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Turkey has informed NATO that ratification of Sweden's membership bid will not be completed in time to allow the country's accession ceremony at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers next week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday night that the hostage release deal with Hamas does not mark the end of the war. 

Senior Hamas official Fawzi Barhoum on Wednesday branded the prisoner exchange deal with Israel as a victory for the terrorist organization.

Israel conducted air strikes in Baalbek, Bint Jbeil, Alma Shaab and Mays al-Jabal in Lebanon.

A messy dispute broke out on Wednesday over whether Pope Francis used the word "genocide" to describe events in Gaza.

Jordan's King Abdullah headed on Wednesday to Cairo for talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sisi.

The unfolding economic and financial crisis that started in Oct. 2019 has been further exacerbated by the dual economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and the massive Beirut Port explosion in Aug. 2020.

The Syrian army said on Wednesday Israel launched aerial strikes on outposts in vicinity of Damascus,

The United States is against the displacement of Palestinians from the battered Gaza Strip to another country.