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The U.N. special envoy for Yemen on Saturday urged maximum restraint by all parties involved in Yemen and warned of an increasingly uncertain situation in the region.

President Joe Biden said on Saturday the United States had delivered a private message to Iran about Iran-backed Houthis responsible for attacking commercial shipping in the Red Sea.

In a significant security gathering, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan presided over a meeting at the Dolmabahçe Office in Istanbul, bringing together key officials and advisors from various sectors. 

Israel kept up bombardments in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, vowing to press ahead with its offensive to destroy the Islamist movement Hamas as the war approaches the 100-day mark with no end in sight.

India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar is expected to be in Tehran on Monday.

Lieutenant General Osama Rabie, Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority, stated that navigation movement in the canal is regular from both directions. He denied allegations of any temporary suspension of navigation due to the situation in the Bab al-Mandab.

In a recent development, Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune chaired a meeting of the High Security Council of Algeria to discuss the general situation in the country and the security dynamics involving neighboring nations and the Sahel region, according to a press release reported by local media.

The Morocco squad's decision to arrive early at the Africa Cup of Nations finals and acclimatise to the hot and humid conditions will work in their favour, coach Walid Regragui said.

Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the U.S., Iranian state media reported, a move likely to stoke regional tensions.

In recent days, Lebanon has been grappling with severe weather conditions that have made transportation across the country extremely challenging.

Turkey conducted airstrikes against "terrorist targets" in northern Iraq and Syria following the death of nine of its soldiers, as announced by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.

Taiwanese voters swept the ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) presidential candidate Lai Ching-te into power on Saturday in an explicit rejection of China's warnings not to vote for him in an election Beijing framed as a choice between war and peace.