Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition made significant gains in Tuesday's parliamentary election, initial official results showed on Wednesday, boosted by anger over Israel's war in Gaza.
Democratic candidate Kamala Harris put her Republican rival Donald Trump on the defensive in a combative presidential debate on Tuesday with a stream of attacks on his fitness for office, his support of abortion restrictions and his myriad legal woes.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian visited Iraq on Wednesday on his first foreign trip, signalling his intention to strengthen ties with a strategic ally of both Tehran and Washington as tensions rise in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia has officially resumed operations at its embassy in the Syrian capital, more than twelve years after severing diplomatic ties with Bashar al-Assad's regime following the brutal crackdown on the 2011 revolution.
Georgia's ruling party on Tuesday selected Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire ex-prime minister who is widely believed to be the country's most influential figure, as its lead candidate for a parliamentary election on Oct. 26, Georgian media reported.
Sweden appointed Maria Malmer Stenergard as foreign minister on Tuesday, choosing the former migration chief to lead policy on Ukraine just six months after her predecessor helped secure traditionally non-aligned Sweden's accession to NATO.
The U.N. mission in Libya will resume facilitating talks between factions in Tripoli on Wednesday to try to resolve the central bank crisis that has slashed oil output and threatened to end four years of relative stability.
Israeli forces are near to fulfilling their mission in Gaza and their focus will turn to the country's northern border with Lebanon as daily exchanges of fire with Hezbollah take place, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday
The transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia represents a further military escalation and will be met with a "strong response" from the European Union, EU foreign affairs spokesperson Peter Stano said on Tuesday.
Russia has nearly completed the required procedures to sign a new bilateral treaty with Iran soon, state news agency TASS quoted top security official Sergei Shoigu as saying on Tuesday.
Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security.
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