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Sunday night in Paris was charged with tension and controversy following the first round of the legislative elections. 

Turkish police detained at least 15 protesters in Istanbul on Sunday for participating at a banned LGBT Pride rally, after searching the streets having arrived at the scene after participants had dispersed, a Reuters witness said.

Maronite Patriarch Béchara Raï urged politicians to sanctify their activities and direct their efforts towards serving humanity and promoting spiritual, cultural, and economic development. This call was made during his sermon at the patriarchal seat in Bkerké, Kesrouan.

Israeli forces advanced further on Sunday into the Shejaia neighbourhood of northern Gaza and also pushed deeper into western and central Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, residents said.

Net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Saudi Arabia rose 5.6% to 9.5 billion riyals ($2.53 billion) in the first quarter of 2024, government data showed on Sunday.

On Saturday, Hossam Zaki, the Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League, announced that the League no longer classifies Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. This declaration was made during a televised interview on the news channel al-Qahera.

European firms are signing deals potentially worth over 40 billion euros ($42.85 billion) with Egyptian partners, the EU Commission chief told an investment conference in Cairo on Saturday, part of a drive to bolster Egypt's fragile economy.

IDF troops continue operational activity in the area of Shijaiyah (Gaza). Over the past day, the troops eliminated several terrorists, located weapons, and conducted targeted raids on booby-trapped combat compounds.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party won the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week's run-off.

As French Muslims increasingly align with Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s pro-Hamas party, that danger, for now, comes from the left.

Princess Lalla Latifa, mother of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and widow of the late monarch Hassan II, passed away on Saturday, a palace spokesperson said in a statement.

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah terrorists from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months.