At least seven people died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull.
Representatives of Libya's rival political parties on Sunday signed an agreement on holding long-delayed national elections within two years to resolve contentious issues over electoral laws and reform the national elections body.
The UAE Central Bank announced Saturday an inspection of Egyptian state-owned Banque Misr's UAE branches, targeted a day earlier by US sanctions over alleged involvement in financial transactions with Iran.
One person died and six others were rescued after a storm and rough seas caused three boats to hit rocks and sink off Cyprus on Saturday, local media reported.
With the October 27 vote just two months away, the mood surrounding Israel's upcoming elections seems far from enthusiastic.
Turkey summoned Ukraine's ambassador in Ankara after this week's attacks on a Turkish ship and a second vessel sent to tow it in the Black Sea, Turkey's foreign ministry announced Saturday.
Lebanon's Civil Defence issued a statement Saturday warning against "the risks associated with swimming and all types of water activities and sports along the coastline, from Abdeh (Akkar, far north) to Naqoura in the south, today and tomorrow Sunday."
Sustained gunfire and explosions rang out early Saturday across several areas of Niger's capital, including the airport and near the presidency, in what four sources described as an attack by mutinous soldiers.
A Turkish comedian was rearrested Friday on new charges shortly after a court ordered his release from a case in which he had been prosecuted since July for insulting Islam and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish media reported.
Iranian leaders are acknowledging the economic toll of war with the U.S., with the supreme leader urging the government to address the hardship and the president saying foreign trade has shrunk by a third due to the American sanctions and blockade.
Spain asked on Friday for help from the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in processing migrants in the North African enclave of Ceuta almost a month after tens of thousands rushed across the border from Morocco.
The U.S. imposed Iran-related sanctions on an Egyptian bank on Friday, part of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's campaign to increase economic pressure to try to break a stalemate six months into Washington's war with Iran.
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