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Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, is set to embark on an official visit to Japan from May 20 to 23. 

Dubai, renowned for its opulence and rapid growth, has been named one of the world’s wealthiest cities and the richest in the Middle East, according to the latest findings from the World's Wealthiest Cities Report 2024 by Henley & Partners in collaboration with New World Wealth.

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday backed a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the U.N. Security Council "reconsider the matter favorably."

A Corendon Airlines Boeing 737 plane's front tire burst upon landing at an airport in southern Turkey on Thursday, the Turkish transport minister said, adding there were no casualties and all 190 passengers and crew were evacuated.

Chad's state election body said on Thursday interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby had won the May 6 presidential election outright with over 61% of the vote, citing provisional results, even as his main challenger declared himself the winner.

At the recent African Summit on Fertilizers and Soil Health held in Nairobi, Morocco's ongoing efforts to enhance food security and agricultural sustainability across Africa were prominently featured.

Etihad Airways reported a sharp increase in first-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by an increase in passenger revenue, ahead of possible listing of the Abu Dhabi carrier.

In a move that could have significant repercussions for regional stability, President Joe Biden has decided to suspend a scheduled arms delivery to Israel.

The leader of Yemen's Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said on Thursday the group would target ships of any company related to supplying or transporting goods to Israel regardless of their destination.

Israeli claims of Ankara easing its trade ban with Israel are "absolutely fictional and have nothing to do with reality," Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said on Thursday, as Ankara introduced a three-month reprieve for companies with existing export deals to Israel.

Turkey's competition board fined Meta Platforms 1.2 billion lira ($37.20 million) on Wednesday after concluding two separate investigations on data-sharing in its Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads platforms.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog commented on the X post by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, who wrote that "Hamas ❤️ Biden".