A German warship shot down two drones in the Red Sea on Tuesday amid escalating attacks by Yemen's Houthis and efforts by the European Union to protect international shipping, German officials said.
Qatar's Emir, Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, embarked on a two-day state visit to France on Tuesday, marking the first such visit by a Qatari emir in 15 years and the first for Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani since ascending to the throne in 2013.
Civil society organisations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in the United Arab Emirates this week have criticized restrictions on their participation, including alleging that some of their members had been briefly detained at the talks.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is expected to visit Turkey on Friday and Saturday to participate in the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, announced the Russian and Turkish Ministries of Foreign Affairs.
Palestinian media reported that a Hamas policeman was shot dead in violent clashes with civilians in West Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Millions of people in Sudan's Darfur region are at risk of dying of hunger after a decision by the Sudanese government to prohibit aid deliveries through Chad, an advocacy group for internally displaced people said on Tuesday.
Chad's election agency confirmed dates for a presidential election on Tuesday, committing to hold two rounds over May and June with provisional results due on July 7 under a promised transition back to democracy from junta rule.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and praised the kingdom's efforts in seeking a solution to end Russia's two-year-old invasion of Ukraine.
Lebanon's Hezbollah will halt fire on Israel if its Palestinian ally Hamas agrees to a proposal for a truce with Israel in Gaza - unless Israeli forces keep shelling Lebanon, two sources familiar with Hezbollah's thinking told Reuters on Tuesday.
Greece's frigate Hydra departed for the Red Sea on Monday to participate in a mission to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia, a defence ministry official said.
A dispute over concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is behind years of delays to Morocco's biggest planned solar project after problems at another prominent plant that caused long shut downs, three sources close to the project said.
Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Tuesday as investors await key U.S. economic data due later in the week.
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