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A drone strike on Sunday killed a Sunni tribal leader in Kifri town in Diyala province east of Iraq, police and security officials said.

Stock markets in the Gulf fell on Sunday, led by the Saudi index, after the U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Powell indicated the latest inflation data did not undermine the central bank's baseline outlook.

Iraq on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding with Siemens Energy and Schlumberger to tackle curb gas flaring and channel the captured resource to boost the country’s power generation capacity.

In a chilling reminder of the persistent threat posed by the Islamic State (ISIS), recent reports from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) have highlighted a surge in fatal attacks against Syrian soldiers. 

Pope Francis called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in an Easter Sunday address that marked the most important day on the Christian calendar by deploring the suffering caused by wars.

Airports in Sofia and Bucharest on Sunday removed passport check points for those departing to or arriving from most European Union member states as Bulgaria and Romania partially joined the Schengen open-travel zone.

As the Lebanese Christian village of Rmeish marks its first Easter since the Gaza war erupted, residents say a parallel confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel is dragging them into a conflict they did not choose.

Yusra Mardini, the Syrian Olympic swimmer turned global ambassador for refugee rights, has added another illustrious brand collaboration to her expanding portfolio, partnering with the iconic Italian luxury fashion house, Prada. 

At least seven people were killed and thirty injured on Saturday in a car blast in a busy market place in the rebel held Syrian town Azaz near the Turkish border, residents and rescuers told Reuters.

Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu led a challenger from President Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party in local elections on Sunday, an initial count showed, in a potential boost for the Turkish opposition's effort to reassert itself as a political force.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a critical response to the interim report of the Independent Review Group led by Catherine Colonna, regarding the operations of UNRWA in Gaza.

The Indian Navy said it had freed a hijacked Iranian fishing vessel from nine armed pirates in the Arabian Sea on Friday, rescuing its crew unharmed.