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 Israeli strikes targeted the vicinity of Syria's Damascus, Hama and Daraa countryside late on Friday, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.

Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak, prime minister of Yemen's internationally recognised government, said in a statement on Saturday he had resigned after facing "lots of difficulties" including being unable to reshuffle the government.

Sirri Sureyya Onder, a prominent pro-Kurdish party lawmaker and key figure in Turkey's tentative process to end the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party's (PKK) insurgency, died on Saturday at age 62, his party said.

Angolan President João Lourenço, acting as the current Chair of the African Union, has officially announced the AU’s endorsement of Egyptian scholar Khaled El-Enany for the position of Director-General of UNESCO. 

At least six bodies of migrants were recovered after they washed ashore near the Libyan city of Misrata, a Red Crescent volunteer said.

Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday in its clearest signal yet of hostility toward the Islamist-led Syrian authorities and a preparedness to ramp up military action in the name of Syria's Druze minority.

The United States is pushing for a landmark peace accord between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda to be signed at the White House in the coming months, alongside major mineral investment deals worth billions of dollars.

Israel launched an interceptor towards a second missile fired from Yemen on Friday, its military said, as the U.S. intensifies its strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthi group.

Iran accused the United States on Thursday of "contradictory behaviour and provocative statements" after Washington warned Tehran of consequences for backing Yemen's Houthis and imposed new oil-related sanctions on it in the midst of nuclear talks.

Jordan’s State Security Court on Wednesday sentenced four individuals to 20 years in prison after they were found guilty of possessing weapons and engaging in activities deemed a threat to national security. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan dismissed demands by Syrian Kurdish groups for Syria to adopt a decentralised system of government, saying these were "nothing more than a dream" and had no place in the neighbouring country.

Romanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election re-run that could propel ultranationalist George Simion to power, an outcome likely to cause unease in the European Union and NATO and unsettle investors.