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UAE authorities have arrested three people suspected of murdering an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi in the Gulf country, the Emirati Interior Ministry said on Sunday.

Iran is preparing to "respond" to Israel, Ali Larijani, a senior adviser to the country's supreme leader, said in an interview published by Iran's Tasnim news agency on Sunday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation on Sunday to discuss bilateral trade and economic cooperation, according to a statement from the Kremlin. 

During his visit to Beirut on Sunday, Josep Borrell, the European Union's top diplomat, called for an "immediate ceasefire" between Israel and the Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, describing the country as being "on the brink of collapse."

Iran plans to hold talks about its disputed nuclear programme with three European powers on Nov. 29 in Geneva, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday, days after the U.N. atomic watchdog passed a resolution against Tehran.

The Jordanian army said on Sunday it had killed one person and arrested six others who tried to cross the border from Syria.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu looked set to win the most votes in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, with centre-right leader Elena Lasconi in second place although nearly tied with two hard-right opponents, exit polls showed.

Israel’s National Security Council (NSC) on Sunday reiterated its travel warning cautioning Israelis from traveling to the UAE following the murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the latest developments in the Russia-Ukraine war with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Monday during his visit to Ankara, a Turkish official said on Sunday.

A gunman was dead and three Jordanian policemen injured after a shooting near the heavily fortified Israeli embassy in the capital Amman in Sunday's early hours, a security source and state media said.

An Israeli man who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found murdered, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday, denouncing his death as a "heinous antisemitic terrorist act".

Saudi Aramco's digital arm is in talks to take a significant minority stake in Mavenir, in a deal that is likely to value the U.S. telecommunications software maker at about $3 billion, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.