Egypt ended 2025 with a sharp rise in the value of its gold holdings, as the Central Bank of Egypt increased bullion’s role in the country’s reserve mix to cushion against global volatility and swings in hard-currency liquidity.
The Syrian government and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) agreed on an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire on all fronts on Sunday after days of fighting as the army advanced into Kurdish-held territories in the northeast.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian escalated tensions on Sunday by declaring that any attack against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei would amount to a declaration of war against Iran itself.
Libya's security authorities have freed more than 200 migrants from what they described as a secret prison in the town of Kufra in the southeast of the country after they were held captive in inhuman conditions, two security sources from the city told Reuters on Sunday.
Major European Union states decried U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats against European allies over Greenland as blackmail on Sunday, as France proposed responding with a range of previously untested economic countermeasures.
The United Arab Emirates is participating in the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos from 19 to 23 January 2026.
At least 5,000 people have been killed in protests in Iran, including about 500 security personnel, an Iranian official in the region said on Sunday, citing verified figures and accusing "terrorists and armed rioters" of killing "innocent Iranians".
Syrian government troops are pushing towards Raqqa and Hasakah in the northeast of the country, the last strongholds of the U.S.-backed autonomous Kurdish-led administration, government officials and security sources said on Sunday.
Governments reacted cautiously on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to join his "Board of Peace" initiative aimed at resolving conflicts globally, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the United Nations.
Jordan's foreign ministry said on Sunday that King Abdullah received an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join the so-called "Board of Peace" for Gaza.
Iranian authorities announced on Saturday the arrest of members of the Baha’i community, accusing them of involvement in recent protests against the regime.
France's President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday that the threat of tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump over Greenland was unacceptable and that if they were confirmed Europe would respond in a coordinated manner.
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