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Iceland will not take part in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, the country's public broadcaster RUV said on Wednesday, after organiser the European Broadcasting Union last week cleared Israel's participation.

I met Yoav Gallant in Miami, not in a government corridor in Jerusalem and not in a secure situation room, but in a place where it was possible to talk openly, without protocol and without masks.

Guinea-Bissau's military junta adopted a 12-month transitional charter that bars the interim president and prime minister from running in the next elections, two weeks after officers staged a coup that suspended the constitution.

Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif urged the United States to guarantee the security of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence earlier this year in Sweida, a Druze-majority province in Sunni-dominated Syria.

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi has declined an invitation to visit Tehran for now, choosing instead to propose talks with Iran in a neutral country. His message was simple: dialogue is welcome, but it must happen on terms that respect Lebanon’s independence.

A Bulgarian court has rejected Lebanon's request to extradite a Russian shipowner linked to the 2020 Beirut port blast, citing insufficient security guarantees from Lebanese authorities.

Groups operating from Israeli-held areas of Gaza say they will continue to fight Hamas despite the killing of their most prominent commander, reporting more recruits since an October ceasefire as they eye a role in the enclave's future.

At least 22 people were killed late on Tuesday after two buildings collapsed in Fez, one of Morocco's oldest cities and a key tourist destination, with the state broadcaster saying the blocks had shown signs of cracking.

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday dismissed as “fake news” a report claiming Benjamin Netanyahu refused to sign a U.S.-mediated security agreement with Syria last September.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemns a referral by Yemen's Houthis of some of the dozens of U.N. staff they have detained to a special criminal court, his spokesperson said on Tuesday. 

Let’s cut through the noise. Jared Kushner’s participation in Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros. Discovery isn’t scandalous , it’s revealing.

Shells of unknown origin fell in the vicinity of Syria's Mezzah military airport in the capital Damascus on Tuesday, the state-run Al Ekhbariya TV reported.