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A Turkish court sentenced a prominent independent journalist, Fatih Altayli, to four years and two months in prison on Wednesday over comments he made about President Tayyip Erdogan's rule, state broadcaster TRT reported. 

Lebanon and Cyprus signed a long-awaited maritime demarcation deal on Wednesday, paving the way for potential exploration of offshore gas fields and energy cooperation in the Mediterranean.

Egypt has intensified its diplomatic engagement in Lebanon as Foreign Minister Badr Abdellaty arrived Tuesday night at Beirut–Rafic Hariri International Airport for a series of high-level meetings, the state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported.

Preparations in Abu Dhabi have accelerated sharply as the UAE readies to host the Formula 1® Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with the action set to ignite at Yas Marina Circuit in just 10 days.

Latifa al-Droubi, the recently unveiled wife of Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, is rapidly becoming the new public face of the regime that seized power in Damascus a year ago. 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday told a Coalition of the Willing meeting that London was "ready to move" with the European Union on providing financial support to Ukraine based on the value of "immobilised" assets.

Syrian security forces used gunfire on Tuesday to break up two rival groups of demonstrators in the coastal town of Latakia, heartland of the country's Alawite minority, witnesses and officials said.

In November, the fashion world flew to Doha for a high-gloss charity gala. Under huge chandeliers and endless camera flashes, Vogue’s Anna Wintour posed with Qatar’s family at the inaugural Franca Fund event, presented as a glamorous night for medical research and culture.

Neither of Sudan's warring factions has formally accepted a "strong" plan for a truce put forward by the United States, senior U.S. envoy Massad Boulos said on Tuesday.

A new United Nations report has laid bare the scale of the economic devastation unfolding in the Palestinian territories after two years of war in Gaza and unprecedented restrictions across the West Bank. 

Maison Margiela has always rewritten the rules of fashion. Now, the house known for its exposed seams, décortiqué tailoring, and poetic deconstruction is applying that same rebellious vocabulary to an entirely new arena: architecture.

Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to the United Arab Emirates' president, said on Tuesday the UAE welcomed U.S. efforts to end war in Sudan and condemned "atrocities" committed by both Sudan's army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.