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A Houthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 17 people to death on charges of espionage for Israel, the United States and Saudi Arabia, according to an announcement made Saturday by the rebels’ official media.

Defense contractor RTX announced on Saturday that its joint venture with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Raytheon-Rafael Protection Systems, has secured a USD 1.25 billion contract to provide Israel with surface-to-air missiles. 

European and other Western leaders said on Saturday a U.S. peace plan was a basis for talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine but needed "additional work", part of Western efforts to eke out a better deal for Kyiv before a Thursday deadline.

Thousands of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday in a protest against “injustice and repression”, accusing President Kais Saied of cementing one-man rule by using the judiciary and police.

Tbilisi is preparing to host the Global Investors Forum (GIF 2025), a major economic event aimed at boosting cooperation between GCC countries and Eurasia. 

Iran has sought help to fight a devastating fire in UNESCO-listed forests in its north, with neighbouring Turkey sending firefighting planes, Iran's top environmental official said on Saturday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he may invite Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to the White House. 

Morocco has scored another diplomatic win on the Western Sahara file. Ghana has officially backed the autonomy plan under Moroccan sovereignty, a proposal recently endorsed by the United Nations through Security Council Resolution 2797.

Turkey will host the COP31 climate summit in 2026 with Australia leading the negotiation process, a document released at the COP30 summit in Brazil showed on Friday, confirming an earlier announcement that a split hosting arrangement was expected.

A Democratic lawmaker who served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council in his first term urged the White House on Friday to release a transcript of Trump’s 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing.

The United Arab Emirates announced Friday that it plans to invest up to $50 billion in Canada, under a new strategic framework that prioritizes major projects in artificial intelligence, energy, and mining, signaling one of the most ambitious expansions of Emirati capital into North America.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to maintain unity amid talks with the U.S. on the new framework for a peace deal with Russia, saying the country risks losing its major ally or its dignity.