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Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared briefly lost for words on Thursday when confronted with an AI-generated version of himself.

Turkey's steps to promote traditional moral values in students, increase Islamic lessons and open prayer rooms in schools are fuelling secularist concerns in the Muslim country and laying bare divisions over the role religion should have in education.

An opposition Turkish lawmaker died on Thursday two days after suffering a heart attack and collapsing in front of parliament.

 The United States wants to form the "broadest possible" maritime coalition to protect ships in the Red Sea and send an "important signal" to Yemen's Houthis that further attacks will not be tolerated, the U.S. envoy for Yemen told Reuters.

Here are some highlights from Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference and phone-in held in Moscow on Thursday:

Turkish Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said on Thursday he expected the son of Somalia's president to return to Turkey in coming days to participate in a court case over a fatal car accident involving his use of a diplomatic car.

In an interview with Al-Monitor, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk suggested the militant group would adhere to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s stance on Israel.

Iran's Defence Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned that a proposed U.S.-backed multinational task force to protect shipping in the Red Sea would face "extraordinary problems", official Iranian media reported on Thursday.

As record numbers of Syrian refugees reach the shores of Cyprus, the Nicosia government wants the European Union to consider declaring parts of their war-torn homeland safe to repatriate them to, the Cypriot interior minister said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged governments to treat e-cigarettes similarly to tobacco and ban all flavours, threatening cigarette companies' bets on smoking alternatives.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has often spoken out against Israel since the beginning of the war, issued Hanukkah greetings to the Jewish citizens of Turkey.

The economic cost of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza on Arab neighbours Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan could rise to at least $10 billion this year and push more than 230,000 people into poverty, according to a U.N. study.