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Multiple explosions and fires were seen and heard in Sudan's capital Port Sudan early on Tuesday, a witness said, though the exact locations and causes were unclear, as a civil war rocks the previously quiet city for the third day.

French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris on Wednesday, the French presidency said on Tuesday.

The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes against Yemen's Hodeidah Port on Monday, a day after the Iran-aligned Houthis fired a missile that struck near Israel's main airport. 

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit, accompanied by a high-level delegation led by Foreign Minister María Gabriela Sommerfeld Rosero. 

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday dismissed Sudan's case accusing the United Arab Emirates of fueling genocide in Darfur by supplying weapons to paramilitary forces, saying it lacked jurisdiction.

All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, with the race to succeed Pope Francis seen as wide open.

Cyprus is preparing to open a new maritime passenger route to Lebanon, reviving a connection between two eastern Mediterranean neighbors just 180 miles apart.

A senior Israeli defence official said on Monday there was a "window of opportunity" for a hostage deal in Gaza during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to the region next week but that otherwise Israel would begin its new operation in the enclave.

Widespread protests across Morocco have reached its key shipping ports, as activists seek to disrupt military shipments linked to Israel and pressure the government to reverse its normalization of relations.

Saudi Arabia has secured first place in the Middle East and North Africa region for the third year running in the 2024 Government Electronic and Mobile Services Maturity Index, released by the UN’s ESCWA. 

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to "house America’s most ruthless and violent Offenders."

Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion won the first round of Romania's presidential election re-run on Sunday, final results showed, after a ballot seen as a test of the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union.