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Negotiators reached a phased ceasefire deal on Wednesday in the war in Gaza between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Here is some reaction to the deal.

Negotiators reached a phased deal on Wednesday to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, the U.S. and Qatar said, after 15 months of bloodshed that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Badr Abdelatty is visiting Port Sudan on Wednesday to hold high-level discussions with senior Sudanese officials regarding the ongoing crisis in the country.

Nineteen people have died and 43 others have been hospitalized in Istanbul within 48 hours after consuming tainted alcohol, according to Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency on Wednesday.

The Palestinian Authority must be the sole governing power in Gaza after the war, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa said on Wednesday, as expectations grew that a deal to halt fighting and start returning Israeli hostages was near.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo inaugurated Finland's new embassy headquarters in Abu Dhabi today, marking a significant milestone in the strong bilateral relationship between Finland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Donald Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner enjoyed largely unfettered access to Trump in his first term and were influential on a vast portfolio including Middle Eastern peace negotiations and COVID-19 vaccine development.

Syria's new authorities have detained an Egyptian militant who had fought with Islamist forces against toppled Syrian leader Bashar Al-Assad's rule over threats he made on social media to the Cairo government, a Syrian interior ministry source and an Arab security source told Reuters on Wednesday.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday urged all countries to "take their hands off" Syria and said Turkey had the capacity and ability to crush all terrorist organisations in the country, including Kurdish militia and Islamic State.

German Development Minister Svenja Schulze has pledged support for Syria's "peaceful and stable" development during her visit to Damascus on Wednesday, where she met with the country's transitional authorities.

Iran's navy received its first signals intelligence ship on Wednesday, semi-official Tasnim news organisation reported, a few days after the country's army took delivery of 1,000 new drones.

Italy, Albania and the United Arab Emirates signed on Wednesday a deal worth at least 1 billion euros ($1 billion) to build a subsea interconnection for renewable energy across the Adriatic Sea.