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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is continuing his intense diplomatic efforts in the Middle East with a visit to Jordan on Sunday.

Turkish Airlines announced on Sunday that it would ground its five Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft following an incident involving a similar plane from Alaska Airlines.

EU Council President Charles Michel will run in the election for European Parliament in June and will leave his post mid-July if he gets elected, he said in an interview with Belgian newspaper De Standaard published on Saturday.

Israel has conveyed a message to Amos Hochstein, the special envoy of U.S. President Joe Biden, during his recent visit to the country.

Turkey looks set to ratify Sweden's membership in NATO in the coming weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, signalling an end to a saga that has frustrated Washington and its allies.

Abu Dhabi Ports Group initiated a 15-year concession agreement with the Red Sea Port Authority (RSPA) to operate and manage three cruise terminals at Safaga, Hurghada, and Sharm el-Sheikh ports.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to win a fourth straight term and the fifth overall for her Awami League-led alliance in a general election on Sunday boycotted by the main opposition party and marred by violence ahead of the vote.

Jordan's army said on Saturday a number of drug and weapons smugglers were killed in clashes that began at dawn as they infiltrated from Syria across its northern border.

The Kharkiv region prosecutor's office provided further evidence on Saturday that Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles supplied by North Korea, showcasing the fragments.

In a recent interview on CNN, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna ignited a debate with her remarks concerning the future of Gaza. 

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting the leaders of Turkey and Greece on Saturday at the start of a week-long trip aimed at calming tensions that have spiked across the Middle East since Israel's war with Hamas began in October.

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell sounded the alarm on Saturday about Lebanon being dragged into a regional conflict in a spillover from Israel's war with Hamas.