Credit ratings agency Fitch raised Egypt's rating to "B" from "B-" on Friday, citing the country's stronger finances on the back of several foreign investments and support, and tighter monetary conditions.
S&P Global raised Turkey's long-term sovereign credit ratings to "BB-" from "B+" on Friday, its second upgrade from the credit ratings agency this year, citing reserve accumulation and disinflation due to tight monetary stance of the Turkish central bank.
Kemi Badenoch became the Conservatives' new leader and the first Black woman to a head a major British political party on Saturday, after winning a leadership contest on a promise to return the party to its founding principles.
Ksenia Yudaeva, under sanctions from the United States, has been elected as the International Monetary Fund's executive director for Russia and Syria, the IMF said on Friday.
A suspected Israeli naval force landed in the northern Lebanese coastal town of Batroun early on Friday and captured one person, a security source said, while another source confirmed the incident but did not say who was responsible.
Russia unleashed its latest overnight drone strike on Ukraine, targeting the capital Kyiv in an attack that lasted into late morning and wounded at least one person, city officials said on Saturday.
In a new report released Saturday, UN experts have raised serious concerns over the rapid military transformation of Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who, with significant military backing from Iran and Hezbollah, are expanding their operational capabilities well beyond Yemen’s borders.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan filed a lawsuit against Ekrem Imamoglu, the opposition mayor of Istanbul, accusing him of making defamatory statements during a protest rally the previous day.
Rockets fired from Lebanon wounded 11 people in central Israel on Saturday, Israeli emergency services said, after one of them hit a house, as prospects for a ceasefire dimmed.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Friday reported attacks on civilians by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as Britain said it would push for a U.N. Security Council resolution on the more than 18-month long conflict.
The United States said on Friday it will deploy B-52 bombers, fighter jets, refueling aircraft and Navy destroyers to the Middle East, in a readjustment of military assets as the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group prepares to leave the region.
A U.S. official asked Lebanon to declare a unilateral ceasefire with Israel to revive stalled talks to end Israeli-Hezbollah hostilities, a senior Lebanese political source and a senior diplomat said - a claim denied by both sides.
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