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Five civilians were killed in Syria's Homs countryside after being targeted by a "terrorist group,".

In a groundbreaking move set to elevate Dubai's status as a global sports tourism hotspot, Karate Combat, in partnership with the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET) and Dubai Sports Council (DSC), announces the arrival of Karate Combat 46 (KC46) to the emirate this spring. 

Gaza truce talks were underway in Paris on Friday, in what appears to be the most serious push for weeks to halt the fighting in the battered Palestinian enclave and see Israeli and foreign hostages released.

The Biden administration on Friday said Israel's expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank is inconsistent with international law, signaling a return to long-standing U.S. policy on the issue that had been reversed by the previous administration of Donald Trump.

Egypt, burdened with heavy debt, received a significant economic lifeline on Friday as the Prime Minister, Moustafa Madbouli, announced that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) would be injecting $35 billion in direct investments into the country.

The American online retail giant Amazon announced on Friday that it has reimbursed $1.9 million to over 700 contract workers in Saudi Arabia who were subjected to illegal recruitment fees and other abuses.

QatarEnergy is due to make an announcement on Sunday that will have "significant" impact on the industry, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Iran denied on Friday that it had provided ballistic missiles to Russia, after the United States said there would be a severe international response to any such move.

The new French Minister of Foreign Affairs is scheduled to meet his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, on February 25th in Rabat.

About 62,000 persons are active in, or have connections to, criminal networks in Sweden, the police said on Friday, where the authorities have struggled for years to contain violence linked to organised crime.

Hamas wrapped up ceasefire talks in Cairo and is now waiting to see what mediators bring back from weekend talks with Israel, an official from the militant group said on Friday, in what appears to be the most serious push for weeks to halt the fighting.

A Spanish former politician who survived a shooting attack said on Friday he believed Iran's government had hired hitmen to assassinate him over his links to an Iranian dissident group