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Ghana has officially announced its decision to suspend diplomatic relations with the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (RASD), a move seen as a major blow to Algeria, the primary backer of the RASD.

Algeria rejected remarks made by French President Emmanuel Macron, calling them an "unacceptable interference in Algeria's internal affairs." 

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and it imposed sanctions on the group's leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.

Turkey is working to ensure that Syria's transformation over the last month will not bring new instabilities to the region, President Tayyip Erdogan told the Iraqi Kurdish prime minister, Erdogan's office said on Tuesday.

Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad's rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday.

Jordan and Syria have agreed to form a joint security committee to secure their border, combat arms and drug smuggling and work to prevent the resurgence of Islamic State militants, the Jordanian foreign minister said on Tuesday.

The number of people executed in Iran rose to 901 last year, including 31 women, some of whom were convicted of murdering their husbands after suffering abuse or being forced into marriage, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday.

The United Arab Emirates has agreed to roll over the payment of $2 billion due by Pakistan this month, the South Asian nation's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Tuesday.

The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional administration of post-war Gaza until a reformed Palestinian Authority is able to take charge, according to people familiar with the talks.

The situation of three French citizens held in Iran is worsening with some being detained in conditions similar to torture, France's foreign minister said on Tuesday, adding that future ties and sanctions lifting would depend on their fate.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi extended his heartfelt greetings to Egypt’s Coptic Christian community on Monday, on the occasion of Christmas celebrations. 

The two largest Druze factions in Syria, based in the southern province of Sweida, have announced their willingness to join a new national army following the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad last month by a coalition of rebel forces.