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EU foreign ministers on Tuesday agreed to lift economic sanctions on Syria, the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

Sudan said the United Arab Emirates was responsible for an attack on Port Sudan this month, accusing the Gulf state for the first time of direct military intervention in a war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

On May 19, 2025, French President Emmanuel Macron, alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, issued a joint statement condemning Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. 

Austria and Slovakia have officially announced their support for the candidacy of Khaled El-Enany, Egypt’s former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, for the position of Director-General of UNESCO.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot’s recent remarks labeling Israel’s humanitarian efforts in Gaza as “totally insufficient” reflect not only a lack of geopolitical clarity but also a troubling pattern of one-sided rhetoric from Paris.

At least 58 unidentified corpses were found on Monday in a hospital in Tripoli that was under the control of a militia whose leader was killed last week, the interior ministry said.

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis announced on Monday what they called a "maritime blockade" on Israel's Haifa port in response to Israel's ongoing conflict in Gaza.

The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, a militia group led by Kurdish fighters, said on Monday that one of its fighters was killed and another injured in an attack by Islamic State in Syria's eastern Deir el-Zor region.

Bank Hapoalim, one of Israel’s two largest financial institutions, reported a robust first-quarter net profit of 2.42 billion shekels ($680.6 million), a significant rise from 1.94 billion shekels a year earlier. 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday Israel would control the whole of Gaza despite mounting international pressure that pushed it to lift a blockade on aid supplies that has left the enclave on the brink of famine.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has reignited controversy by calling for Israel’s exclusion from international cultural events, such as the Eurovision Song Contest, citing the country's ongoing military operations in Gaza. 

Israel's spy agency Mossad has recovered a trove of documents and photographs belonging to its late agent Eli Cohen, who was hanged in a downtown Damascus square six decades ago after collecting intelligence on Syrian military plans.