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The Israel-Premier Tech cycling team has been barred from competing in next week’s Giro dell’Emilia due to public safety concerns, race organisers confirmed on Sunday.

Iran’s clerical rulers face one of their gravest crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, caught between growing discontent at home and a stalled nuclear deal that together have left the country more isolated and divided.

Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most sustained attacks on the capital since the full-scale war began.

The United Nations has reinstated an arms embargo and other sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme following a process triggered by European powers that Tehran has warned will be met with a harsh response.

On 27 September, the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, and the Turkish Cypriot leader, Ersin Tatar, expressed their commitment to renewed talks on the Cyprus issue following a trilateral meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.

Egypt’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Badr Ahmed Mohamed Abdelatty “categorically” rejected "any scenarios to forcibly displace the Palestinian people", stressing “this would be a crime of ethnic cleansing,” and Egypt “will never, never be a partner in a new Nakba.”

The Gaza crisis may see a breakthrough as early as next week, with a ceasefire and reconstruction plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump and endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 

Crude oil from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region flowed to Turkey on Saturday for the first time in 2-1/2 years, following an interim deal between Baghdad, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), and foreign producers, Iraq’s oil ministry said.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday talks on Gaza with Middle Eastern nations were intense and that Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants were aware of the discussions, which he said would continue as long as required.

Moldova's election authority excluded the pro-Russian political party 'Greater Moldova' from participating in Sunday's parliamentary vote due to suspected illegal financing, officials said on Saturday.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has rejected accusations that Cairo is complicit in the blockade of Gaza, stressing that Israel controls the Rafah crossing and must approve any entry of aid.

The United States said it would revoke Colombian President Gustavo Petro's visa after he took to New York's streets on Friday in a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders.