Mena Today

President Cyril Ramaphosa defended South Africa's land policy on Monday after Donald Trump's threat to cut off funding because of what he said were land confiscations.

Interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa is set to visit Ankara on Tuesday at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish presidency announced on Monday.

The Suez Canal Authority's chairman, Osama Rabie, said on Monday that navigational maps for the planned 10km (6.2 mile) canal extension were issued.

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are seen by Russia as possible venues for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, two Russian sources with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters.

In an exclusive interview with the French daily L’Opinion on Monday, Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune did not hold back in his criticism of France and Morocco, confirming the deterioration of diplomatic relations between Algiers and Paris.

A car bomb killed at least 20 people in the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Monday, the Syrian presidency said, marking the second attack there in three days and the country's deadliest since Bashar al-Assad was toppled from power in December.

A drone attack targeted the Khor Mor gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Sunday, two security sources told Reuters.

At least four Palestinians were wounded in an Israeli strike on Sunday on a vehicle on the coastal road west of the Nuseirat camp in the central part of the Gaza Strip, medics told Reuters.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Al Sabah on Sunday to discuss regional affairs, with a particular focus on the Gaza ceasefire and the supply of humanitarian aid.

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Sunday he hoped President Donald Trump would end U.S. cooperation with the Syrian Kurdish YPG, as Turkey continued its military campaign against the group, killing 23 of its fighters.

Qatar's prime minister on Sunday called on Israel and Hamas to immediately begin negotiating phase two of the Gaza ceasefire, adding that there is no clear plan for when talks will begin.