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U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke about Sweden's application to join the NATO alliance, White House spokesperson John Kirby said on Thursday.

Fitch Ratings affirmed Tunisia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at "CCC-," also expecting growth to fall to 0.9% of GDP in 2023 from 2.4% in 2022.

Saudi Arabia's Al-Ittihad FC will face Egypt’s Al Ahly in the FIFA Club World Cup quarterfinals at the King Abdullah Sport City Stadium on Friday.

Saudi Arabia’s NEOM – the Kingdom’s $500 billion mega business and tourism project – has unveiled Utamo, a new destination for art and entertainment which aims to host performances from the globe’s biggest artists.

Danish shipping company Maersk on Friday denied a claim by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement that the militia carried out a drone strike on a Maersk vessel sailing towards Israel.

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Thursday that governance of the West Bank and Gaza Strip needs to be connected under a "revamped and revitalized" Palestinian Authority.

Dvora Leshem spent each of the eight nights of Hanukkah outside the house of a different Israeli leader, in protest, demanding the return of her granddaughter who is being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

In the midst of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Morocco has found itself walking a diplomatic tightrope.

Families of hostages on Thursday met with Marijana Spoljaric President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

A Senegal court has ordered jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko to be reinstated on the electoral register, a ruling that could pave the way for him to run in a February presidential election, Sonko's lawyer Cire Cledor Ly said on Thursday.

Iran said it was lifting visa requirements for 33 countries, including Gulf states like Saudi Arabia with which Tehran had frosty relations for years until a recent rapprochement, the Iranian Students News Agency said on Thursday.

Four members of the Islamist militant group Hamas have been detained on suspicion of planning attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe, German prosecutors said in a statement on Thursday