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German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock will travel to Israel Sunday for her fourth visit since the outbreak of the Gaza war, a ministry spokesman said.

Antony Blinken, the U.S. Secretary of State, arrived in Istanbul on Friday evening, marking the beginning of a new Middle East tour with a primary focus on the Gaza conflict.

A total of 1,721 real estate and properties transactions valued at AED5.8 billion were conducted during the week ending 5th January, according to the Dubai Land Department (DLD).

Nearly 92,000 Emiratis are working in the UAE private sector as of 2023 – a 157 percent jump from when the Nafis program first launched in 2021 – according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MoHRE).

The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, will pay a state visit to China from Jan. 8 to 12, the Chinese foreign ministry said in statement on Friday, in what would be a high-profile snub to the island nation's huge neighbour India.

The United States is offering up to $10 million for information on five Hamas financiers or anything leading to the disruption of the Palestinian militant group's financial mechanisms, the State Department said on Friday.

Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah, addressed the ongoing conflict with Israel in a speech on Friday.

Air France, Lufthansa, British Airways and Swiss to resume flights to Tel-Aviv.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Europe's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, were due in the Middle East on Friday to try to halt the spillover of the conflict in Gaza to the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Lebanon and Red Sea shipping lanes.

Mourners wept over the coffins of victims of two deadly blasts in Iran as the interior minister said on Friday a number of suspects had been arrested over the attacks claimed by Islamic State.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is standing firm in its decision to maintain diplomatic relations with Israel, even amidst the ongoing conflict involving the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea described the situation in Lebanon as “extremely mysterious” amid a deteriorating security situation in the South of the country between Israel and Hezbollah, the Arab World Press said on Friday.