Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs early on Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the Lebanese capital and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometres away.
Tunisians began voting on Sunday in an election in which President Kais Saied is seeking a second term, with his main rival suddenly jailed last month and the other candidate heading a minor political party.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit out at France's President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday for saying that shipments of arms to Israel used in the conflict in Gaza should be stopped as part of a broader effort to find a political solution.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities worldwide on Saturday, calling for an end to the ongoing conflict in Gaza as the war approaches its first anniversary. Demonstrations occurred in London, Paris, Rome, Manila, and Cape Town, reflecting growing concern over the escalating violence in the region.
The 19th Summit of La Francophonie concluded in Paris on Saturday, revealing yet again the ineffectiveness of an organization that was originally founded with a cultural mission but has increasingly sought to play a political role.
French President Emmanuel Macron has once again demonstrated his tendency to make inconsistent and superficial statements on foreign policy, particularly when it comes to the Middle East.
Emirates, the largest airline in the Middle East, has issued a ban on passengers carrying pagers and walkie-talkies following a series of deadly explosions in Lebanon in mid-September, attributed to Israel in an attack targeting Hezbollah.
A roadside bomb wounded four people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, police sources said.
Ukraine will present its "victory plan" at a regular meeting of its allies at Ramstein in Germany on October 12, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on Telegram on Saturday.
The head of Austria's far-right Freedom Party, which won this week's parliamentary election, urged other parties on Saturday to accept that he should lead the next government and warned them against forming a "coalition of losers".
The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him.
Hotel and casino operator Wynn Resorts said on Friday it had been awarded the first commercial gaming operator's license in the United Arab Emirates by the country's General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority.
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