Mena Today

Algeria has decided to ban transshipment through Moroccan ports. A political measure which will directly benefit Spanish ports and will result in increased prices for Algerians.

Sagiv Yehezkel, who was arrested in Turkey, will return to Israel later Monday, according to the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry.

The Kremlin on Monday said that talks in Davos on Ukraine's peace proposals would achieve nothing as Russia was not participating in the discussions.

Published a year before Hamas' Oct 7. attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's autobiography lays out a scenario that bears a chilling similarity to the events of Israel's deadliest day.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for a larger, more authoritative Israeli-Palestinian peace conference and a timetable to implement a two-state solution as the Gaza conflict escalated and the Red Sea became a new flash point.

Turkish police have detained 18 people for "praising terrorism" after the killing of soldiers last week, while a high-level outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) member was "neutralised" in northern Iraq, authorities said on Monday.

QatarEnergy, one of the world's largest exporters of liquefied natural gas, has stopped sending tankers via the Red Sea although production continues, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

Air France will resume its flights between Paris - Charles de Gaulle and Tel Aviv from 24 January.

Turkey's military conducted air strikes in northern Iraq and Syria on Sunday and destroyed 24 Kurdish militant targets, the Turkish Defence Ministry said in a statement, adding many militants had been "neutralised" in the attack.

PureHealth, the largest healthcare platform in the Middle East, has announced the successful completion of its strategic acquisition of Circle Health Group, the UK’s largest independent operators of hospitals.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech that "the Americans threatened Lebanon that if the southern front is not stopped, Israel will start a war." 

Denmark's King Frederik X ascended the throne on Sunday, succeeding his mother, Queen Margrethe II, who formally abdicated after 52 years as monarch, with big crowds gathered in the capital to witness history.