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Three employees of Qatar's Amiri Diwan, its top government body, were killed in a car crash near Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Qatar's embassy in Egypt said in a post on X on Sunday.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to Egypt to attend the Sharm El Sheikh Peace Summit, where leaders are expected to sign a U.S.-brokered peace agreement aimed at ending the conflict in Gaza, his office said on Saturday.

Emotions ran high Saturday night at a massive rally in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, where families and supporters gathered to celebrate the breakthrough ceasefire deal that will see the return of dozens of hostages from Gaza.

Egypt will host an international summit in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday to finalise an agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza, an Egyptian presidential spokesperson said on Saturday.

A senior Hamas official announced Saturday that the group will not attend the official signing ceremony for the ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the war in Gaza. The statement raises renewed doubts about the group’s genuine commitment to the peace process.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in Egypt on Monday, officially to “show support for the implementation of the ceasefire agreement presented by Donald Trump” between Israel and Hamas. 

Residents entered the state-run Tunisian Chemical Group's (CGT) phosphate complex in the southern city of Gabes on Saturday, demanding its closure to prevent environmental pollution and respiratory illnesses, witnesses said.  

Drone and artillery strikes by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on a shelter in the Sudanese city of Al Fashir killed at least 60 people on Friday night and Saturday morning, according to local activists.

Thousands of displaced Palestinians trekked over the wastelands of Gaza to return to the ruins of their abandoned homes on Friday, after a ceasefire took effect and Israeli troops began pulling back under the first phase of an agreement to end the war.

Lebanese MP Adib Abdel Massih has unveiled a rather unexpected proposal: transform the Hezbollah-dug tunnels in South Lebanon into wine caves. Yes, wine caves.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a large military parade displaying its new intercontinental ballistic missile in front of visiting international dignitaries, state media KCNA said on Saturday.