Mena Today

Argentine President Javier Milei's government received a show of support on Sunday as candidates he has endorsed took the lead in a legislative election in the city of Buenos Aires.

Nothing captured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's isolation more starkly this week than the image of U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with Syria's Islamist leader Ahmed al‑Sharaa - a man Israel has branded "an al‑Qaeda terrorist in a suit."

Israel will ease its blockade and let limited amounts of food into Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Sunday, after the military announced it had begun "extensive ground operations" in the northern and southern parts of the enclave.

Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, appeared on course to win the Romanian presidency on Sunday in an election closely watched across Europe amid a rise of support for U.S. President Donald Trump's far-right politics.

Any deal between the United States and Iran must include an agreement not to enrich uranium, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday, a comment that drew criticism from Tehran.

In a dramatic shift that would have been unthinkable just a year ago, Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is quietly laying the groundwork for a potential diplomatic thaw with Israel, a historic adversary.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance met European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Sunday, and said he hoped their encounter would help move forward trade talks between the EU and the United States.

As Egypt’s Hajj Mission begins transporting thousands of pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, many are once again turning their attention to Hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and one of the most significant spiritual journeys in the Muslim faith.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for the adoption of a unified Arab peace plan to end the ongoing war in Gaza and establish a framework for lasting peace. 

The U.S. embassy in Libya denied on Sunday a report that the U.S. government was working on a plan to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya.

Three Iranian men appeared in court in London on Saturday accused of offences under the National Security Act and plotting violence following a major counter-terrorism investigation by British police.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah said on Saturday that eliminating militias is an "ongoing project," as a ceasefire after deadly clashes this week remained in place.