials are overseeing the clearance of rubble in the wake of Sunday's ceasefire. 

French investigating magistrates have issued an arrest warrant against ousted Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for suspected complicity in war crimes, notably the launch of a deliberate attack on civilians, a legal source said late on Tuesday.

Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM Party said it will send a delegation to meet Abdullah Ocalan, head of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), in jail on Wednesday for a second time as part of a political effort to end a decades-long conflict.

As the world grapples with ongoing conflicts, economic instability, and rapid technological advancements, heads of state and key global figures have gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Annual Meeting 2025.

The Kurdish forces guarding Islamic State fighters at a jail in northern Syria say they are opposed to handing the facility to the new Islamist rulers in Damascus as they brace for attacks by the ultra hardline group and monitor its attempts to re-emerge.

Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing at least eight Palestinians in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a "large-scale and significant military operation".

Italy has released a senior member of Libya's judicial police who it had arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over war crimes accusations, an interior ministry source said on Tuesday.

Pakistan has agreed terms for a $1 billion loan with two Middle Eastern banks at a 6%-7% interest rate, its Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb told Reuters on Tuesday, as the South Asian country looks for more financing.