Armenia has officially recognised a Palestinian state, the Armenian foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday, the latest country to do so despite opposition from Israel.
Israeli forces pounded Rafah and other areas across the Gaza Strip and engaged in close-quarter combat with fighters led by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.
Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the new UN Special Coordinator based in Lebanon, paid her first visit on Thursday to the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, in southern Lebanon, which has been subjected to daily exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and the Israeli army for over eight months.
Burkina Faso's military leader Ibrahim Traore appeared on national TV on Thursday to deny reports of mutiny within the army following an attack by al Qaeda-linked insurgents that killed over 100 soldiers near the border with Niger.
Portugal's minority centre-right government approved on Thursday a set of tougher measures to combat corruption, including allowing courts to confiscate suspects' assets without a criminal conviction.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's top advisers will meet White House adviser Jake Sullivan and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Washington on Thursday amid tensions between the two allies over Israel's war in Gaza, officials said.
In response to unprecedented summer heat and soaring electricity demand, Kuwait has announced temporary power cuts in various parts of the country during peak consumption hours.
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has extended his heartfelt congratulations to King Felipe VI of Spain on the anniversary of his accession to the throne. This gesture of goodwill underscores the strong diplomatic ties and mutual respect between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Kingdom of Spain.
Cyprus reacted with incredulity on Thursday to warnings from Lebanon's Hezbollah that the island could be dragged into conflict if tensions with Israel blew up into a fully-fledged war.
The leader of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah issued a threat against Cyprus on Wednesday, once again highlighting the erosion of Lebanon's sovereignty. This alarming statement underscores the dire reality: Lebanon's government and military are unable to enforce the rule of law within their own borders.
The leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, caused a surprise on Wednesday, when in a speech he attacked Cyprus for the first time since the start of the conflict, despite the fact that Beirut and Nicosia generally enjoy cordial relations, with the island welcoming hundreds of Lebanese workers.
At least 530 Egyptians have died taking part in the haj and another 31 are missing as extreme heat hits the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, medical and security sources told Reuters on Thursday.
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