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Dubai's Emirates airline will resume flight schedules to Nigeria from Oct. 1, it said on Thursday, ending a close to two-year halt to flights.

A Turkish court sentenced former pro-Kurdish party leader Selahattin Demirtas to more than 40 years in jail on Thursday for instigating protests in 2014 triggered by an Islamic State attack on the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani.

For the past eight months, approximately 80,000 residents of northern Israel have been unable to return to their homes, and tens of thousands of Lebanese farmers along the border can no longer cultivate their fields.

Jordan's King Abdullah said on Thursday that militant groups that smuggle drugs and arms should be confronted.

In a move that has drawn international attention and criticism, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was welcomed with open arms at the Arab League summit held in Manama, Bahrain.

In a strong rebuke to international concerns, Tunisian President Kais Saied has labeled recent criticisms from the European Union, France, and the United States as "unacceptable foreign interference."

The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) member states—especially Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar—are already major investors and traders engaged in African ventures and appear intent on expanding their footprint across the continent.

The Kingdom and Iraq have signed an agreement to counter money laundering and terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday.

Israel's Arrow defense systems helped thwart Iran's massive missile and drone attack last month, and a number of countries are now interested in purchasing the technology, said the developer's chief executive.

Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller is on a working visit to Iran, the company said on Wednesday, just as President Vladimir Putin prepares to visit China with a high-level delegation for talks with Xi Jinping.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico was in "very serious" but stable condition on Thursday, a hospital official said, after he was shot five times in an assassination attempt that laid bare deep political divisions in the country.

Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured by police officers after being arrested on Monday, lawyers and a human rights organisation said on Wednesday after he collapsed in court and was taken to a hospital.