Leaders at an unprecedented joint summit of Eastern and Southern African blocs aimed at defusing the crisis in Eastern Congo urged all parties to hold direct talks, including with Rwanda-backed rebels whose advance has fanned fears of a wider war.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei met with acting Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya and two other leaders of the Palestinian group in Tehran on Saturday, Iranian state media reported.
Palestinian terrorist group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Saturday, whose emaciated appearance shocked Israelis following their release on live TV, in the latest stage of a ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month war in Gaza.
The head of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), a global non-proliferation agency, will meet Syrian officials in Damascus on Saturday, three sources familiar with the visit told Reuters.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has welcomed the European Union’s roadmap for lifting sanctions against Syria, during a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, according to a statement from the Turkish presidency.
The UAE Federal Supreme Court has officially approved the extradition of Mehdi Charafa, a French national, to France, following a request from French authorities.
A Cypriot court has sentenced a 47-year-old Syrian man to three years in prison for negligence leading to the death of a three-year-old girl aboard a migrant boat from Lebanon, authorities announced on Friday.
The U.S. has warned of possible sanctions against Rwandan and Congolese officials ahead of a summit meant to address the escalating conflict in eastern Congo, according to a diplomatic note seen by Reuters on Friday.
More than 100 people have died from poisoning by bootleg alcohol in Ankara and Istanbul, NTV reported on Friday, after authorities warned about rising sales of illicit booze being passed off as big name brands.
Egypt said on Friday it had been in contact with Arab partners including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to firm up the region's rejection of any displacement of Palestinians after U.S. President Donald Trump said they should go from Gaza.
The United States has set a "red line" that Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah should not be a member of Lebanon's next government after itr military defeat by Israel last year, U.S deputy Middle East envoy Morgan Ortagus said in Lebanon on Friday.
The Israeli army announced early Friday that it had conducted airstrikes on Lebanese territory, targeting two military sites containing Hezbollah weapons.
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