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Chairman of the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZONE) Walid Gamal El-Din said that 127 projects worth around $2.8 billion were secured during the period between July 1, 2023 and March 21, 2024.

The European Union plans to provide up to 164.5 million euros ($177.74 million) over three years to Tunisian security forces, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Tunisia's coastguard recovered the bodies of five migrants off the country's coast, the national guard said on Monday, bringing the death toll in one week to 11 migrants.

The Kremlin said on Monday that no country was immune to terrorism when asked if there had been a major failure by security services in preventing Friday's deadly attack on a concert hall, the worst attack inside Russia for two decades.

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company (MUDEV.UL) has picked banks for its debut 10-year sukuk, a document seen by Reuters on Monday showed.

The speaker of Georgia's parliament on Monday signed off a law giving the assembly more power over the electoral commission ahead of a parliamentary election due by October, in what critics have called a pre-vote power grab.

An attack by the Islamic State group (IS) killed at least 11 people hunting desert truffles in northern Syria on Sunday, a war monitor said, after the latest such incident. 

Georgia's ruling party on Monday introduced a bill curtailing LGBT rights, a move seen by opponents as an attempt to boost its popularity ahead of elections in the conservative South Caucasus country, a candidate for European Union membership.

Israel told four European countries on Monday that their plan to work toward recognition of a Palestinian state constituted a "prize for terrorism" that would reduce the chances of a negotiated resolution to the conflict between the neighbours.

An alarming study released by Save the Children on Monday revealed that two out of five children, totaling 4.5 million, are not attending school in Yemen in a country devastated by war for nearly a decade.

For seven years, an Israeli drag queen and Syrian belly dancer had hosted a joint monthly show at Berlin LGBT clubs, celebrating their coexistence in an extravagant party resembling a Middle Eastern wedding.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said during a visit to Jordan on Monday that there is growing international consensus to tell Israel that a ceasefire is needed.