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U.S. bank Citigroup has received approval to establish its regional headquarters in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Friday.

Opposition politicians from Indian states named in the U.S. indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani denied any wrongdoing on Friday, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party said they had to answer for contracts signed while they were in power.

The arrest of an Italian-Egyptian pornographic actor in Cairo is raising concern among officials in Italy, where feelings are still running high over the unresolved killing of student Giulio Regeni who was arrested and killed in Egypt eight years ago.

On the sidelines of the UN Human Rights Council Retreat held in Rabat, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Bourita met today with the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk. 

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen has introduced legislation seeking to halt American weapons sales to the United Arab Emirates until the United States certifies that the UAE is not arming the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, according to an early version of his announcement seen by Reuters.

Four Italian soldiers were lightly injured after two rockets exploded at a UNIFIL peacekeeping force base in southern Lebanon, the Rome government said on Friday, expressing outrage at the incident.

The recent decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other leaders of a democratic state in the midst of an existential struggle is an unprecedented and troubling development.

Chinese President Xi Jinping made a short visit to Morocco on Thursday, according to state media from both countries.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia had struck Ukraine with a new hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile in response to Kyiv's use of U.S. and British missiles against Russia.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday he would invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Hungary, saying he would guarantee that an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against Netanyahu would "not be observed".

As his term as High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union nears its end, Josep Borrell has continued to draw criticism for his long-standing hostile stance toward Israel. 

A United Nations resolution that ended the last round of deadly conflict between Hezbollah and Israel in 2006 is seen as the cornerstone of a new ceasefire being negotiated by the United States.