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British exploration company Critical Mineral Resources is expanding its footprint in Morocco by acquiring a majority stake in a new copper and silver project. 

President Tayyip Erdogan told Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa during talks in Istanbul on Saturday that Turkey welcomed the U.S. and EU decisions to lift sanctions on Syria, the Turkish leader's office said.

In a recent interview, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, Yechiel Michael Leiter, floated a surprising scenario: that Syria and Lebanon could formalize diplomatic relations with Israel before Saudi Arabia does.

In a landmark policy shift, Saudi Arabia has announced that beginning in 2026, it will license the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in approximately 600 designated locations across the country.

The recent ceasefire agreement in Yemen with the United States, reached under the auspices of Oman, constitutes a constructive development for regional peace and stability

India will discuss with security agencies IndiGo's codeshare and leasing pacts with Turkish Airlines and decide on further action, its civil aviation minister said on Friday.

The U.S. has more sanctions in store for Cuba, the U.S. top diplomat in Havana said on Friday, just days after the U.S. punished several Cuban judicial officials for their roles in jailing political dissidents on the island nation.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have crossed a critical threshold in their campaign against Hamas: more than 50% of Gaza is now under Israeli control. 

The Trump administration issued orders on Friday that it said would effectively lift sanctions on Syria, after President Donald Trump this month pledged to unwind the measures to help the country rebuild after a devastating civil war.

Russia is nearing the final stages of a major energy agreement with Bahrain that would see Moscow supply 1.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) annually to the Gulf kingdom over a three-year period, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

Franco-Tunisian citizen Onsi Abichou, imprisoned in Tunisia for alleged drug trafficking, has vowed to stop eating to protest what he calls a “flagrant miscarriage of justice,” his lawyers said Friday.

A U.S.-backed organization aims to start work in the Gaza Strip by the end of May, overseeing a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave, but the United Nations says the plan is not impartial or neutral, and it will not be involved.