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The United Arab Emirates does not see bilateral talks for a free trade deal with the European Union as an obstacle to a similar agreement between the 27-nation bloc and the Gulf Cooperation Council, the UAE's trade minister said on Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday that Israeli forces have eliminated Mohammad Sinwar, a senior Hamas commander in Gaza and the younger brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. 

Any deal between Iran and the U.S. that would impose fresh nuclear curbs on Iran should include "very robust" inspections by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday.

Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Kyiv on Thursday for a two-day visit after discussing peace efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine in Moscow earlier this week, a Turkish Foreign Ministry source said on Wednesday.

As Lebanon emerges from the shadows of a deadly and destructive war between Israel and Hezbollah that lasted over a year, its people are trying to reclaim some sense of normalcy.

Iran might allow the U.N. atomic watchdog to send U.S. inspectors to Iranian sites if Tehran's talks with Washington succeed, Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia has officially announced that this year’s Hajj pilgrimage will commence on June 4, following the sighting of the crescent moon, which marks the start of the Islamic lunar month during which the annual pilgrimage takes place. 

An Iranian national pleaded guilty to participating in the high-profile 2019 Baltimore, Maryland, ransomware attack, among others, and to causing tens of millions of dollars in losses and disrupted services, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) is actively exploring acquisitions in the United States and other international markets as part of its aggressive expansion strategy, CEO Jasim Husain Thabet revealed in an interview with Reuters.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "playing with fire."

Iran's judiciary on Tuesday denounced the arrest of an Iranian cleric in Saudi Arabia who shared a video criticising the kingdom's recent policies to ease many social restrictions in its bid to open the economy for tourism and Western businesses.

For the first time on record, Israeli and Syrian officials have held direct, face-to-face meetings in the sensitive border zone separating their two countries — a development with potentially far-reaching implications in a region still reeling from the fall of the Assad regime.