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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.

The United States carried out an additional strike against Yemen's Houthi forces on Friday, after President Joe Biden's administration vowed to protect shipping in the Red Sea.

Venezuela's annual inflation rate settled at 189.8% last year, according to data from the central bank released on Friday.

Canada does not accept the premise of South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice which accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday.

Jordan's Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah and Princess Rajwa Al-Hussein embarked on their first official overseas visit to Singapore on Thursday.